Men's middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | ? (R32 through semis) July 25 (final, bronze match) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Lightweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Super heavyweight | men |
Freestyle | |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
The Greco-Roman middleweight 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. The middleweight was the second-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 73 kilograms (161 lb). [1] Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers. [2]
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. [3]
Place | Wrestler | Nation |
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1 | Frithiof Mårtensson | ![]() |
2 | Mauritz Andersson | ![]() |
3 | Anders Andersen | ![]() |
4 | Jóhannes Jósefsson | ![]() |
5 | Jaap Belmer | ![]() |
Johannes Eriksen | ![]() | |
Axel Frank | ![]() | |
Axel Larsson | ![]() | |
9 | Edgar Bacon | ![]() |
Frederick Beck | ![]() | |
Gerald Bradshaw | ![]() | |
Grigory Dyomin | ![]() | |
Aäron Lelie | ![]() | |
Jacobus Lorenz | ![]() | |
Miklós Orosz | ![]() | |
Jaroslav Týfa | ![]() | |
17 | Stanley Bacon | ![]() |
Josef Bechynê | ![]() | |
Harry Challstorp | ![]() | |
Gerrit Duijm | ![]() | |
Wilhelm Grundmann | ![]() |
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The men's team épée was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was won by the French team, who also swept the medals in the individual épée event. Each nation could enter a team of up to 8 fencers, with 4 fencers chosen for each match.
The men's team sabre was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was won by the Hungarian team, who also took the top two medals in the individual sabre event. Each nation could enter a team of up to 8 fencers, with 4 fencers chosen for each match.
The freestyle bantamweight was one of five freestyle wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. The bantamweight was the lightest class, allowing wrestlers of up to 54 kilograms (119 lb). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
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The freestyle lightweight was one of five freestyle wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. The lightweight was the median weight class, allowing wrestlers of up to 66.6 kilograms (147 lb). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
The freestyle middleweight was one of five freestyle wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. The middleweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers of up to 73 kilograms (161 lb). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
The freestyle heavyweight was one of five freestyle wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. The heavyweight was the heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers over 73 kilograms (161 lb). Eleven wrestlers competed; nine from Great Britain, one from Norway, and one from the United States. The competition was held on July 23, 1908. Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
The Greco-Roman lightweight 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. The lightweight was the lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 66.6 kilograms (147 lb). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
The Greco-Roman light 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. The light heavyweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 93 kilograms (205 lb). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
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. The heavyweight was the heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers over 93 kilograms (205 lb). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
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Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports.
Finland competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium for the first time as a fully independent state. It did compete at the previous Olympics, however, only as the Russian-dependent Grand Duchy of Finland. 63 competitors, 62 men and 1 woman, took part in 51 events in 9 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 154 competitors, 150 men and 4 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.
Denmark competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 91 competitors took part in 55 events in 14 sports.
Athletes from Iceland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908.
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The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 16 to 19 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.