Olympic Wrestling History – Athens 1896

Wrestling is a sport played between two players. The player’s unarmed men or women grappling to either subdue the other with a pin or fall or accrue enough points to win. In wrestling, a player is declared winner when he pins the opponent down. At the Olympic Games, men compete in two disciplines, Greco-Roman and freestyle, while the women's events are in freestyle only. The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles or the FILA is the international governing body of wrestling.

Athens 1896 Olympic Wrestling

Wrestling is one of the events that have been included in the schedule of the modern Summer Games since 1896, held in Athens. Since then, from the very first modern Summer Games wrestling has been held in every Summer Olympics except the 1900 Games and has made a permanent place in the Olympics program. Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling are the two disciplines in the Olympic wrestling event. Women participated in the Olympic wrestling for the first time in the history of Summer Games. Freestyle wrestling competition has been organized for women first time in the 2004 Athens Summer Games.

First Olympic Stadium Athens 1896

Wrestling History in Athens 1896

The 1986 Summer Games, the first Modern Summer Games were held at the newly reconstructed Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. There was no woman participant and most of the participants were Greek. In the 1896 Olympic Games there were fewer than 500 athletes representing 13 nations. 43 games were played in these 9 sports and wrestling was one of them. There was one unlimited weight class, but that didn't stop an agile 5-foot-4 German named Carl Schumann from winning the gold. He also won three gold’s in gymnastics.

Carl Schumann

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