Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle heavyweight

Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	July 23
Competitors	11 from 3 nations
Medalists
Con O'Kelly  Great Britain Jacob Gundersen  Norway Edward Barrett  Great Britain

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 freestyle heavyweight 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 heavyweight was the heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers over 73 kilograms (161 lb). Eleven wrestlers competed; nine from Great Britain, one from Norway, and one from the United States. The competition was held on July 23, 1908.

Results

Bracket

	First Round			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final
	Fall (3:25)
	Lawrence Bruce (GBR)
				Fall (3:50)
	Arthur Banbrook (GBR)
				Lawrence Bruce (GBR)
				Edward Nixson (GBR)
							Fall (9:37)
							Edward Nixson (GBR)
	Fall (6:20)
							Jacob Gundersen (NOR)
	Jacob Gundersen (NOR)
				Decision
	Walter West (GBR)
				Jacob Gundersen (NOR)
				Frederick Humphreys (GBR)
										2–0 (falls 13:27/3:35)
										Jacob Gundersen (NOR)
	Fall (1:20)
										Con O'Kelly (GBR)
	Con O'Kelly (GBR)
				Fall (4:05)
	Lee Talbott (USA)
				Con O'Kelly (GBR)
				Harold Foskett (GBR)
							Fall (2:14)
							Con O'Kelly (GBR)
							Edward Barrett (GBR)			Third place
				Fall (3:20)						2–0 (falls 3:04/4:52)
				Edward Barrett (GBR)						Edward Barrett (GBR)
				Charles Brown (GBR)						Edward Nixson (GBR)

Standings

Place	Wrestler	Nation
1	Con O'Kelly	Great Britain
2	Jacob Gundersen	Norway
3	Edward Barrett	Great Britain
4	Edward Nixson	Great Britain
5	Lawrence Bruce	Great Britain
	Frederick Humphreys	Great Britain
	Harold Foskett	Great Britain
	Charles Brown	Great Britain
9	Arthur Banbrook	Great Britain
	Lee Talbott	United States
	Walter West	Great Britain

Sources

• https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/WRE/mens-heavyweight-freestyle.html
• 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.