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

{{Short description|none}} {{Short description|Wrestling at the Olympics}} {{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's welterweight freestyle wrestling |games = 1904 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = Francis Field |date = October 15, 1904 |competitors = 10 |nations = 2 |longnames = |gold = Charles Ericksen |goldNOC = NOR |silver = William Beckmann |silverNOC = USA |bronze = Jerry Winholtz |bronzeNOC = USA |prev = |next = 1924 }} {{WrestlingAt1904SummerOlympics}}

The welterweight was the second-heaviest freestyle wrestling weight class held as part of the wrestling programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It included wrestlers weighing {{convert|145|to|158|lbs|kg|1}}.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac for 1905 |publisher=American Publishing Company |year=1905 |page=245 |editor-last=Sullivan |editor-first=James E. |publication-place=New York City}}</ref> It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. Ten wrestlers competed.<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034705/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=26 February 2019}}</ref>

==Results==

Jerry Winholtz and William Hennessy fought for the bronze medal after losing in this tournament against the gold medalist Charles Ericksen.

{{Round16 |score-boxes=0 |skipmatch=3-8 |omit_blanks=yes |team-width=220 |RD1=First Round

|Fall (4:59) |{{flagIOCathlete|'''William Schaefer'''|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Albert Bechestobill|USA|1904 Summer}} |Fall (2:04) |{{flagIOCathlete|'''William Beckmann'''|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Samuel Filler|USA|1904 Summer}}

|Decision (overtime) |{{flagIOCathlete|William Schaefer|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|'''William Beckmann'''|USA|1904 Summer}} |Fall (3:30) |{{flagIOCathlete|'''Otto Roehm'''|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Hugo Toeppen|USA|1904 Summer}} |Fall (2:15) |{{flagIOCathlete|'''William Hennessy'''|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Abraham Mellinger|USA|1904 Summer}} |Decision |{{flagIOCathlete|Jerry Winholtz|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|'''Charles Ericksen'''|NOR|1904 Summer}}

|Fall (0:38) |{{flagIOCathlete|'''William Beckmann'''|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|Otto Roehm|USA|1904 Summer}} |Fall (2:58) |{{flagIOCathlete|William Hennessy|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|'''Charles Ericksen'''|NOR|1904 Summer}}

|Decision (15:00) |{{flagIOCathlete|William Beckmann|USA|1904 Summer}} {{Olympic Silver medal}} |{{flagIOCathlete|'''Charles Ericksen'''|NOR|1904 Summer}} {{Olympic Gold medal}}

||{{flagIOCathlete|William Hennessy|USA|1904 Summer}} |{{flagIOCathlete|'''Jerry Winholtz'''|USA|1904 Summer}} {{Olympic Bronze medal}} }}

==Sources== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 27 December 2006 |language=pl}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions freestyle wrestling welterweight}}

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