Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven wrestling events were contested, all in the freestyle discipline. It was the first time freestyle wrestling was featured, as the first Olympic wrestling contests had been in the Greco-Roman style. Weight classes also made their first appearance. The sport would contiue to be in the Olympic program to present day.[1]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight |
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John Hein |
Gustav Thiefenthaler |
| Flyweight |
George Mehnert |
Gustave Bauer |
William Nelson |
| Bantamweight |
Isidor Niflot |
August Wester |
Louis Strebler |
| Featherweight |
Benjamin Bradshaw |
Theodore McLear |
Charles Clapper |
| Lightweight |
Otto Roehm |
Rudolph Tesing |
Albert Zirkel |
| Welterweight |
Charles Ericksen |
William Beckmann |
Jerry Winholtz |
| Heavyweight |
Bernhoff Hansen |
Frank Kugler |
Fred Warmbold |
Participating nations
A total of 42 wrestlers competed at the St. Louis Games:
The nationalities of many medalists are disputed, as many American competitors were recent immigrants to the United States who had not yet been granted US citizenship.
The International Olympic Committee considers Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen to have competed for the United States. Each man won a gold medal. In 2012, Norwegian historians however found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned the IOC to have the athletes registered as Norwegians.[2][3] In May 2013, it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in the IOC's medal database;[4] as of April 2018, no decision has yet been made.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Totals (1 nations) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Notes
- "Wrestling at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. August 14, 2012.
- "USA-guld 1904 var Norges". Svenska Dagbladet. August 14, 2012.
- "Norges OL-historie skrives på nytt". Nettavisen. May 3, 2013.
