Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

Men's bantamweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Date	October 15
Competitors	7 from 1 nation
Medalists
Isidor Niflot  United States August Wester  United States Louis Strebler  United States

Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Light flyweight	men
Flyweight	men
Bantamweight	men
Featherweight	men
Lightweight	men
Welterweight	men
Heavyweight	men

The bantamweight was the third lightest freestyle wrestling weight class held as part of the Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. 7 wrestlers, all from the United States, competed.

Bantamweights had to be less than 56.7 kilograms.

Results

Louis Strebler and J. M. Cardwell were allowed to fight for the bronze medal as they both lost in this tournament against the gold medalist Isidor Niflot.

	First Round			Semi-finals			Final
	Fall (1:13)
	Milton Whitehurst (USA)
				Decision
	Frederick Ferguson (USA)
				Milton Whitehurst (USA)
				August Wester (USA)
	August Wester (USA)
							Fall (1:58)
	Charles Stevens (USA)
							August Wester (USA)
	Fall (3:12)
							Isidor Niflot (USA)
	Isidor Niflot (USA)
				Fall (2:24)
	Louis Strebler (USA)
				Isidor Niflot (USA)
				J. M. Cardwell (USA)			Third place
							Louis Strebler (USA)
							J. M. Cardwell (USA)

Sources

• https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WRE/mens-bantamweight-freestyle.html
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2006.