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

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]

Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DateJuly 24
Competitors11 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) George de Relwyskow  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Wood  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arthur Gingell  Great Britain
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Competition format

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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

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Standings

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Place Wrestler Nation
1 George de Relwyskow   Great Britain
2 William Wood   Great Britain
3 Arthur Gingell   Great Britain
4 George MacKenzie   Great Britain
5 Harry Baillie   Great Britain
John Krug   United States of America
John McKenzie   Great Britain
William Shepherd   Great Britain
9 George Faulkner   Great Britain
William Henson   Great Britain
John Hoy   Great Britain

Bracket

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First RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Decision
 
 
  John Krug (USA)
 
Fall (6:08)
 
  John Hoy (GBR)
 
  John Krug (USA)
 
Decision
 
  William Wood (GBR)
 
  William Wood (GBR)
 
Fall (7:44)
 
  George Faulkner (GBR)
 
  William Wood (GBR)
 
 
  George McKenzie (GBR)
 
 
Fall (6:20)
 
 
  George McKenzie (GBR)
 
 
  John McKenzie (GBR)
 
 
2–0 (decision/decision)
 
 
  William Wood (GBR)  
 
Fall (6:04)
 
  George de Relwyskow (GBR)  
 
  George de Relwyskow (GBR)
 
Decision
 
  William Henson (GBR)
 
  George de Relwyskow (GBR)
 
 
  William Shepherd (GBR)
 
 
Fall (14:41)
 
 
  George de Relwyskow (GBR)
 
 
  Arthur Gingell (GBR) Third place
 
 
Fall (10:24) 2–0 (falls 6:44/3:20)
 
 
  Arthur Gingell (GBR)   Arthur Gingell (GBR)  
 
 
  Harry Baillie (GBR)   George McKenzie (GBR)
 
 
 
 

References

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  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.

Sources

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  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Freestyle Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 28 May 2006.