Men's lightweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesJuly 23 (R32 through semis)
July 25 (final, bronze match)
Competitors25 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Enrico Porro  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nikolay Orlov  Russian Empire
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arvo Lindén  Finland

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 (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 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.[3]

Results

Standings

PlaceWrestlerNation
1Enrico PorroItaly Italy
2Nikolay OrlovRussia Russia
3Arvo LindénFinland Finland
4Gunnar PerssonSweden Sweden
5Gustaf MalmströmSweden Sweden
József MaróthyHungary Hungary
Anders MøllerDenmark Denmark
Ödön RadványHungary Hungary
9Ernest BlountGreat Britain Great Britain
Ulferd BrusekerNetherlands Netherlands
Carl CarlsenDenmark Denmark
George FaulknerGreat Britain Great Britain
Albert HawkinsGreat Britain Great Britain
Téger JózsefHungary Hungary
Carl Erik LundSweden Sweden
William WoodGreat Britain Great Britain
17Christian CarlsenDenmark Denmark
Karel HalíkBohemia Bohemia
Lucien HansenBelgium Belgium
George MacKenzieGreat Britain Great Britain
Jacob van MoppesNetherlands Netherlands
Albert RoseGreat Britain Great Britain
William RuffGreat Britain Great Britain
Fernand SteensBelgium Belgium
Albert WhittingstallGreat Britain Great Britain

Bracket

 
First RoundSecond RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
             
 
Fall (2:33)
 
 
 Arvo Lindén (FIN)
 
Fall (4:15)
 
 Lucien Hansen (BEL)
 
 Arvo Lindén (FIN)
 
Fall (9:00)
 
 Carl Carlsen (DEN)
 
 Carl Carlsen (DEN)
 
Fall (13:32)
 
 Fernand Steens (BEL)
 
 Arvo Lindén (FIN)
 
Fall (3:59)
 
 Anders Møller (DEN)
 
 Anders Møller (DEN)
 
Fall (11:18)
 
 Albert Whittingstall (GBR)
 
 Anders Møller (DEN)
 
 
 George Faulkner (GBR)
 
 
Decision
 
 
 Arvo Lindén (FIN)
 
 
 Nikolay Orlov (RU1)
 
 
Fall (10:46)
 
 
 Nikolay Orlov (RU1)
 
 
 Carl Erik Lund (SWE)
 
 
Fall (7:16)
 
 
 Nikolay Orlov (RU1)
 
Fall (18:35)
 
 Ödön Radvány (HUN)
 
 Ödön Radvány (HUN)
 
Fall (0:17)
 
 William Ruff (GBR)
 
 Ödön Radvány (HUN)
 
Fall (1:10)
 
 Albert Hawkins (GBR)
 
 Albert Hawkins (GBR)
 
2–0 (decision/decision)
 
 Christian Carlsen (DEN)
 
 Nikolay Orlov (RU1)
 
 
 Enrico Porro (ITA)
 
 
Decision
 
 
 Enrico Porro (ITA)
 
Decision
 
 József Téger (HUN)
 
 József Téger (HUN)
 
Decision
 
 Jacob van Moppes (NED)
 
 Enrico Porro (ITA)
 
Fall (3:35)
 
 Gustaf Malmström (SWE)
 
 Gustaf Malmström (SWE)
 
Fall (3:20)
 
 George MacKenzie (GBR)
 
 Gustaf Malmström (SWE)
 
 
 Ulferd Bruseker (NED)
 
 
Fall (2:05)
 
 
 Enrico Porro (ITA)
 
 
 Gunnar Persson (SWE) Third place
 
 
Fall (7:06)  
 
 
 Gunnar Persson (SWE)  Arvo Lindén (FIN)
 
 
 Ernest Blount (GBR)  Gunnar Persson (SWE)
 
 
 
 
 
 Gunnar Persson (SWE)
 
Fall (14:59)
 
József Maróthy retired
 
 József Maróthy (HUN)
 
Decision
 
 Albert Rose (GBR)
 
 József Maróthy (HUN)
 
Decision
 
 William Wood (GBR)
 
 William Wood (GBR)
 
 
 Karel Halík (BOH)
 

References

  1. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 40.
  3. ↑ Official Report, pp. 621–23.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Greco-Roman Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
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