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Freestyle wrestling

Style of amateur wrestling

—country of origin
—first recorded
1904Olympic debut
—disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Freestyle wrestling is a combat sports and strength sport, part of wrestling. It has featured at the Olympic Games since 1904 (19 editions).

Part ofWrestling
PractitionersAmateur wrestler, Freestyle wrestler
Olympic statusOn the programme · since 1904
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 Games19 editions · since 1904
189619001904719085191219205192471928719321936194819521956196019641968619721019761019801019841019881019921019961020008200411200811201220161220212024
Multi-sport events

At other multi-sport games

GamesEditionsFirstLatestYears
Goodwill Games2198619901986, 1990