Up to the establishment of an independent World Federation for wrestling (The International
Amateur Wrestling Federation IAWF was founded during the Olympic Congress 1921, Jun 02 - 07
in Lausanne.) several World Championships were contested. At that time without an
international ruling organization, some organizers called their
events cocky “World championship”. On my website, you
will find only those world championships, which are accepted by the international wrestling federation UWW in
its datebase today.
1.
1904,
May 23-26
Wien
AUT
2.
1905,
Apr 08-10
Berlin
GER
1905,
Jun 10-12
Duisburg
GER (unofficial)
1906
no
event
3.
1907,
May 20
Frankfurt
GER
4.
1908,
Dec 08-09
Wien
AUT
5.
1909,
Oct 03
Wien
AUT
6.
1910,
Jun 05-06
Düsseldorf
GER
1910,
Oct 09
Wien
AUT (unofficial)
7.
1911,
Mar 25-28
Helsinki
FIN
1911,
Apr 29-30
Stuttgart
GER (unofficial)
1911,
May 13-14
Berlin
GER (unofficial)
1911,
Jun 24-27
Dresden
GER (unofficial)
1911,
Jun 29 and Jul 02
Wien
AUT (unofficial)
8.
1913,
Jul 27-28
Breslau
GER
1914
- 1919
no
events
9.
1920,
Sep 04-08
Wien
AUT
1904 - 1905 I: also weightlifting
1905 II: World Championship at the founding congress of the
Amateur Athleten Weltunion (English: Amateur Athletes World Union) also
weightlifting and other strength sports
1907 - 1909, 1910 II, 1911 III - 1911 V and 1920: also weightlifting
1910 I and 1911 II: also weightlifting and other strength sports
1913: World Championship of the
Internationaler Amateur-Weltverband für Schwerathletik (English: International Amateur Heavy Athletics Federation) also
weightlifting and other strength sports
1920: World Championship of the Internationaler Kraftsportverband
(English: International Strength Sport Federation) also weightlifting and other strength sports
Featherweight
(60 kg)
World
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
1910
I
WERNICKE
Karl GER
FRICKER
Uwe GER
CHRISTIAN
Jürgen GER
1910
II
not
competed
1911
I
HYVÖNEN
Antti FIN
PARIKKA
Herman FIN
LEHMUSVIRTA
Ilmari FIN
1911
II
LACHNIT
Hans GER
KOHLER
Hans GER
KISSLING
Richard GER
1911
III
KOCKEL
Erich GER
HIPPE
Max GER
HILLE
Werner GER
1911
IV
WALTER
Richard GER
ANDERSEN
Jonny GER
HÄSE
Hugo GER
1911
V
RAUSS
Heinrich AUT
PLANEGGER
Ferdinand AUT
SCHARRER
Friedrich AUT
1913
not
competed
1920
REITMEIER
Franz GER
PONGRÁCZ
József HUN
BOUKAL
Gustav AUT
Lightweight
World
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
1905
I
SCHIBILSKI
Theodor GER
BEESKOW
Max GER
KISSLING
Eugen GER
1905
II
ECKERT
Theodor GER
BIEHLER
Alexander GER
SCHÄFER
Willy GER
1907
UEBLER
Christoph GER
VOLKERT
Ulrich GER
FLEISCHMANN
Julius GER
1908
- 1909
not
competed
1910
I
ALTROGGEN
Fritz GER
BAUER
Hans GER
GELOK
J. NED
1910
II
not
competed
1911
I
TUOMINEN
Nestori FIN
MALMSTRÖM
Gustaf SWE
TIRKKONEN
Paul FIN
1911
II
HÖRGER
Jakob GER
KETTNER
Hans GER
REITMEIER
Franz GER
1911
III
FRANK
Axel SWE
SCHULZ
Hermann GER
ZEIDLITZ
Günter GER
1911
IV
HELGERTH
Georg GER
GÜNZEL
Karl GER
HANSEN
Frederik DEN
1911
V
KOKOTOWITSCH
Peter AUT
MROSEK
Andreas AUT
PRINZ
Alfred AUT
1913
HEGEWALD
Ewald GER
JOHANSSON
Hugo SWE
SCHULZ
Hermann GER
1920
RADVÁNY
Ödön HUN
PETER
Dezső HUN
BREZNOTICS
Miklós HUN
Bodyweight limits:
1905 I 68 kg; 1905 II, 1907 75 kg; 1910 I, 1911 II - 1911 V 70 kg;
1911 I 67 kg; 1913, 1920 67,5 kg
Welterweight
and 1920 Middleweight A resp. (75 kg)
World
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
1904
AHLQVIST
Severin SWE
SCHNEIDER
Hans GER
WOLF
Andreas AUT
1905
- 1907
not
competed
1908
DIRRY
