Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight
| Men's welterweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the III Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Francis Field | ||||||||||||
| Date | October 15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 2 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics | |
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| Freestyle | |
| Light flyweight | men |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
The welterweight was the second-heaviest freestyle wrestling weight class held as part of the wrestling programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It included wrestlers weighing 145 to 158 pounds (65.8 to 71.7 kg).[1] It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. Ten wrestlers competed.[2]
Results
[edit]Jerry Winholtz and William Hennessy fought for the bronze medal after losing in this tournament against the gold medalist Charles Ericksen.
| First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
| Fall (4:59) | ||||||||||
 William Schaefer (USA)
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| Decision (overtime) | ||||||||||
| Albert Bechestobill (USA)
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| William Schaefer (USA)
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| Fall (2:04) | ||||||||||
| William Beckmann (USA)
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| William Beckmann (USA)
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| Fall (0:38) | ||||||||||
| Samuel Filler (USA)
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| William Beckmann (USA)
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| Otto Roehm (USA)
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| Fall (3:30) | ||||||||||
| Otto Roehm (USA)
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| Hugo Toeppen (USA)
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| Decision (15:00) | ||||||||||
William Beckmann (USA) 
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 Charles Ericksen (NOR) 
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| Fall (2:15) | ||||||||||
| William Hennessy (USA)
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| Abraham Mellinger (USA)
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| Fall (2:58) | ||||||||||
| William Hennessy (USA)
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| Charles Ericksen (NOR)
| Third place | |||||||||
| Decision | ||||||||||
| Jerry Winholtz (USA)
| William Hennessy (USA)
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| Charles Ericksen (NOR)
| Jerry Winholtz (USA) 
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Sources
[edit]- ^ Sullivan, James E., ed. (1905). Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac for 1905. New York City: American Publishing Company. p. 245.
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2006.
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