| | Event type
Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤73 kilograms), Men
| Date | 20 – 25 July 1908 — 10:00-, , 10:00 (25 July) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | White City Stadium, London | |
| Participants | 21 from 9 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
The top eight wrestlers in this class all hailed from Scandanavia. The 4th-place finisher, Jóhannes Jósefsson of Iceland, which is considered a part of Scandanavia, technically represented Denmark at the Olympics, as Iceland was still a Danish province. He forfeited the 3rd-place match due to a broken arm which he had sustained in the semi-finals.
The final between the two Swedes, Frithiof Mårtensson and Mauritz Andersson, was also postponed overnight because of an injury sustained by Mårtensson in the semis. But he overcame that injury to win two successive bouts in the final against his countryman, the first on points and the second by a fall in 6:25. Mårtensson would also win the 1909 European championship at 75 kg.
Round One (20 July 1908)
| Match #1 | Mauritz Andersson |  SWE | fall (5:04) | Stanley Bacon |  GBR |
| Match #2 | Fred Beck | GBR | decision | Harry Challstorp | SWE |
| Match #3 | Johannes Eriksen |  DEN | bye | ||
| Match #4 | Edgar Bacon | GBR | bye | ||
| Match #5 | Jóhannes Jósefsson |  ISL | bye | ||
| Match #6 | Miklós Orosz |  HUN | bye | ||
| Match #7 | Axel Frank | SWE | bye | ||
| Match #8 | Grigory Dyomin |  RUS | bye | ||
| Match #9 | Frithiof Mårtensson | SWE | fall (8:54) | Josef Bechyně |  BOH |
| Match #10 | Gerald Bradshaw | GBR | bye | ||
| Match #11 | Axel Larsson | DEN | fall (18:59) | Gerrit Duijm |  NED |
| Match #12 | Aäron Lelie | NED | bye | ||
| Match #13 | Anders Andersen | DEN | bye | ||
| Match #14 | Jacobus Lorenz | NED | bye | ||
| Match #15 | Jaap Belmer | NED | fall (3:54) | Wilhelm Grundmann |  GER |
| Match #16 | Jaroslav Týfa | BOH | bye |
Round Two (—)
| Match #1 | Mauritz Andersson | SWE | decision | Fred Beck | GBR |
| Match #2 | Johannes Eriksen | DEN | fall (9:30) | Edgar Bacon | GBR |
| Match #3 | Jóhannes Jósefsson | ISL | fall (12:10) | Miklós Orosz | HUN |
| Match #4 | Axel Frank | SWE | decision | Grigory Dyomin | RUS |
| Match #5 | Frithiof Mårtensson | SWE | fall (7:57) | Gerald Bradshaw | GBR |
| Match #6 | Axel Larsson | DEN | decision | Aäron Lelie | NED |
| Match #7 | Anders Andersen | DEN | decision | Jacobus Lorenz | NED |
| Match #8 | Jaap Belmer | NED | fall (6:00) | Jaroslav Týfa | BOH |
Quarter-Finals (—)
| Match #1 | Mauritz Andersson | SWE | fall (6:22) | Johannes Eriksen | DEN |
| Match #2 | Jóhannes Jósefsson | ISL | fall (2:30) | Axel Frank | SWE |
| Match #3 | Frithiof Mårtensson | SWE | decision | Axel Larsson | DEN |
| Match #4 | Anders Andersen | DEN | fall (6:20) | Jaap Belmer | NED |
Semi-Finals (—)
| Match #1 | Mauritz Andersson | SWE | decision | Jóhannes Jósefsson | ISL |
| Match #2 | Frithiof Mårtensson | SWE | fall (24:20) | Anders Andersen | DEN |
Final Round (25 July 1908)
| Match 1/2 | Frithiof Mårtensson | SWE | 2-0 (decision/fall (6:25)) | Mauritz Andersson | SWE |
| Match 3/4 | Anders Andersen | DEN | walkover |