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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤93 kg), Men

Date	22 July 1908 — 10:00-18:00
Status	Olympic
Location	White City Stadium, London
Participants	21 from 9 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

This class brought together two recent champions. Verner Weckman (FIN) had been World heavyweight champion in 1905, and Carl Jensen (DEN) was the 1907 European heavyweight champion. In addition, Weckman had won the middleweight gold medal at the 1906 Olympics. Weckman barely escaped with his second gold medal, winning the final over Yrjö Saarela (FIN) by two falls to one, taking the deciding fall in 16:10.

Weckman was not able to see the Finnish flag raised at the awards ceremony, but only a placard bearing the name “Finland”. This was because Finland was still a province of Russia, and the Russian authorities refused to allow Finland to display its flag.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	354	Verner Weckman	FIN	Gold
2	337	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Silver
3	245	Carl Jensen	DEN	Bronze
4	918	Hugó Payr	HUN
=5	1359	Fritz Larsson	SWE
=5	–	Jacob van Westrop	NED
=5	–	Marcel Dubois	BEL
=5	1367	Alfred Banbrook	GBR
=9	–	Douwe Wijbrands	NED
=9	1828	William West	GBR
=9	1151	Yevgeny Zamotin	RUS
=9	307	Jussi Kivimäki	FIN
=9	1679	Ernest Nixson	GBR
=9	1400	Cyril Brown	GBR
=9	776	Leendert van Oosten	NED
=9	2102	August Meessen	BEL
=17	228	Harald Christensen	DEN
=17	151	Miroslav Šustera	BOH
=17	270	Henri Nielsen	DEN
=17	1507	Henry Foskett	GBR
=17	897	György Luntzer	HUN
DNS	129	Josef Bechyně	BOH
DNS	288	F. F. Svam	DEN
DNS	1378	Fred Beck	GBR
DNS	970	Ambrogio Andreoli	ITA
DNS	1307	C. Sandberg	SWE

Round One

Date	22 July 1908

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Fritz Larsson	SWE	Decision	Harald Christensen	DEN
Match #2	22 Jul	Douwe Wijbrands	NED	Fall (5:33)	György Luntzer	HUN
Match #3	22 Jul	William West	GBR	Fall (7:29)	Miroslav Šustera	BOH
Match #4	22 Jul	Verner Weckman	FIN
Match #5	22 Jul	Hugó Payr	HUN
Match #6	22 Jul	Yevgeny Zamotin	RUS
Match #7	22 Jul	Jacob van Westrop	NED
Match #8	22 Jul	Jussi Kivimäki	FIN
Match #9	22 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (3:50)	Henri Nielsen	DEN
Match #10	22 Jul	Ernest Nixson	GBR
Match #11	22 Jul	Marcel Dubois	BEL	Fall (1:30)	Henry Foskett	GBR
Match #12	22 Jul	Cyril Brown	GBR
Match #13	22 Jul	Carl Jensen	DEN
Match #14	22 Jul	Leendert van Oosten	NED
Match #15	22 Jul	Alfred Banbrook	GBR
Match #16	22 Jul	August Meessen	BEL

Round Two

Date	22 July 1908

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Fritz Larsson	SWE	Decision	Douwe Wijbrands	NED
Match #2	22 Jul	Verner Weckman	FIN	Fall (1:53)	William West	GBR
Match #3	22 Jul	Hugó Payr	HUN	Fall (9:08)	Yevgeny Zamotin	RUS
Match #4	22 Jul	Jacob van Westrop	NED	Decision	Jussi Kivimäki	FIN
Match #5	22 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (2:31)	Ernest Nixson	GBR
Match #6	22 Jul	Marcel Dubois	BEL	Fall (1:35)	Cyril Brown	GBR
Match #7	22 Jul	Carl Jensen	DEN	Fall (8:41)	Leendert van Oosten	NED
Match #8	22 Jul	Alfred Banbrook	GBR	Fall (7:11)	August Meessen	BEL

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 July 1908

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Verner Weckman	FIN	Fall (4:10)	Fritz Larsson	SWE
Match #2	22 Jul	Hugó Payr	HUN	Decision	Jacob van Westrop	NED
Match #3	22 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (12:24)	Marcel Dubois	BEL
Match #4	22 Jul	Carl Jensen	DEN	Fall (2:28)	Alfred Banbrook	GBR

Semi-Finals

Date	22 July 1908

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (11:36)	Carl Jensen	DEN
Match #2	22 Jul	Verner Weckman	FIN	Fall (5:35)	Hugó Payr	HUN

Final Round

Date	22 July 1908

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	22 Jul	Verner Weckman	FIN	2-1 (fall by (4:22)/fall (5:07)/fall (16:10))	Yrjö Saarela	FIN
Match 3/4	22 Jul	Carl Jensen	DEN	2-0 (falls 2:04/1:40)	Hugó Payr	HUN