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

Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueFrancis Field
DateOctober 15
Competitors5 from 1 nation
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   United States
Wrestling at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Light flyweight   men
Flyweight   men
Bantamweight   men
Featherweight   men
Lightweight   men
Welterweight   men
Heavyweight   men

The heavyweight was the heaviest freestyle wrestling weight class held as part of the Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. It was held on Friday, October 14, 1904 and on Saturday, October 15, 1904.

Five wrestlers, all from the United States, competed.

Heavyweights could be over 71.7 kilograms.

Results

Fred Warmbold and William Hennessy were allowed to fight for the bronze medal as they both lost in this tournament against the gold medalist Bernhoff Hansen.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
  Bernhoff Hansen (USA)  W 0:23
 
  Fred Warmbold (USA)  L  
  Bernhoff Hansen (USA)  W 5:07
 
    William Hennessy (USA)  L  
  William Hennessy (USA)  
 
 Bye    
  Bernhoff Hansen (USA)  W 2:00
 
    Frank Kugler (USA)  L
  Joseph Dilg (USA)  
 
 Bye    
  Joseph Dilg (USA)  L Third place
 
    Frank Kugler (USA)  W 4:20  
  Frank Kugler (USA)     Fred Warmbold (USA)  W
 Bye       William Hennessy (USA)  L
 

Sources

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