Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine 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.
Contents
Medal summary
Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight |
 George Mehnert (USA) |
 William J. Press (GBR) |
22x20px Aubert Coté (CAN) |
| Featherweight |
George Dole (USA) |
James Slim (GBR) |
William McKie (GBR) |
| Lightweight |
George de Relwyskow (GBR) |
William Wood (GBR) |
Albert Gingell (GBR) |
| Middleweight |
Stanley Bacon (GBR) |
George de Relwyskow (GBR) |
Frederick Beck (GBR) |
| Heavyweight |
Con O'Kelly (GBR) |
 Jacob Gundersen (NOR) |
Edward Barrett (GBR) |
Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight |
 Enrico Porro (ITA) |
 Nikolay Orlov (RU1) |
Arvo Lindén (FIN) |
| Middleweight |
 Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE) |
Mauritz Andersson (SWE) |
 Anders Andersen (DEN) |
| Light heavyweight |
Verner Weckman (FIN) |
Yrjö Saarela (FIN) |
Carl Jensen (DEN) |
| Super heavyweight |
 Richárd Weisz (HUN) |
Aleksandr Petrov (RU1) |
Søren Marinus Jensen (DEN) |
Participating nations
115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | United States (USA) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Russian Empire (RU1) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Canada Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.
See also
List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
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