Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics 931623 225925773 2008-07-16T01:23:45Z SieBot 4005189 robot Modifying: [[it:Lotta alla IV Olimpiade]] At the '''[[1908 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[London]], nine '''[[amateur wrestling|wrestling]]''' events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in [[Greco-Roman wrestling]] and five weight classes in [[freestyle wrestling]]. Greco-Roman reappeared for the first time since the [[1896 Summer Olympics]], with weight classes for the first time. The number of classes in freestyle was reduced from 7 to 5, with the light fly, fly, and welterweight classes dropped but the middleweight added. The addition of the 4 Greco-Roman classes brought the total number of events in wrestling up to 9. <div class="tright">[[Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg|100px|border|Wrestling]]</div> ==Medal summary== ===Greco-Roman=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | Lightweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman lightweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Enrico Porro]]|ITA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Nikolai Orlov]]|RUS|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Arvo Lindén]]|FIN|1908 Summer}} |- | Middleweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman middleweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frithiof Mårtensson]]|SWE|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mauritz Andersson]]|SWE|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Anders Andersen (wrestler)|Anders Andersen]]|DEN|1908 Summer}} |- | Light heavyweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Verner Weckman]]|FIN|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yrjö Saarela]]|FIN|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Carl Jensen]]|DEN|1908 Summer}} |- | Super heavyweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Richárd Weisz]]|HUN|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aleksandr Petrov (wrestler)|Aleksandr Petrov]]|RUS|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Søren Marinus Jensen]]|DEN|1908 Summer}} |} ===Freestyle=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | Bantamweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle bantamweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[George Mehnert]]|USA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[William Press]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Aubert Coté]]|CAN|1908 Summer}} |- | Featherweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle featherweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[George Dole]]|USA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[James Slim]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[William McKie]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} |- | Lightweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle lightweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[George de Relwyskow]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[William Wood (wrestler)|William Wood]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Albert Gingell]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} |- | Middleweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle middleweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stanley Bacon]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[George de Relwyskow]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Frederick Beck]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} |- | Heavyweight<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle heavyweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Con O'Kelly]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jacob Gundersen]]|NOR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Edward Barrett]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} |} ==Participating nations== ==Medal table== {| {{RankedMedalTable}} |- | 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}} || 3 || 4 || 4 || 11 |- | 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1908 Summer}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 |- | 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|1908 Summer}} || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 |- | 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1908 Summer}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 |- |rowspan=2| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|HUN|1908 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- |align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|1908 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|RUS|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 |- | 8 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|DEN|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 |- | 10 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1908 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |} [[Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Belgium]], [[Bohemia at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Bohemia]], [[Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Germany]], and the [[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]] also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals. ==References== * {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}} * {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/wrf1908.html | title = Freestyle Wrestling 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 28 May | accessyear = 2006}} {{EventsAt1908SummerOlympics}} {{Olympic Games Wrestling}} [[Category:1908 Summer Olympics events]] [[Category:Wrestling at the Olympics|1908]] [[de:Olympische Sommerspiele 1908/Ringen]] [[es:Anexo:Lucha en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 1908]] [[fr:Lutte aux jeux Olympiques de 1908]] [[it:Lotta alla IV Olimpiade]] [[hu:1908. évi nyári olimpiai játékok (birkózás)]] [[nl:Worstelen op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1908]] [[no:Bryting under Sommer-OL 1908]] [[pt:Lutas nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1908]] [[ru:Борьба на летних Олимпийских играх 1908]] [[fi:Paini kesäolympialaisissa 1908]]