page_title: Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics
section_title: Wrestling
hierarchical_section_title: Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics / Wrestling
caption_attribution_description: English: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight final. Verner Weckman (Finland) (over) against Yrjö Saarela (Finland) (under). White City Stadium, 22 July 1908.
context_page_description: Finland competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The Grand Duchy of Finland was part of the Russian Empire at the time, but Finland had become a sovereign member of the International Olympic Committee in 1907.
context_section_description: Results are lifted from:
  Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 284–290. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
  Ledend: W = win, L = loss, /f = by fall, /p by points
  According to rumours, Weckman bribed Saarela to throw the heavyweight final. Modern sportswriters Arto Teronen and Jouko Vuolle consider that there is plenty of circumstantial evidence in favour.
caption: Weckman and Saarela in the finals
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