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Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Continental English) [2] is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1904 . [ 3 ]
Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Greco-Roman World Championships was first held in 1904. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years.
Wrestling at the Summer Olympics. Wrestling at the Olympic Games first appeared at the first modern Olympics, in the form of Greco-Roman wrestling, held in Athens in 1896. Wrestling would appear at every Summer Olympics held since then, with the exception of the 1900 Summer Olympics when wrestling did not appear on the program.
Rulon Gardner on his opponent. In the 1988 Olympic final Karelin beat Rangel Gerovski, by executing his signature Karelin Lift and won. With his win, Karelin became the youngest Greco-Roman wrestler to become an Olympic champion at super heavyweight (130 kg) at the age of 21 years and two days. At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Karelin won one of the fastest Olympic wrestling ...
United States results in Greco-Roman wrestling. The United States first took part in Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the Olympics in 1912. The United States first appearance at the World Championships in Greco-Roman was in 1961. Greco-Roman wrestling was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and the first World Championships in Greco ...
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in Greco-Roman wrestling. Mijaín López is the only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event. [1]
men. v. t. e. The men's Greco-Roman was the only wrestling event on the Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. No weight classes existed for the wrestling competition, held in the Panathinaiko Stadium which meant that there would only be one winner among competitors of all weights. It was the only time that an open weight wrestling ...
Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight. Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg. Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg. Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg. Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Greco-Roman ...