Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the III Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Francis Field | ||||||||||||
Date | October 15, 1904 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 9 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics | |
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Freestyle | |
Light flyweight | men |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
The featherweight was the middle of seven freestyle wrestling weight class held as part of the wrestling programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It included wrestlers weighing 125 to 135 pounds (56.7 to 61.2 kg). [1] It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. Nine wrestlers competed. [2]
Charles Clapper and Frederick Ferguson were allowed to fight for the bronze medal as they both lost in this tournament against the gold medalist Benjamin Bradshaw.
First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
Edward Babcock (USA) | ||||||||||
Fall (5:06) | ||||||||||
Theo Koppen (USA) | ||||||||||
Edward Babcock (USA) | ||||||||||
Charles Clapper (USA) | ||||||||||
Fall (0:59) | ||||||||||
Charles Clapper (USA) | ||||||||||
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) | ||||||||||
Fall (1:38) | ||||||||||
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) | ||||||||||
Frederick Ferguson (CAN) | ||||||||||
Decision (15:00) | ||||||||||
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA) | ||||||||||
Theodore McLear (USA) | ||||||||||
Fall (0:37) | ||||||||||
Theodore McLear (USA) | ||||||||||
Louis Strebler (USA) | ||||||||||
Fall (1:02) | ||||||||||
Theodore McLear (USA) | ||||||||||
Dietrich Wortmann (GER) | Third place | |||||||||
Fall (1:56) | Fall (0:54) | |||||||||
Dietrich Wortmann (GER) | Charles Clapper (USA) | |||||||||
Max Miller (USA) | Frederick Ferguson (CAN) | |||||||||
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