Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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Wrestling at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Olympic Field
Dates	14–15 October 1904
No. of events	7 (7 men, 0 women)
Competitors	43 from 5 nations
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven wrestling events were contested, all in the freestyle discipline. Then known as catch wrestling, it was the first time freestyle wrestling was featured at the Olympic Games, as the first Olympic wrestling contests in 1896 had been in the Greco-Roman style. Weight classes also made their first appearance. The sport continues to be in the Olympic program to the present day.^[1] The event also doubled as that year's Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Catch Wrestling Championships.^[2][3]

A total of 44 wrestlers competed at the St. Louis Games:

The nationalities of some medalists are disputed, as many American competitors were recent immigrants to the United States who had not yet been granted U.S. citizenship.

The International Olympic Committee formerly considered Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen to have competed for the United States. Each man won a gold medal. In 2012, Norwegian historians found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned the IOC to have the athletes registered as Norwegians,^[4][5] which was done.

• International Olympic Committee medal database