Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
# Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight

The Greco-Roman lightweight 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 lightweight was the lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 66.6 kilograms (147 lb). Each nation could enter up to 12 wrestlers.

## Competition format

The event was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers. The final and bronze medal match were best two-of-three, while all other rounds were a single bout. Bouts were 15 minutes, unless one wrestler lost by fall (two shoulders on the ground at the same time). Other than falls, decisions were made by the judges or, if they did not agree, the referee.

Wrestlers could "take hold only from the head and not lower than the waist." The "hair, flesh, ears, private parts, or clothes may not be seized"; striking, scratching, twisting fingers, tripping, and grabbing legs were prohibited. Holds "obtained that the fear of breakage or dislocation of a limb shall cause the wrestler to give the fall" were outlawed, and particularly the double-nelson, arm up back with bar on, hammerlock, strangle, half-strangle, hang, and flying mare with palm uppermost.

## Results

### Standings

| Place | Wrestler | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Enrico Porro | Italy |
| 2 | Nikolay Orlov | Russia |
| 3 | Arvo Lindén | Finland |
| 4 | Gunnar Persson | Sweden |
| 5 | Gustaf Malmström | Sweden |
| 5 | József Maróthy | Hungary |
| 5 | Anders Møller | Denmark |
| 5 | Ödön Radvány | Hungary |
| 9 | Ernest Blount | Great Britain |
| 9 | Ulferd Bruseker | Netherlands |
| 9 | Carl Carlsen | Denmark |
| 9 | George Faulkner | Great Britain |
| 9 | Albert Hawkins | Great Britain |
| 9 | Téger József | Hungary |
| 9 | Carl Erik Lund | Sweden |
| 9 | William Wood | Great Britain |
| 17 | Christian Carlsen | Denmark |
| 17 | Karel Halík | Bohemia |
| 17 | Lucien Hansen | Belgium |
| 17 | George MacKenzie | Great Britain |
| 17 | Jacob van Moppes | Netherlands |
| 17 | Albert Rose | Great Britain |
| 17 | William Ruff | Great Britain |
| 17 | Fernand Steens | Belgium |
| 17 | Albert Whittingstall | Great Britain |

### Bracket

| First Round | Second Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Fall (2:33) | | | |
| Arvo Lindén (FIN) | | | |
| Arvo Lindén (FIN) | Fall (4:15) | | |
| Lucien Hansen (BEL) | Fall (4:15) | | |
| Lucien Hansen (BEL) | Arvo Lindén (FIN) | | |
| Fall (9:00) | Arvo Lindén (FIN) | | |
| Fall (9:00) | Carl Carlsen (DEN) | | |
| Carl Carlsen (DEN) | Carl Carlsen (DEN) | | |
| Carl Carlsen (DEN) | | Fall (13:32) | |
| Fernand Steens (BEL) | | Fall (13:32) | |
| Fernand Steens (BEL) | | Arvo Lindén (FIN) | |
| Fall (3:59) | | Arvo Lindén (FIN) | |
| Fall (3:59) | | Anders Møller (DEN) | |
| Anders Møller (DEN) | | Anders Møller (DEN) | |
| Anders Møller (DEN) | Fall (11:18) | | |
| Albert Whittingstall (GBR) | Fall (11:18) | | |
| Albert Whittingstall (GBR) | Anders Møller (DEN) | | |
| | George Faulkner (GBR) | | |
| | | | Decision |
| | | | Arvo Lindén (FIN) |
| | | | Nikolay Orlov (RU1) |
| | Fall (10:46) | | |
| | Nikolay Orlov (RU1) | | |
| | Carl Erik Lund (SWE) | | |
| | | Fall (7:16) | |
| | | Nikolay Orlov (RU1) | |
| Fall (18:35) | | Nikolay Orlov (RU1) | |
| Fall (18:35) | | Ödön Radvány (HUN) | |
| Ödön Radvány (HUN) | | Ödön Radvány (HUN) | |
| Ödön Radvány (HUN) | Fall (0:17) | | |
| William Ruff (GBR) | Fall (0:17) | | |
| William Ruff (GBR) | Ödön Radvány (HUN) | | |
| Fall (1:10) | Ödön Radvány (HUN) | | |
| Fall (1:10) | Albert Hawkins (GBR) | | |
| Albert Hawkins (GBR) | Albert Hawkins (GBR) | | |
| Albert Hawkins (GBR) | | | | 2–0 (decision/decision) |
| Christian Carlsen (DEN) | | | | 2–0 (decision/decision) |
| Christian Carlsen (DEN) | | | | Nikolay Orlov (RU1) |
| | | | | Enrico Porro (ITA) |
| | Decision | | | |
| | Enrico Porro (ITA) | | | |
| Decision | Enrico Porro (ITA) | | | |
| Decision | József Téger (HUN) | | | |
| József Téger (HUN) | József Téger (HUN) | | | |
| József Téger (HUN) | | Decision | | |
| Jacob van Moppes (NED) | | Decision | | |
| Jacob van Moppes (NED) | | Enrico Porro (ITA) | | |
| Fall (3:35) | | Enrico Porro (ITA) | | |
| Fall (3:35) | | Gustaf Malmström (SWE) | | |
| Gustaf Malmström (SWE) | | Gustaf Malmström (SWE) | | |
| Gustaf Malmström (SWE) | Fall (3:20) | | | |
| George MacKenzie (GBR) | Fall (3:20) | | | |
| George MacKenzie (GBR) | Gustaf Malmström (SWE) | | | |
| | Ulferd Bruseker (NED) | | | |
| | | | Fall (2:05) | |
| | | | Enrico Porro (ITA) | |
| | | | Gunnar Persson (SWE) | Third place |
| | Fall (7:06) | | | |
| | Gunnar Persson (SWE) | | | Arvo Lindén (FIN) |
| | Ernest Blount (GBR) | | | Gunnar Persson (SWE) |
| | | Gunnar Persson (SWE) | | |
| Fall (14:59) | | Gunnar Persson (SWE) | | |
| Fall (14:59) | | József Maróthy retired | | |
| József Maróthy (HUN) | | József Maróthy retired | | |
| József Maróthy (HUN) | Decision | | | |
| Albert Rose (GBR) | Decision | | | |
| Albert Rose (GBR) | József Maróthy (HUN) | | | |
| Decision | József Maróthy (HUN) | | | |
| Decision | William Wood (GBR) | | | |
| William Wood (GBR) | William Wood (GBR) | | | |
| Karel Halík (BOH) | | | | |
