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

Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Date	October 15
Competitors	5 from 2 nations
Medalists
Bernhoff Hansen  Norway Frank Kugler  United States Fred Warmbold  United States
1908 →

Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Light flyweight	men
Flyweight	men
Bantamweight	men
Featherweight	men
Lightweight	men
Welterweight	men
Heavyweight	men
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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 competed.^[1]

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.

	First Round			Semi-finals			Final
	Fall (0:23)
	Bernhoff Hansen (USA)
				Fall (5:07)
	Fred Warmbold (NOR)
				Bernhoff Hansen (NOR)
				William Hennessy (USA)
							Fall (2:00)
							Bernhoff Hansen (NOR)
							Frank Kugler (USA)
				Fall (4:20)
				Joseph Dilg (USA)
				Frank Kugler (USA)			Third place
							Fred Warmbold (USA)
							William Hennessy (USA)

References[]

Sources[]

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