Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
| Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates |
July 21 (R16, quarters, semis) July 22 (final, bronze match) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Greco-Roman | ||
| Lightweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Light heavyweight | men | |
| Super heavyweight | men | |
| Freestyle | ||
| Bantamweight | men | |
| Featherweight | men | |
| Lightweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Heavyweight | men | |
The freestyle middleweight was one of five freestyle 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 middleweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers of up to 73 kilograms (161 lb).
Results
Standings
| Place | Wrestler | Nation |
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| 1 | Stanley Bacon |  Great Britain |
| 2 | George de Relwyskow | Great Britain |
| 3 | Frederick Beck | Great Britain |
| 4 | Carl Andersson |  Sweden |
| 5 | Edgar Bacon | Great Britain |
| Aubrey Coleman | Great Britain | |
| John Craige |  United States of America | |
| Frederico Narganes | United States of America | |
| 9 | George Bradshaw | Great Britain |
| Harry Challstorp | Sweden | |
| Henry Chenery | Great Britain | |
| Arthur Wallis | Great Britain |
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| Stanley Bacon (GBR) |
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| Henry Chenery (GBR) |
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| S. Bacon (GBR) |
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| Coleman (GBR) |
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| Aubrey Coleman (GBR) |
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| Arthur Wallis (GBR) |
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| S. Bacon (GBR) |
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| Beck (GBR) |
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| Frederick Beck (GBR) |
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| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Beck (GBR) |
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| Narganes (USA) |
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| Frederico Narganes (USA) |
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| Bye | |||||||||||||
| S. Bacon (GBR) |
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| Relwyskow (GBR) |
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| George de Relwyskow (GBR) |
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| Harry Challstorp (SWE) |
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| Relwyskow (GBR) |
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| E. Bacon (GBR) |
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| Edgar Bacon (GBR) |
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| George Bradshaw (GBR) |
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| Relwyskow (GBR) |
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| Andersson (SWE) |
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| Carl Andersson (SWE) |
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| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Andersson (SWE) |
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| Craige (USA) |
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| John Craige (USA) |
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| Bye | |||||||||||||
After a protest from his semi-final was rejected, Andersson refused to participate in the bronze medal match, giving Beck third place.
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Freestyle Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
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