Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:WrestlingAt1908SummerOlympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five weight classes in freestyle wrestling.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Greco-Roman reappeared for the first time since the 1896 Summer Olympics, with weight classes for the first time. The number of classes in freestyle was reduced from 7 to 5, with the light fly, fly, and welterweight classes dropped but the middleweight added. The addition of the 4 Greco-Roman classes brought the total number of events in wrestling up to 9.
Medal summary
Freestyle
Greco-Roman
Participating nations
115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.
Medal table
Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.
See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
Sources
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