The Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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 light heavyweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 93 kilograms (205 lb).[1] Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.[2]
| Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | July 22 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Competition format edit
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 edit
Standings edit
| Place | Wrestler | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verner Weckman |  Finland
|
| 2 | Yrjö Saarela | Finland
|
| 3 | Carl Jensen |  Denmark
|
| 4 | Hugó Payr | .svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
| 5 | Alfred Banbrook |  Great Britain
|
| Marcel Dubois |  Belgium
| |
| Fritz Larsson |  Sweden
| |
| Jacob van Westrop |  Netherlands
| |
| 9 | Cyril Brown | Great Britain
|
| Jussi Kivimäki | Finland
| |
| August Meesen | Belgium
| |
| Ernest Nixson | Great Britain
| |
| Leendert van Oosten | Netherlands
| |
| William West | Great Britain
| |
| Douwe Wijbrands | Netherlands
| |
| Yevgeny Zamotin | Russia
| |
| 17 | Harald Christiansen | Denmark
|
| Henry Foskett | Great Britain
| |
| György Luntzer | Hungary
| |
| Henri Nielsen | Denmark
| |
| Miroslav Šustera |  Bohemia
|
Bracket edit
References edit
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 40.
- ^ Official Report, pp. 621–23.
Sources edit
- 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.