1904 World Wrestling Championships

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1904 World Championships
Host city Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Vienna, Austria
Dates23–26 May
1905  

The first World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship was organized on May 23, 1904, in Vienna, Cisleithania, 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.

Contents

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria 1124
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1001
3Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany 0101
Totals (3 entries)2226

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

EventGoldSilverBronze
Middleweight
75 kg
Severin Ahlqvist
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Hans Schneider
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Andreas Wolf
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria
Heavyweight
+75 kg
Rudolf Arnold
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria
Anton Schmitz
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria
Heinrich Wolfram
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria

Participating nations

26 competitors from 5 nations participated.

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