At the 1908 Summer Olympics in

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, nine

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events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five weight classes in

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. 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.

Medal summary

Freestyle

Greco-Roman

Participating nations

115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.

Medal table

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, Bohemia,

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, and the

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also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.

References

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1908 in sport wrestling