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, as the first Olympic wrestling contests 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 doubled as that year's Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Catch Wrestling Championships, although five nations were represented, each of the 42 competitors resided in the US ^{[2] [3]}

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight details	Robert Curry   United States	John Hein   United States	Gustav Thiefenthaler   Switzerland
Flyweight details	George Mehnert   United States	Gustave Bauer   United States	William Nelson   United States
Bantamweight details	Isidor Niflot   United States	August Wester   United States	Louis Strebler   United States
Featherweight details	Benjamin Bradshaw   United States	Theodore McLear   United States	Charles Clapper   United States
Lightweight details	Otto Roehm   United States	Rudolph Tesing   United States	Albert Zirkel   United States
Welterweight details	Charles Ericksen   Norway	William Beckmann   United States	Jerry Winholtz   United States
Heavyweight details	Bernhoff Hansen   Norway	Frank Kugler   Germany	Fred Warmbold   United States

Participating nations

A total of 43 wrestlers competed at the St. Louis Games:

•   United States (38)
•   Norway (2)
•   Canada (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Switzerland (1)

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

The International Olympic Committee considers Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen to have competed for the United States, with each man winning 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]} In May 2013, it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in the IOC's medal database. ^[6]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	6	6	17
2	Norway	2	0	0	2
3	Germany	0	1	0	1
4	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		7	7	7	21

Notes

References

• International Olympic Committee medal database