The welterweight was the second-heaviest

freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestli ...

weight class held as part of the

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 ...

programme. It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. Ten wrestlers competed.

Results

Jerry Winholtz Jerry Elmer Winholtz (August 5, 1874 – June 16, 1962) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an internation ...

and William Hennessy fought for the bronze medal after losing in this tournament against the gold medalist

Charles Ericksen Karl Fredrik "Charles" Ericksen (1875 – February 23, 1916) was a Norwegian-American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics for the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the U ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle welterweight Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics