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Wrestling Olympic History:     more detail

Olympic Wrestling (Great Moments in Olympic History) by Barbara M. Linde, 2007-06-30 The Silent Gladiators by Nicholas, A. Hopping, 2007-10-01 Wrestling With the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics by Alexander Kitroeff, 2004-02 Olympic Wrestlers of Japan: Jumbo Tsuruta, Katsuhiko Nagata, Kyoko Hamaguchi, Saori Yoshida, Yuji Takada, Yojiro Uetake, Osamu Watanabe History of the XXI Wrestling Olympiad by David Neder, 1977 The Olympic Games in Antiquity by Tina Zissimou, 2002-12-01

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1. HickokSports.com - History - Freestyle Wrestling Olympic Medalists
   Go through the weight classes to find out who was the goldmedal-winner at each olympic Games in this form of wrestling. history. Freestyle wrestling was on the first modern olympic program in 1896, with just two weight classes.  
   http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olwrestf.shtml
   
   Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents Freestyle wrestling was on the first modern Olympic program in 1896, with just two weight classes. It was dropped in 1900, but restored in 1904, and it's been on the program ever since. From 1938 through 1980, medals were based on round robin competition. The wrestler with the fewest penalty points in the final round won the gold medal. If two or more wrestlers had the same number of penalty points in the in the final round, standings were based on the number of penalty points in previous rounds. For those years, the number of penalty points is shown. For all other years, the score of the gold medal match is shown. The following abbreviations are used: Dec = Decision, Ret = Opponent Retired, WO = Walkover. Weight limits have changed a number of times through the years. The limits shown are those used at the 2000 Olympics. Top of page History Biography Glossaries Calendar Quotations ... Directory Up to 48 kg/105.5 lb

2. HickokSports.com - History - Greco-Roman Wrestling Olympic Medalists
   Features lists of olympic gold medalists from each weight class represented in this variation of wrestling. Index by Sport. history Bits. Forum. Links. Search. GrecoRoman wrestling olympic Medalists  
   http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olwrestg.shtml
   
   Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents Although heavyweight wrestling at the 1896 Olympics was billed as Greco-Roman, it was actually what is now considered freestyle wrestling, since leg holds were allowed. True Greco-Roman wrestling, in which holds below the waist are prohibited, was introduced to the Olympic games in 1906. From 1938 through 1980, medals were based on round robin competition. The wrestler with the fewest penalty points in the final round won the gold medal. If two or more wrestlers had the same number of penalty points in the in the final round, standings were based on the number of penalty points in previous rounds. For those years, the number of penalty points is shown. For all other years, the score of the gold medal match is shown. The following abbreviations are used: Dec = Decision, Ret = Opponent Retired, WO = Walkover. Weight limits have changed a number of times through the years. The limits shown are those used at the 2000 Olympics.

3. The Decathlon In Olympic History - DECA, The Decathlon Association
   history of the Decathlon as an olympic event, from Ancient Greece to the New Millenium. throw, javelin throw, a sprint and ended with a wrestling match. There is still considerable academic debate pertaining  
   http://www.decathlonusa.org/history.html
   
   Extractions: Sponsored by The Decathlon in Olympic History Table of Contents: The Jim Thorpe Story When King Gustav V of Sweden presented awards at the 1912 Olympic Games of Stockholm, he proclaimed to the decathlon winner, an American Indian named Jim Thorpe, as the world's top athlete. "You sir, are the world's greatest athlete." Incidentally, Jim is purported to have replied, "Thanks, King" to the Swedish monarch, a story, true or not, which itself has become part of the Thorpe saga. Ever since, the Olympic decathlon champion or world record holder has been dubbed "the World's Greatest Athlete." And rightly so, since the decathlon is the only objective test of all around athletic ability. Decathletes must contest ten separate events and have those performances tallied on a standard scoring table. The decathlon measures basic sporting ability like jumping, sprinting and throwing. Within the backdrop and rules of track and field, decathlon champions must exhibit, the 4 S's: speed, spring, strength and stamina. Since 1912 great decathlon champions like Bob Mathias, Rafer Johnson, Bruce Jenner and Daley Thompson and others have become household names. But they all owe much to the legend of Thorpe.

4. Olympic History: Wrestling - Olympics 2000
   olympic history wrestling. The sport of wrestling dates all the wayback to ancient times, where there were tales of oiled bodies  
   http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2000/history/wrestling.htm
   
   Extractions: Basketball Swimming Gymnastics Soccer ... Tennis - More Sports - Archery Badminton Baseball Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Judo Mod. Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Syn. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling You are here: Home Olympic Wrestling Venue History ... Schedule TODAY Get Live Scores on your Cell Phone! Click Here! The sport of wrestling dates all the way back to ancient times, where there were tales of oiled bodies fighting in the sand in the Ancient Olympics. Thusly, when the Modern Olympics resumed in Athens in 1896, wrestling became the focus of the Games. Wrestling's original Olympic style Greco-Roman was derived from ancient Greek and Roman wrestling. While wrestling disappeared from the slate for the 1900 Paris games, it returned eight years later in St. Louis where officials added a second category to the wrestling slate called freestyle a much less restrictive form of wrestling commonly known as "catch as you can." This form of wrestling became popular at 19th-century festivals in Britain and the United States. Women have also become a factor in wrestling in the modern era, but not yet on the Olympic level.

