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

Men's lightweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
Dates July 23 (R32 through semis)
July 25 (final, bronze match)
Competitors 25 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Enrico Porro  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Nikolay Orlov  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Arvo Lindén  Finland
Wrestling at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Lightweight   men
Middleweight   men
Light heavyweight   men
Super heavyweight   men
Freestyle
Bantamweight   men
Featherweight   men
Lightweight   men
Middleweight   men
Heavyweight   men

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).

Results

Standings

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

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
Porro (ITA)                
Bye  
Porro (ITA)
  Téger (HUN)  
Téger (HUN)
Moppes (NED)  
Porro (ITA)
  Malmström (SWE)  
Malmström (SWE)
MacKenzie (GBR)  
Malmström (SWE)
  Bruseker (NED)  
Bruseker (NED)
Bye  
Porro (ITA)
    Persson (SWE)  
Persson (SWE)        
Bye  
Persson (SWE)
  Blount (GBR)  
Blount (GBR)
Bye  
Persson (SWE)
  Maróthy retired  
Maróthy (HUN)
Rose (GBR)  
Maróthy (HUN)
  Wood (GBR)  
Wood (GBR)
Halík (BOH)  
Porro (ITA)
    Orlov (RUS)
Orlov (RUS)            
Bye  
Orlov (RUS)
  Lund (SWE)  
Lund (SWE)
Bye  
Orlov (RUS)
  Radvány (HUN)  
Radvány (HUN)
Ruff (GBR)  
Radvány (HUN)
  Hawkins (GBR)  
Hawkins (GBR)
Ch. Carlsen (DEN)  
Orlov (RUS)
    Lindén (FIN)  
Lindén (FIN)        
Hansen (BEL)  
Lindén (FIN)
  Ca. Carlsen (DEN)  
Ca. Carlsen (DEN)
Steens (BEL)  
Lindén (FIN)
  Møller (DEN)  
Møller (DEN)
Whittingstall (GBR)  
Møller (DEN)
  Faulkner (GBR)  
Faulkner (GBR)
Bye  

Lindén beat Persson in the bronze medal match to take third place.

Sources

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