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

Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
Date July 22
Competitors 12 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) George Dole  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) James Slim  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) William McKie  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 featherweight 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 featherweight was the second-lightest class, allowing wrestlers of up to 60.3 kilograms (133 lb).

Results

Standings

Place Wrestler Nation
1 George Dole United States of America
2 James Slim Great Britain
3 William McKie Great Britain
4 William Tagg Great Britain
5 Arthur Goddard Great Britain
Sidney Peake Great Britain
James Webster Great Britain
James White Great Britain
9 William Adams Great Britain
Percy Cockings Great Britain
Richard Couch Great Britain
William Jones Great Britain

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
George Dole (USA)            
Percy Cockings (GBR)  
Dole (USA)
  Webster (GBR)  
James Webster (GBR)
William Adams (GBR)  
Dole (USA)
  McKie (GBR)  
William McKie (GBR)
Bye  
McKie (GBR)
  White (GBR)  
James White (GBR)
William Jones (GBR)  
Dole (USA)
    Slim (GBR)
James Slim (GBR)        
Bye  
Slim (GBR)
  Peake (GBR)  
Sidney Peake (GBR)
Bye  
Slim (GBR)
  Tagg (GBR)  
William Tagg (GBR)
Bye  
Tagg (GBR)
  Goddard (GBR)  
Arthur Goddard (GBR)
Richard Couch (GBR)  

McKie beat Tagg in a bronze medal match to take third place.

Sources

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