Wrestling is a sport played between two players. The player’s unarmed men or women grappling to either subdue the other with a pin or fall or accrue enough points to win. Wrestling is one of the events that have been included in every modern Summer Games since 1896 except the 1900 Games and has made a permanent place in the Olympics program. At the Olympic Games, men compete in two disciplines, Greco-Roman and freestyle, while the women’s events are in freestyle only and were organized first time in the 2004 Athens Summer Games.
The fourth Modern Olympic Games was held in London (Great Britain) in the year 1908 from 27 April to 31 October but was originally scheduled for Rome. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius prompted officials to move them to Great Britain. London was the first official Olympics where athletes marched into the stadium behind their respective national flags. A total number of 21 different sports featured, with 110 events with over 100 events and 2,008 athletes including 37 women. The level of competition was high but controversy and national rivalry still left a bitter taste on the Games.
Wrestling is one of the 21 sports and the wrestling competition was held on mats laid out in the infield of the White City Stadium from 20 to 25 July, 1908. There were 115 wrestlers of 15 countries. This was the first time that both the competitions Gréco-Roman and freestyle-type were held at the same Olympics and would not held again until 1920 Olympics. Favorites could really only be chosen in Gréco-Roman as, up until 1908, world and European championships had only been conducted in that class. The matches were the best of one fall, except for the finals and bronze-medal matches, which were the best two of three falls. Time limit was 15 minutes in catch-as-catch-can and 20 minutes in Gréco-Roman.
The Irish George "Con" O'Kelly had been British heavyweight champion in 1907, but had lost the 1908 title to Edward Barrett. At the Olympics, O'Kelly and Barrett met in the semi-finals and O'Kelly turned the tables with a quick fall.
Only Great Britain and Sweden entered wrestlers in both competitions Gréco-Roman and freestyle-type in 1908 Summer Olympic Games. The lists of medal winners in both competitions Gréco-Roman and freestyle-type in all categories are given below.
Gold medal Winners were Enrico Porro, Frithiof Mårtensson, Verner Weckman, Richárd Weisz, George Mehnert, Stanley Bacon and Con O'Kelly, Sr. Silver medal Winners were Nikolay Orlov, Mauritz Andersson, Yrjö Saarela, Aleksandr Petrov, William Press, John Slim, William Wood, George de Relwyskow and Jacob Gundersen. Bronze medal Winners were Arvo Lindén, Anders Andersen, Carl Jensen, Søren Jensen, Aubert Côté, William McKie, Arthur Gingell, Frederick Beck and Ned Barrett.
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