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Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling.It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman. High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling.
The World Championships for men's freestyle wrestling began in 1951. The World Championships takes place during non-Olympic years. The World Championships takes place during non-Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept at the Olympics.
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Men's freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympics was first held in 1904. FILA (now known as United World Wrestling) began holding World Championships in men's freestyle in 1951. During Olympic years there is only six weight classes contested, with the World Championships featuring ten weight classes since 2018.
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1951 Helsinki Nasuh Akar (TUR) Niilo Turkkila (FIN) Mehdi Yaghoubi (IRI) 1954 Tokyo Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR) Lajos Bencze (HUN) Tauno Jaskari (FIN)
Freestyle wrestling (or, catch-as-catch-can wrestling as it was called prior to the 1948 Olympics) and weight classes both made their first appearance at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Women's freestyle wrestling competition was first held at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic program.
Toggle List of 20 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling subsection 5.1 Junior Worlds, 1973–1977 (20 and Under) 5.2 Junior Worlds, 1979 (20 and Under)
Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling. The World Championships for women's freestyle wrestling first began in 1987. Women's freestyle wrestling at the Olympics first began in 2004. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years.