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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.
[2] [3] Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900. Mijaín López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event after winning in the Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg, [4] Japan has topped the medal table for the fourth time.
The 2024 United States Olympic Team Trials for wrestling were held at the Bryce Jordan Center of State College, Pennsylvania, on April 19–20, 2024. [1] This event determined the representative of the United States of America for the 2024 Summer Olympics at each Olympic weight class .
Anaheim Convention Center hosted the wrestling events for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. ExCeL hosted the wrestling events for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. For the Summer Olympics, there are 29 venues that have been or will be used for wrestling.
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.
Freestyle wrestling became an Olympic event in 1904 and women's freestyle wrestling was added to the Olympics in 2004. Celtic wrestling has an extensive history, with wrestling being mentioned in the Tailteann Games dating back from somewhere between 1839 BC to 632 BC (academics disagree) to the 12th century AD when the Normans invaded.
The 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the last qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 9 to 12 May 2024, in Istanbul , Turkey. Israeli wrestlers did not travel to Istanbul due to security concerns . [ 1 ]
Wrestling had been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900. [1] [failed verification] Around 288 wrestlers were expected to compete in 18 events at the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed in March 2020 and planned for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]