Robert AUT
TODUSCHEK
Alois AUT
CHRISTENSEN
Harald DEN
1909
TODUSCHEK
Alois AUT
DIRRY
Robert AUT
MROSEK
Andreas AUT
1911
I
VÄRE
Eemeli FIN
TIRKKONEN
Theodor FIN
SALONEN
Alfred FIN
1911
II - 1911 V
not
competed
1913
BAUMAN
Georg RUS
FÄLTSTRÖM
Edvin SWE
STIEFEL
Heinrich GER
1920
FISCHER
Viktor AUT
KOCZANDERLE
Lorenz AUT
HESS
Philipp GER
Middleweight
and 1920 Middleweight B
World
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
1905
I
HEIN
Albert GER
HEDE
Gustav GER
HARTL
Matthias GER
1905
II
DIESNER
Willi GER
SCHMITZ
Philipp GER
FRIEDRICH
Otto GER
1907
CHRISTENSEN
Harald DEN
WINKLER
Johann GER
EDINGSHAUS
Hugo GER
1908
- 1909
not
competed
1910
I
BUCHHOLZ
Hermann GER
KÄRCHER
Fritz GER
CHRISTENSEN
Harald DEN
1910
II
TODUSCHEK
Alois AUT
DIRRY
Robert AUT
KOKOTOWITSCH
Peter AUT
1911
I
ASIKAINEN
Alfred FIN
AHLGREN
Anders SWE
LUMME
Arvo FIN
1911
II
WIED
Wilhelm GER
BOHLEN
Heinrich GER
GROSS
Karl GER
1911
III
PAULINI
Karl GER
CHRISTENSEN
Harald DEN
WIRRER
Fritz GER
1911
IV
CHRISTENSEN
Harald DEN
MEIJER
M.L. NED
REINDERMAN
Jan NED
1911
V
CHRISTENSEN
Harald DEN
BARL
Karl AUT
TRESTLER
Johann AUT
1913
NILSSON
Ernst SWE
TRESTLER
Johann AUT
KOPŘIVA
František BOH
1920
HEINL
Michael AUT
MACH
Josef AUT
KNÖPFLE
Wilhelm AUT
Bodyweight limits:
1905 I 80 kg; 1905 II - 1910 I, 1911 II - 1911 V 85 kg; 1910 II 75 kg;
1911 I 83 kg; 1913, 1920 82,5 kg
Heavyweight
World
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
1904
ARNOLD
Rudolf AUT
SCHMITZ
Anton AUT
WOLFRAM
Heinrich AUT
1905
I
JENSEN
Søren Marinus DEN
ALTMANN
Georg GER
MOLDT
Paul GER
1905
II
WECKMAN
Verner Johan FIN
MÜLLER
Friedrich GER
SPERLING
Gustav GER
1907
EGEBERG
Hans-Heinrich DEN
RONDI
Heinrich GER
SPERLING
Gustav GER
1908
EGEBERG
Hans-Heinrich DEN
ROSSUM
Josef AUT
PANZER
Josef AUT
1909
SCHMITZ
Anton AUT
EGEBERG
Hans-Heinrich DEN
BECHYNĚ
Josef BOH
1910
I
SPERLING
Gustav GER
BÜREN
Otto GER
JENSEN
Søren Marinus DEN
1910
II
VARGA
Béla HUN
ROSSUM
Josef AUT
KOSSUTH
Ludwig AUT
1911
I
SAARELA
Yrjö FIN
LINDFORS
Adolf FIN
JÄRVINEN
Alex FIN
1911
II
NESER
Jakob GER
HAUPTMANNS
Jean GER
LAICHINGER
Albert GER
1911
III
JÄRVINEN
Alex FIN
LEHMANN
Albert GER
AHLGREN
Anders SWE
1911
IV
GÄSSLER
Hermann GER
HERTEL
Karl GER
BONNEVELD
Barend NED
1911
V
FISCHER
Tibor HUN
FREUND
Karl GER
MILEDER
Franz AUT
1913
AHLGREN
Anders SWE
NESER
Jakob GER
HERTEL
Karl GER
1920
BOCK
Heinrich GER
WAGNER
Franz AUT
KURZ
Adolf GER
Bodyweight limits:
1904, 1908, 1909, 1910 II +75 kg; 1905 +80 kg; 1905 II, 1907, 1910 I, 1911
II - 1911 V +85 kg; 1911 I +83 kg; 1913, 1920 +82,5 kg
Bodyweight limits:
1908: 205 lb.; 1912, 1920: 82,5 kg
1912: The
final match resulted in neither man able to defeat the other despite
nine hours of trying. The match was eventually called a draw, and
since neither man could claim victory, both were awarded silver
medals.
Greco-Roman
Style - Heavyweight
Gold
Silver
Bronze
1896
SCHUHMANN
Carl GER
TSITAS
Georgios GRE
CHRISTOPOULOS
Stephanos GRE
1904
not
competed
1906
JENSEN
Søren Marinus DEN
BAUR
Henri AUT
DUBOIS
Marcel BEL
1908
WEISZ
Richárd HUN
PETROV
Aleksandr RUS
JENSEN
Søren Marinus DEN
1912
SAARELA
Yrjö FIN
OLIN
Johan FIN
JENSEN
Søren Marinus DEN
1920
LINDFORS
Adolf FIN
HANSEN
Poul DEN
NIEMINEN
Martii FIN
Bodyweight limits:
1896: without limitation; 1906: 100 kg; 1908: +205 lb.; 1912, 1920: +82,5 kg
Greco-Roman
Style - Overall
Gold
Silver
Bronze
1906
JENSEN
Søren Marinus DEN
WECKMAN
Verner FIN
WATZL
Rudolf AUT
Only the winners of the three bodyweight classes are
allowed to compete.
