Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Welterweight

Men's welterweight boxing
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue Physical Culture Gymnasium
(Washington University in St. Louis)
Dates September 21 (semifinals)
September 22 (final)
Competitors 4 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Albert Young  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Harry Spanjer  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jack Egan, Joseph Lydon  United States

The welterweight was the third heaviest boxing weight class held as part of the Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, September 21, 1904 and on Thursday, September 22, 1904. It was the first time the event, like all other boxing events, was held in Olympic competition.

Welterweights had to be less than 65.8 kilograms. Four boxers all from the United States competed.

Results

Semifinals
September 21 		Final
September 22
      
1  Albert Young (USA) W
4  Jack Egan (USA) L
 Albert Young (USA) W
 Harry Spanjer (USA) L
3  Harry Spanjer (USA) W
2  Joseph Lydon (USA) L

Since there was no bronze medal match, Egan and Lydon were both awarded bronze medals.

Jack Egan originally won the silver medal in the lightweight competition and the bronze medal in the welterweight competition. Later it was discovered that his real name was Frank Joseph Floyd while the AAU rules made it illegal to fight under an assumed name. In November 1905 the AAU disqualified Egan from all AAU competitions and he had to return all his prizes. In the lightweight competition Russell van Horn moved up to silver and Peter Sturholdt to bronze (Sturholdt won the bronze medal without winning a single bout). In the welterweight competition Joseph Lydon moved up to bronze. However according to IOC's medal database for 1904 Olympics Jack Egan has silver medal in Boxing lightweight and bronze medal in Boxing welterweight, Russell van Horn has bronze in the lightweight competition and Joseph Lydon keeps bronze in the welterweight competition.

Sources

  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2006.
  • In November 1905 the AAU disqualified Egan
  • IOC's medal database for 1904 Olympics
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