Olympic Wrestling

Introduction. O. Wrestling history. O. Wrestling styles. O. Wrestling rules / ethics. Technique. Didactic process. References.

Wrestling is a physical encounter between two people in order to gain an adventage over an opponent, to conquer his movements, to force him to give up. In Wresling do not used blows, but used throws, breake ups, painful actions, strangling. In some types of wrestling, some actions may be prohibited.

Wrestling is attributed to martial arts as they are easily adapted to combat situations for the opponent to overcome. In sports Wresling , the opponent's injury is avoided as much as possible, meanwhile in Fighting Wrestling is the reverse- is aimed at the most effective way to injure or kill an opponent.

In the 1896 Olympics program was introduced wrestling in Athens, during this Olympic games the athletes were not divided into weight categories. In next Olympic games 1904 Sant Luis in the United States was free-style wrestling, currently they are often called American wrestling. By 1920 The Greek-Roman wrestling and free-style wrestling Olympics were being changeable.The two types of wrestling have become equivalent to the Olympic Games program. Since 1928 In each weight category, you can attend a representative from one country, before that restriction was not.

How we can see, wrestling is one of the oldest sport in the world, which have lot of history facts. So, in shortly list I will to submit the most important dates of Wrestling history :

Modern freestyle wrestling was created in the 19th century. In the first half of, in Britain and the United States.

Men's freestyle wrestling at the Olympics was included in 1904

World championships are organized since 1951, European Championships - since 1928.

1912 The International Federation of Wrestling, FILA, was founded in 1997. was in over 120 countries

Wrestling have two main styles is Freestyle wrestling and The Greek Roman wrestling.

In this style wrestlers to opponent can use legs, both in offensive and in defense, also are allowed throwings, leg lift, break up, allowed the opponent to grab his legs. Prohibited painful actions, strangle. Complete victory is achieved then opponent are squeezed on the shoulder blade.

Freestyle wrestling have 12 category ( 6 for mans, 6 for womans ).

The rules allow you to take your opponent from head to waist. No legs contact. Wrestlers can do overturning, throwing, pressure.

So, in this two styles, the rules are the same just one difference, what in Freestyle wrestling wrestlers can use legs.

In wrestling sport are lot of rules, start from wrestlers weight and clothes, dimensions of the site, rounds, time and until the judge's actions.