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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤93 kilograms), 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	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Verner Weckman	FIN	Gold
2	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Silver
3	Carl Jensen	DEN	Bronze
4	Hugó Payr	HUN
=5	Fritz Larsson	SWE
=5	Jacob van Westrop	NED
=5	Marcel Dubois	BEL
=5	Alfred Banbrook	GBR
=9	Douwe Wijbrands	NED
=9	William West	GBR
=9	Yevgeny Zamotin	RUS
=9	Jussi Kivimäki	FIN
=9	Ernest Nixson	GBR
=9	Cyril Brown	GBR
=9	Leendert van Oosten	NED
=9	August Meessen	BEL
=17	Harald Christensen	DEN
=17	Miroslav Šustera	BOH
=17	Henri Nielsen	DEN
=17	Henry Foskett	GBR
=17	György Luntzer	HUN

Round One (22 July 1908)

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

Round Two (22 July 1908)

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

Quarter-Finals (22 July 1908)

Match #1	Verner Weckman	FIN	fall (4:10)	Fritz Larsson	SWE
Match #2	Hugó Payr	HUN	decision	Jacob van Westrop	NED
Match #3	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	fall (12:24)	Marcel Dubois	BEL
Match #4	Carl Jensen	DEN	fall (2:28)	Alfred Banbrook	GBR

Semi-Finals (22 July 1908)

Match #1	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	fall (11:36)	Carl Jensen	DEN
Match #2	Verner Weckman	FIN	fall (5:35)	Hugó Payr	HUN

Final Round (22 July 1908)

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