Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight

The freestyle lightweight was one of five freestyle 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 median weight class, allowing wrestlers of up to 66.6 kilograms (147 lb).

Results

Standings

Place	Wrestler	Nation
1	George de Relwyskow	Great Britain
2	William Wood	Great Britain
3	Albert Gingell	Great Britain
4	George MacKenzie	Great Britain
5	Herbert Baillie	Great Britain
	John Krug	United States of America
	James McKenzie	Great Britain
	William Shepherd	Great Britain
9	George Faulkner	Great Britain
	William Henson	Great Britain
	Joseph Hoy	Great Britain

Bracket

	First round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	1
	16
	8
	9
	5
	12
	4
	13
	6
	11
	3
	14
	7
	10
	2
	15

Gingell beat George McKenzie in a bronze medal match to take third place.

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Freestyle Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 28 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)