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

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Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
DateJuly 24
Competitors11 from 2 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg George de Relwyskow Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg William Wood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Arthur Gingell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1904
1920  

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). [1] Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers. [2]

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 de Relwyskow Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
2 William Wood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3 Arthur Gingell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
4 George MacKenzie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
5 Harry Baillie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
John Krug Flag of the United States of America (1908-1912).svg United States of America
John McKenzie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
William Shepherd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
9 George Faulkner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
William Henson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
John Hoy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

Bracket

 
First RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Decision
 
 
US flag 45 stars.svg  John Krug  (USA)
 
Fall (6:08)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John Hoy  (GBR)
 
US flag 45 stars.svg  John Krug  (USA)
 
Decision
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Wood  (GBR)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Wood  (GBR)
 
Fall (7:44)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George Faulkner  (GBR)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Wood  (GBR)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George McKenzie  (GBR)
 
 
Fall (6:20)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George McKenzie  (GBR)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  John McKenzie  (GBR)
 
 
2–0 (decision/decision)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Wood  (GBR)Silver medal.svg
 
Fall (6:04)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George de Relwyskow  (GBR)Gold medal.svg
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George de Relwyskow  (GBR)
 
Decision
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Henson  (GBR)
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George de Relwyskow  (GBR)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  William Shepherd  (GBR)
 
 
Fall (14:41)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George de Relwyskow  (GBR)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Arthur Gingell  (GBR)Third place
 
 
Fall (10:24) 2–0 (falls 6:44/3:20)
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Arthur Gingell  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Arthur Gingell  (GBR)Bronze medal.svg
 
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Harry Baillie  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George McKenzie  (GBR)
 
 
 
 

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, 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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