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

Men's welterweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Men's welterweight freestyle wrestling; at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Date	October 15
Competitors	10 from 2 nations
Medalists
	1924 →

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

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)
	Decision (overtime)
Albert Bechestobill (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 (NOR)

	Fall (2:15)

	William Hennessy (USA)

	Abraham Mellinger (USA)

		Fall (2:58)

		William Hennessy (USA)

		Charles Ericksen (NOR)	Third place

	Decision

	Jerry Winholtz (USA)		William Hennessy (USA)

	Charles Ericksen (NOR)		Jerry Winholtz (USA)

Sources

^ 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

Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2006.

[1] Sullivan, James E., ed. (1905). Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac for 1905. New York City: American Publishing Company. p. 245.

[SR-2] "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.

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