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

Men's welterweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue Francis Field
Date October 15
Competitors 10 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Charles Ericksen[1]  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) William Beckmann  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jerry Winholtz  United States

The welterweight was the second-heaviest 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. Ten wrestlers, all from the United States, competed.

Welterweights had to be lighter than 71.7 kilograms.

Results

Jerry Winholtz and William Hennessy were allowed to fight for the bronze medal as they both lost in this tournament against the gold medalist Charles Ericksen.

 
First RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Fall (4:59)
 
 
 William Schaefer (USA)
 
Decision (overtime)
 
 A. J. Betchestobill (USA)
 
 William Schaefer (USA)
 
Fall (2:04)
 
 William Beckmann (USA)
 
 William Beckmann (USA)
 
Fall (0:38)
 
 Samuel Filler (USA)
 
 William Beckmann (USA)
 
 
 Otto Roehm (USA)
 
 
Fall (3:30)
 
 
 Otto Roehm (USA)
 
 
 Hugo Toeppen (USA)
 
 
Decision (15:00)
 
 
 William Beckmann (USA)
 
 
 Charles Ericksen (USA)
 
 
Fall (2:15)
 
 
 William Hennessy (USA)
 
 
 A. Mellinger (USA)
 
 
Fall (2:58)
 
 
 William Hennessy (USA)
 
 
 Charles Ericksen (USA) Third place
 
 
Decision  
 
 
 Jerry Winholtz (USA)  William Hennessy (USA)
 
 
 Charles Ericksen (USA)  Jerry Winholtz (USA)
 
 
 
 

Sources

  1. ↑ Ericksen was a Norwegian citizen living in the United States. Charles Ericksens citizenship (In norwegian) The International Olympic Committee lists him as a member of the American team, though some sources list him as a competitor for Norway.
  • https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2006.
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