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NBC Olympics is the commercial name for the NBC Sports-produced broadcasts of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as shown in the United States on NBCUniversal platforms. They include the NBC broadcast network and many of the company's cable networks; Spanish language network Telemundo; and streaming on the NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com, and Peacock.
Women. Flyweight. 48 kg: 2004–2016; 50 kg: 2020–present; Games Gold Silver ... List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling; References
Unequal representation of genders has also been a criticism the coverage of the Olympics has faced. From 1992–1998, men received over 56 percent more coverage than women. [50] The situation improved over time, with NBC Olympics introducing programs dedicated exclusively to women's sports. [51]
Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling. Men's freestyle wrestling competition began at the Olympics in 1904. The World Championships for men's freestyle wrestling began in 1951. The World Championships takes place during non-Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no ...
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. At the World Championships team scoring is kept ...
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.
[18] [19] Olympic Channel was incorporated into NBC's event coverage of the Olympics for the first time at the 2020 Summer Olympics, airing coverage of the tennis and wrestling competitions, along with a repeating Olympic news feed during non-event hours. [20] It also aired coverage of the 2020 Summer Paralympics alongside NBCSN. [21]
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)