1904 World Wrestling Championships

1904 World Greco-Roman Championships
Host city Austria-Hungary Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Dates May 23–26
Champions
Greco-Roman  Austria

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

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 1 1 2 4
2  Sweden 1 0 0 1
3  Germany 0 1 0 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Middleweight
75 kg
Severin Ahlqvist
 Sweden (SWE)
Hans Schneider
 Germany (GER)
Andreas Wolf
 Austria (AUT)
Heavyweight
+75 kg
Rudolf Arnold
 Austria (AUT)
Anton Schmitz
 Austria (AUT)
Heinrich Wolfram
 Austria (AUT)

References

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