Wrestling_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics

Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 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.[1]

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.

Wrestling

Medal summary

Freestyle

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Greco-Roman

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Participating nations

115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.

Medal table

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Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Freestyle Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 28 May 2006.

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