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


The Greco-Roman middleweight 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 middleweight was the second-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 73 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
1Frithiof Mårtensson Sweden
2Mauritz Andersson Sweden
3Anders Andersen Denmark
4Jóhannes Jósefsson Denmark
5Jaap Belmer Netherlands
5Johannes Eriksen Denmark
5Axel Frank Sweden
5Axel Larsson Denmark
9Edgar Bacon Great Britain
9Frederick Beck Great Britain
9George Bradshaw Great Britain
9Grigory Dyomin Russia
9Aäron Lelie Netherlands
9Jacobus Lorenz Netherlands
9Miklós Orosz Hungary
9Jaroslav Týfa Bohemia
17Stanley Bacon Great Britain
17Josef Bechynê Bohemia
17Harry Challstorp Sweden
17Gerrit Duijm Netherlands
17Wilhelm Grundmann Germany

Bracket