Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
Men's super heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates |
July 21 (quarterfinals, semifinals) July 24 (final, bronze match) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 7 from 4 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 Greco-Roman super 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 super heavyweight was the heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers over 93 kilograms (205 lb).
Resulters
Places
Place | Wrestler | Nation |
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1 | Richárd Weisz | Hungary |
2 | Aleksandr Petrov | Russia |
3 | Søren Marinus Jensen | Denmark |
4 | Hugó Payr | Hungary |
5 | Edward Barrett | Great Britain |
Frederick Humphreys | Great Britain | |
Carl Jensen | Denmark |
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Richárd Weisz (HUN) | |||||||||
Carl Jensen (DEN) | |||||||||
Weisz (HUN) | |||||||||
S. Jensen (DEN) | |||||||||
Søren Marinus Jensen (DEN) | |||||||||
Bye | |||||||||
Weisz (HUN) | |||||||||
Petrov (RUS) | |||||||||
Hugó Payr (HUN) | |||||||||
Edward Barrett (GBR) | |||||||||
Payr (HUN) | |||||||||
Petrov (RUS) | |||||||||
Aleksandr Petrov (RUS) | |||||||||
Frederick Humphreys (GBR) | |||||||||
Jensen beat Payr in the bronze medal match to take third place.
Sources
- 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.
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