Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight


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. Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.

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. 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.

Results

Standings

PlaceWrestlerNation
1Enrico Porro Italy
2Nikolay Orlov Russia
3Arvo Lindén Finland
4Gunnar Persson Sweden
5Gustaf Malmström Sweden
5József Maróthy Hungary
5Anders Møller Denmark
5Ödön Radvány Hungary
9Edward Blount Great Britain
9Ulferd Bruseker Netherlands
9Carl Carlsen Denmark
9George Faulkner Great Britain
9Arthur Hawkins Great Britain
9Téger József Hungary
9Carl Erik Lund Sweden
9William Wood Great Britain
17Christian Carlsen Denmark
17Karel Halík Bohemia
17Lucien Hansen Belgium
17George MacKenzie Great Britain
17Jacob van Moppes Netherlands
17Arthur Rose Great Britain
17William Ruff Great Britain
17Fernand Steens Belgium
17Andrew Whittingstall Great Britain

Bracket