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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , nine ''' Wrestling ''' events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman Wrestling and five weight classes in Freestyle Wrestling .

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


Greco-Roman



Freestyle



MEDAL TABLE


Belgium , Bohemia , Germany , and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.


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