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Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five weight classes in freestyle wrestling.

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Greco-Roman reappeared for the first time since the 1896 Summer Olympics, with weight classes for the first time. The number of classes in freestyle was reduced from 7 to 5, with the light fly, fly, and welterweight classes dropped but the middleweight added. The addition of the 4 Greco-Roman classes brought the total number of events in wrestling up to 9.

Participating nations

115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.

Medal table

Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.

References

Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics Wikipedia