Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight

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Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
DateJuly 22
Competitors12 from 2 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg George Dole US flag 45 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg James Slim Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg William McKie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
  1904
1920  

The freestyle featherweight 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 featherweight was the second-lightest class, allowing wrestlers of up to 60.3 kilograms (133 lb). [1] Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers. [2]

11 British athletes and 1 American participated.

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 how and where they please[d]" except that "hair, flesh, ears, private parts, or clothes may not be seized"; striking, scratching, twisting fingers, butting, and kicking were prohibited. Holds "obtained that the fear of breakage or dislocation of a limb shall induce a wrestler to give the fall" were outlawed, and particularly the double-nelson, hammerlock, strangle, half-strangle, scissors, hang, flying mare with palm uppermost, and the foot twist. [3]

Results

Standings

PlaceWrestlerNation
1 George Dole US 46 Star Flag.svg United States of America
2 James Slim Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3 William McKie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
4 William Tagg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
5 Alfred Goddard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Sidney Peake Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
James Webster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Joseph White Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
9 Walter Adams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Percy Cockings Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Risdon Couch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
William Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

Bracket

 
First RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Decision
 
 
US flag 45 stars.svg  George Dole  (USA)
 
Decision
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Percy Cockings  (GBR)
 
US flag 45 stars.svg  George Dole  (USA)
 
Fall (2:14)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  James Webster  (GBR)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  James Webster  (GBR)
 
Fall (6:00)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Walter Adams  (GBR)
 
US flag 45 stars.svg  George Dole  (USA)
 
Fall (11:56)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William McKie  (GBR)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Joseph White  (GBR)
 
Decision
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William Jones  (GBR)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Joseph White  (GBR)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William McKie  (GBR)
 
 
2–0 (fall (9:28)/decision)
 
 
US flag 45 stars.svg  George Dole  (USA)Gold medal.svg
 
Fall (10:48)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  James Slim  (GBR)Silver medal.svg
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Alfred Goddard  (GBR)
 
Fall (5:00)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Risdon Couch  (GBR)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Alfred Goddard  (GBR)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William Tagg  (GBR)
 
 
Decision
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William Tagg  (GBR)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  James Slim  (GBR)Third place
 
 
Fall (9:00) 1–0 (decision/retired)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  James Slim  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William McKie  (GBR)Bronze medal.svg
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Sidney Peake  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William Tagg  (GBR)
 
 
 
 

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 40.
  3. Official Report, pp. 621–22.

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