|
| Event type

Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤66.6 kg), Men

Date23 – 25 July 1908 — 10:00-18:00 (23 July), 10:00 (25 July)
StatusOlympic
LocationWhite City Stadium, London
Participants25 from 10 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

This was the largest class of the 1908 Olympic wrestling competition. Gustaf Malmström (SWE) was European champion in 1907 at 75 kg., and he would win again in 1909 at 67 kg., but at London he lost in the quarter-finals to the Italian, Enrico Porro. Porro went on to win the gold medal. He competed at the Olympics again, in both 1920 and 1924, failing to medal both times. But none of the three medalists ever competed at a world or European championship.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
11069Enrico PorroITAGold
21148Nikolay OrlovRUSSilver
3314Arvo LindénFINBronze
41291Gunnar PerssonSWE
=5267Anders MøllerDEN
=5924Ödön RadványHUN
=51271Gustaf MalmströmSWE
=5900József MaróthyHUN
=9226Carl CarlsenDEN
=91495George FaulknerGBR
=91266Carl Erik LundSWE
=91550Albert HawkinsGBR
=9946József TégerHUN
=9712Frits BrusekerNED
=91387Ernest BlountGBR
=91847Billy WoodGBR
=1781Léon HanssenBEL
=17116Fernand SteensBEL
=171833Albert WhittingstallGBR
=171756William RuffGBR
=17226Christian CarlsenDEN
=17771Jacob van MoppesNED
=171645George MacKenzieGBR
=171754Albert RoseGBR
=17134Karel HalíkBOH

Round One

Date23 July 1908
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 JulArvo LindénFINFall (2:33)Léon HanssenBEL
Match #223 JulCarl CarlsenDENFall (9:00)Fernand SteensBEL
Match #323 JulAnders MøllerDENFall (3:59)Albert WhittingstallGBR
Match #423 JulGeorge FaulknerGBR
Match #523 JulNikolay OrlovRUS
Match #623 JulCarl Erik LundSWE
Match #723 JulÖdön RadványHUNFall (18:35)William RuffGBR
Match #823 JulAlbert HawkinsGBRFall (1:10)Christian CarlsenDEN
Match #923 JulEnrico PorroITA
Match #1023 JulJózsef TégerHUNDecisionJacob van MoppesNED
Match #1123 JulGustaf MalmströmSWEFall (3:35)George MacKenzieGBR
Match #1223 JulFrits BrusekerNED
Match #1323 JulGunnar PerssonSWE
Match #1423 JulErnest BlountGBR
Match #1523 JulJózsef MaróthyHUNFall (14:59)Albert RoseGBR
Match #1623 JulBilly WoodGBRDecisionKarel HalíkBOH

Round Two

Date23 July 1908
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 JulArvo LindénFINFall (4:15)Carl CarlsenDEN
Match #223 JulAnders MøllerDENFall (11:18)George FaulknerGBR
Match #323 JulNikolay OrlovRUSFall (10:46)Carl Erik LundSWE
Match #423 JulÖdön RadványHUNFall (0:17)Albert HawkinsGBR
Match #523 JulEnrico PorroITADecisionJózsef TégerHUN
Match #623 JulGustaf MalmströmSWEFall (3:20)Frits BrusekerNED
Match #723 JulGunnar PerssonSWEFall (7:06)Ernest BlountGBR
Match #823 JulJózsef MaróthyHUNDecisionBilly WoodGBR

Quarter-Finals

Date23 July 1908
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 JulArvo LindénFINFall (13:32)Anders MøllerDEN
Match #223 JulNikolay OrlovRUSFall (7:16)Ödön RadványHUN
Match #323 JulEnrico PorroITADecisionGustaf MalmströmSWE
Match #423 JulGunnar PerssonSWE

Semi-Finals

Date25 July 1908 — 10:00
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 JulNikolay OrlovRUSDecisionArvo LindénFIN
Match #225 JulEnrico PorroITAFall (2:05)Gunnar PerssonSWE

Final Round

Date25 July 1908
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/225 JulEnrico PorroITA2-0 (decision/decision)Nikolay OrlovRUS
Match 3/425 JulArvo LindénFINGunnar PerssonSWE