Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight

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Men's heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
DatesJuly 21 (quarterfinals, semifinals)
July 24 (final, bronze match)
Competitors7 from 4 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Richárd Weisz Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Aleksandr Petrov Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire
Bronze medal icon.svg Søren Marinus Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
1972  

The Greco-Roman heavyweight was one of four Greco-Roman wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. [1] The heavyweight was the heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers over 93 kilograms (205 lb). [2] Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers. [3]

Competition format

The event was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers. The final and bronze medal match were best two-of-three, while all other rounds were a single bout. Bouts were 15 minutes, unless one wrestler lost by fall (two shoulders on the ground at the same time). Other than falls, decisions were made by the judges or, if they did not agree, the referee.

Wrestlers could "take hold only from the head and not lower than the waist." The "hair, flesh, ears, private parts, or clothes may not be seized"; striking, scratching, twisting fingers, tripping, and grabbing legs were prohibited. Holds "obtained that the fear of breakage or dislocation of a limb shall cause the wrestler to give the fall" were outlawed, and particularly the double-nelson, arm up back with bar on, hammerlock, strangle, half-strangle, hang, and flying mare with palm uppermost. [4]

Resulters

Places

PlaceWrestlerNation
1 Richárd Weisz Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg Hungary
2 Aleksandr Petrov Flag of Russia.svg Russia
3 Søren Marinus Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
4 Hugó Payr Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg Hungary
5 Edward Barrett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Frederick Humphreys Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Carl Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

Bracket

 
First RoundSemi-finalsFinal
 
       
 
Decision
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandr Petrov  (RU1)
 
Fall (15:12)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Frederick Humphreys  (GBR)
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandr Petrov  (RU1)
 
Fall (4:37)
 
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hugó Payr  (HUN)
 
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hugó Payr  (HUN)
 
2–0 (Decision/decision)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Edward Barrett  (GBR)
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandr Petrov  (RU1)Silver medal.svg
 
Fall (13:08)
 
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Richárd Weisz  (HUN)Gold medal.svg
 
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Richárd Weisz  (HUN)
 
Decision
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Carl Jensen  (DEN)
 
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Richárd Weisz  (HUN)
 
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Jensen  (DEN)Third place
 
 
1–0 (Fall (5:44/retired)
 
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Jensen  (DEN)Bronze medal.svg
 
 
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hugó Payr  (HUN)
 

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References

  1. http://www.olympedia.org/results/120353
  2. "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. Official Report, p. 40.
  4. Official Report, pp. 621–23.

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