Freestyle wrestling

Style of amateur wrestling

—country of origin

—first recorded

1904†former Olympic sport

—disciplines & variants

—international bodies

Freestyle wrestling is a combat sports and strength sport, part of wrestling. It was contested at 17 Olympic Games between 1904 and 2016.

Part ofWrestling

TypeCombat sports & martial arts, Strength sports

PractitionersAmateur wrestler, Freestyle wrestler

Olympic statusFormer Olympic sport · 1904–2016

Image: Citius Altius Fortius (Wrestling Freestyle adaption) & Thadius856 (SVG conversion) & Paru… · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Freestyle wrestling — Image: Staff Sergeant Jason M. Carter, USMC · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Olympic Games

Olympic history

Editions where Freestyle wrestling or one of its disciplines was on the programme. Filled boxes mark the sport itself, outlined ones its disciplines; the small number is the count of medal events where recorded.

Summer Games17 editions · since 1904

1896 1900 19047 19085 1912 19205 19247 19287 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 19686 197210 197610 198010 198410 198810 199210 199610 20008 200411 200811 2012 201612 2021 2024

Multi-sport events

At other multi-sport games

Games	Editions	First	Latest	Years
Goodwill Games	2	1986	1990	1986, 1990