1904 World Wrestling Championships Explained

1904 World Championships
Size:140
Host City: Vienna, Austria
Dates:23–26 May
Next: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.

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

Middleweight
75 kg
Heavyweight
+75 kg

Participating nations

26 competitors from 5 nations participated.

References