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The men wrestled against each other in both freestyle and Greco-Roman events, whereas the women only participated in the freestyle wrestling, with 18 gold medals awarded. [2] [3] Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900.
This is the 25th appearance of men's freestyle middleweight category, debut in 1908 as 73kg, except 1912, 1920 as 69kg, from 1924 through 1960 as 79kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 87kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 82kg, 2000 as 85kg, from 2004 through 2012 as 84kg, from 2016 as 86kg as a current weight limit.
This is the 26th appearance of men's freestyle lightweight event, the event debut as 65.8kg as a demonstration, in 1908, as 66.6kg, (except 1912), 1920 as 61kg, 1924 as 66kg, in 1928 as 65kg, from 1932 through 1936 as 66kg, from 1948 through 1960 as 67kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 70kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 68 kg, 2000 as 69kg, from 2004 through 2012 as 66kg, from 2016, 65kg as a current ...
This is the 25th appearance of men's freestyle welterweight category, debut as a demonstration in 1904 as 71.7kg, except for 1908-1920, returned from 1924 through 1936 as 72kg, from 1948 through 1960 as 73kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 78kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 74kg, 2000 as 76kg, from 2004 as 74kg as a current weight limit.
Abdulrashid Sadulaev was a defending Olympic champion, but on 6 July 2024, the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) announced that all the Russian wrestlers has boycotted the Paris 2024 Olympic games, Kyle Snyder returned for the games, but lost to eventual champion Akhmed Tazhudinov, Snyder advanced for bronze medal match, but lost to Amir Ali ...
This is the third appearance of the women's welterweight category, debut in 2016, as 58kg, from 2020 as 57kg as a current weight limit. Risako Kawai was a defending Olympic champion, but she did not qualify, 2020 silver medalist Irina Kurachkina originally won a quota at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, but the IOC did not claim her neutral, Alina Hrushyna took her spot due to ...
This is the 14th appearance of men's freestyle super heavyweight event, debut in 1972, and it has appeared in every games since then. Gable Steveson was a defending Olympic champion, but he did not qualify, Geno Petriashvili won gold and became a eventual champion by beating Amir Hossein Zare, one of the bronze medalists, Taha Akgül lost to Hossein Zare, later, he won a bronze medal by ...
This is the 26th appearance of men's freestyle bantamweight category, debut in 1904 as 56.7kg as a demonstration event, 1908, as 54kg, except for 1912-1920, from 1924 through 1936, as 56kg, from 1948 through 1996, as 57kg, only in 2000 as 58kg, from 2004 through 2012, as 55kg, from 2016, 57kg as a current weight limit.