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

Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Date	October 15
Competitors	9 from 3 nations
Medalists
Benjamin Bradshaw  United States Theodore McLear  United States Charles Clapper  United States
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Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Light flyweight	men
Flyweight	men
Bantamweight	men
Featherweight	men
Lightweight	men
Welterweight	men
Heavyweight	men
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The featherweight was the middle of seven freestyle wrestling weight class held as part of the wrestling programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition. Nine wrestlers competed.^[1]

Results

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
	John Babcock (USA)
				Fall (5:06)
	Theo Koppen (USA)
				J. C. 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)

References

Sources

• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2006.

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