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

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).[1]

Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesJuly 21 (R16, quarters, semis)
July 22 (final, bronze match)
Competitors12 from 3 nations
Medalists
Stanley Bacon  Great Britain
George de Relwyskow  Great Britain
Frederick Beck  Great Britain
Wrestling at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Lightweightmen
Middleweightmen
Light heavyweightmen
Super heavyweightmen
Freestyle
Bantamweightmen
Featherweightmen
Lightweightmen
Middleweightmen
Heavyweightmen

Results

Standings
PlaceWrestlerNation
1Stanley Bacon Great Britain
2George de Relwyskow Great Britain
3Frederick Beck Great Britain
4Carl Andersson Sweden
5Edgar Bacon Great Britain
Aubrey Coleman Great Britain
John Craige United States of America
Fred Narganes United States of America
9George Bradshaw Great Britain
Harry Challstorp Sweden
Horace Chenery Great Britain
Arthur Wallis Great Britain

Bracket
 
First RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Fall (2:44)
 
 
 Aubrey Coleman (GBR)
 
Fall (5:17)
 
 Arthur Wallis (GBR)
 
 Aubrey Coleman (GBR)
 
Fall (4:48)
 
 Stanley Bacon (GBR)
 
 Stanley Bacon (GBR)
 
Fall (3:20)
 
 Henry Chenery (GBR)
 
 Stanley Bacon (GBR)
 
 
 Frederick Beck (GBR) [lower-alpha 1]
 
 
Fall (2:49)
 
 
 Frederick Beck (GBR)
 
 
 Frederico Narganes (USA)
 
 
2–0 (decision/decision)
 
 
 Stanley Bacon (GBR)
 
Fall (1:55)
 
 George de Relwyskow (GBR)
 
 Edgar Bacon (GBR)
 
Fall (6:30)
 
 George Bradshaw (GBR)
 
 Edgar Bacon (GBR)
 
Fall (3:10)
 
 George de Relwyskow (GBR)
 
 George de Relwyskow (GBR)
 
Decision
 
 Harry Challstorp (SWE)
 
 George de Relwyskow (GBR)
 
 
 Carl Andersson (SWE)[lower-alpha 1]
 
 
Decision
 
 
 Carl Andersson (SWE)
 
 
 John Craige (USA)
 
 
 
 

References
  1. "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

Notes
  1. 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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