At the 1908 Summer OlympicsinLondon, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five weight classes in freestyle wrestling.[1]
Greco-Roman reappeared for the first time since the 1896 Summer Olympics, with weight classes for the first time. The number of classes in freestyle was reduced from 7 to 5, with the light fly, fly, and welterweight classes dropped but the middleweight added. The addition of the 4 Greco-Roman classes brought the total number of events in wrestling up to 9.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Bantamweight details |
George Mehnert United States
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William J. Press Great Britain
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Aubert Côté Canada
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| Featherweight details |
George Dole United States
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James Slim Great Britain
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William McKie Great Britain
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| Lightweight details |
George de Relwyskow Great Britain
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William Wood Great Britain
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Albert Gingell Great Britain
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| Middleweight details |
Stanley Bacon Great Britain
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George de Relwyskow Great Britain
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Frederick Beck Great Britain
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| Heavyweight details |
Con O'Kelly Great Britain
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Jacob Gundersen Norway
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Edward Barrett Great Britain
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| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Lightweight details |
Enrico Porro Italy
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Nikolay Orlov Russian Empire
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Arvo Lindén Finland
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| Middleweight details |
Frithiof Mårtensson Sweden
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Mauritz Andersson Sweden
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Anders Andersen Denmark
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| Light heavyweight details |
Verner Weckman Finland
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Yrjö Saarela Finland
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Carl Jensen Denmark
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| Super heavyweight details |
Richárd Weisz Hungary
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Aleksandr Petrov Russian Empire
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Søren Marinus Jensen Denmark
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115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Russian Empire (RU1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.
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