1904 World Wrestling Championships

1904 World Greco-Roman Championships
Host city	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Dates	May 23–26
Champions
Greco-Roman	Austria

The first World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship was organized on May 23rd 1904 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, just eight years after the first modern Olympics and eight years before the foundation of the International Wrestling Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles. 26 wrestlers from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Bohemia and Hungary participated in the event.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	1	1	2	4
2	Sweden	1	0	0	1
3	Germany	0	1	0	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Middleweight 75 kg	Severin Ahlqvist Sweden (SWE)	Hans Schneider Germany (GER)	Andreas Wolf Austria (AUT)
Heavyweight +75 kg	Rudolf Arnold Austria (AUT)	Anton Schmitz Austria (AUT)	Heinrich Wolfram Austria (AUT)

References

FILA Database

World Wrestling Championships

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List of medalists (Men's freestyle, Men's Greco-Roman, Women's freestyle)

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