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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.
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.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 event was held ...
The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 7 and 8 October. [1] This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold ...