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 continues to be in the Olympic program to the present day.[1]

Wrestling
Wrestling

Medal summary

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
 Robert Curry
 United States		 John Hein
 United States		 Gustav Thiefenthaler
 Switzerland
Flyweight
 George Mehnert
 United States		 Gustave Bauer
 United States		 William Nelson
 United States
Bantamweight
 Isidor Niflot
 United States		 August Wester
 United States		 Louis Strebler
 United States
Featherweight
 Benjamin Bradshaw
 United States		 Theodore McLear
 United States		 Charles Clapper
 United States
Lightweight
 Otto Roehm
 United States		 Rudolph Tesing
 United States		 Albert Zirkel
 United States
Welterweight
 Charles Ericksen
 Norway		 William Beckmann
 United States		 Jerry Winholtz
 United States
Heavyweight
 Bernhoff Hansen
 Norway		 Frank Kugler
 Germany		 Fred Warmbold
 United States

Participating nations

Wrestling match during 1904 Summer Olympics.

A total of 43 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, with each man winning a gold medal.

In 2012, Norwegian historians 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]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States56617
2 Norway2002
3 Germany0101
4 Switzerland0011
Totals (4 entries)77721

Notes

  1. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. August 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ "USA-guld 1904 var Norges". Svenska Dagbladet. August 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Norges OL-historie skrives på nytt". Nettavisen. May 3, 2013.

References

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