Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | July 23 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 3 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 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. [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 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]
First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
Fall (3:25) | ||||||||||
Louis Bruce (GBR) | ||||||||||
Fall (3:50) | ||||||||||
Alfred Banbrook (GBR) | ||||||||||
Louis Bruce (GBR) | ||||||||||
Ernest Nixson (GBR) | ||||||||||
Fall (9:37) | ||||||||||
Ernest Nixson (GBR) | ||||||||||
Fall (6:20) | ||||||||||
Jacob Gundersen (NOR) | ||||||||||
Jacob Gundersen (NOR) | ||||||||||
Decision | ||||||||||
Walter West (GBR) | ||||||||||
Jacob Gundersen (NOR) | ||||||||||
Frederick Humphreys (GBR) | ||||||||||
2–0 (falls 13:27/3:35) | ||||||||||
Jacob Gundersen (NOR) | ||||||||||
Fall (1:20) | ||||||||||
Con O'Kelly (GBR) | ||||||||||
Con O'Kelly (GBR) | ||||||||||
Fall (4:05) | ||||||||||
Lee Talbott (USA) | ||||||||||
Con O'Kelly (GBR) | ||||||||||
Henry Foskett (GBR) | ||||||||||
Fall (2:14) | ||||||||||
Con O'Kelly (GBR) | ||||||||||
Edward Barrett (GBR) | Third place | |||||||||
Fall (3:20) | 2–0 (falls 3:04/4:52) | |||||||||
Edward Barrett (GBR) | Edward Barrett (GBR) | |||||||||
Cyril Brown (GBR) | Ernest Nixson (GBR) | |||||||||
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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). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.
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The men's freestyle featherweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 61kg.
The men's freestyle middleweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 79kg.
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The men's freestyle heavyweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 3 August to 4 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class allowed wrestlers over 87kg.
The men's freestyle heavyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's freestyle light heavyweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.
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