5. Olympic History: Water Polo - Olympics 2000
   olympic history Water Polo. polo was more rough than rugby and players often cameto the water's surface almost unconscious from long wrestling bouts underwater  
   http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2000/history/waterpolo.htm
   
   Extractions: Basketball Swimming Gymnastics Soccer ... Tennis - More Sports - Archery Badminton Baseball Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Judo Mod. Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Syn. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling You are here: Home Olympic Water Polo Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Aquatic Centre ... Schedule TODAY Get Live Scores on your Cell Phone! Click Here! In the mid-1800s, water polo was derived from England as an aquatic version of rugby football. By 1870, the London Swimming Association made a set of water polo rules for indoor swimming pools. The sport was primarily played in rivers and lakes and was in stark contrast from today's game. Water polo was more rough than rugby and players often came to the water's surface almost unconscious from long wrestling bouts underwater. It was so brutal that many colleges in the U.S. banned water polo from its campuses. When rule changes were introduced in Scotland in the 1880s, the modern game came to be, focusing more on skill than strength. As a result, the sport became more popular as it spread throughout Europe and Britain.

6. Totallywrestling.com
   Coverage of amateur wrestling, including history, timeline tributes, chatrooms, interviews with champion/olympic wrestlers and renowned coaches, college recruiting forms, and electronic postcards.  
   http://www.totallywrestling.com

7. USA Wrestling - The National Governing Body For Olympic Wrestling
   olympic history Past Medalists. Timeline of olympic wrestling. olympic Timeline1896 1956; olympic Timeline 1960 - 1988; olympic Timeline 1992 - 2000.  
   http://www.themat.com/newusaw/database/showfaq.asp?fldAuto=15

8. Olympic History: Wrestling - Olympics 2000
   Basketball Swimming Gymnastics Track Field Soccer Boxing Tennis More Sports - Archery Badminton Baseball Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Judo Mod. Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Syn. Swimming Table Tennis  
   http://ps2.sportsline.com/u/ce/feature/0%2C1518%2C2177357_182193%2C00.html
   
   Extractions: Basketball Swimming Gymnastics Soccer ... Tennis - More Sports - Archery Badminton Baseball Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Judo Mod. Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Syn. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling You are here: Home Olympic Wrestling Venue History ... Schedule TODAY Get Live Scores on your Cell Phone! Click Here! The sport of wrestling dates all the way back to ancient times, where there were tales of oiled bodies fighting in the sand in the Ancient Olympics. Thusly, when the Modern Olympics resumed in Athens in 1896, wrestling became the focus of the Games. Wrestling's original Olympic style Greco-Roman was derived from ancient Greek and Roman wrestling. While wrestling disappeared from the slate for the 1900 Paris games, it returned eight years later in St. Louis where officials added a second category to the wrestling slate called freestyle a much less restrictive form of wrestling commonly known as "catch as you can." This form of wrestling became popular at 19th-century festivals in Britain and the United States. Women have also become a factor in wrestling in the modern era, but not yet on the Olympic level.

9. USA Wrestling - The National Governing Body For Olympic Wrestling
   2001 Credential Forms USA wrestling National Events (PDF); National wrestlingMedia Association Membership Form. olympic history. olympic history.  
   http://www.themat.com/newusaw/database/showfaq.asp?fldAuto=19

10. History - Olympics 2000
    » Kids Zone. olympic history. By Year wrestling. Copyright © 2000 SportsLine.com, Inc. All rights reserved.  
    http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2000/history
    
    Extractions: Basketball Swimming Gymnastics Soccer ... Tennis - More Sports - Archery Badminton Baseball Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Judo Mod. Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Syn. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling You are here: Home Olympics 2000 U.S. Qualifying History ... Schedule TODAY Get Live Scores on your Cell Phone! Click Here!

11. International Institute For Sport And Olympic History
    Nonprofit educational corporation, 501c3, IISOH, Library, Museum, olympic Games,history of Sport, Physical Education, wrestling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Sports  
    http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com/501c3donatewrestling.html
    
    Extractions: Library and Museum The IISOH is seeking a minimum of $1 million (one million Dollars) from a benefactor in order to establish an endowment for the sport of WRESTLING. This is a naming opportunity for the benefactor to have a perpetual identification with the sport of WRESTLING. The endowment would be named by the benefactor with the approval of the IISOH Board of Directors. The endowment becomes a permanent trust fund invested by the Institute with only the quarterly earned interest being used for development of the WRESTLING collections in both the Library and Museum.

12. Olympic Games History Pages By Harvey Abrams, BS, MAt, Ph.d/abd
    olympic historian, researcher, writer, consultant specializing in the olympicGames, history of Sport, Physical Education, wrestling, Fencing, Sports  
    http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com/olyhistory.html
    
    Extractions: Updated Thursday, January 23, 2003. The Olympic Games is the largest sporting event in the world. It is constantly growing and changing to fit the needs of a changing society (meaning the entire world). Each celebration brings more nations and more athletes to the Games. In the beginning there were only a few hundred athletes, today there are over 10,000 athletes. In the first few Olympic Games there were very few women athletes because they were not welcome, today almost half the athletes are women. The 2002 Olympic Winter Games were celebrated in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The Winter Olympic Games only started in 1924 and are not considered part of the OLYMPIAD, the four year time period between the Games. This special recognition is only for the summer Games, which are more important and have higher participation numbers in both number of countries and athletes.

13. CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Wrestling - American Gardner Stuns Karelin In Huge
    WWW.olympic.ORG OFFICIAL WEBSITE. OF THE olympic MOVEMENT. ATHLETES. SPORTS. olympic GAMES men and women who have gone down in olympic history. Relive the exploits of the athletes  
    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2000/wrestling/news/2000/09/27/gardner
    
    Extractions: AP SYDNEY, Australia (CNNSI.com) Rulon Gardner beat the unbeatable. The American, with no major title to his name, upset Russian Alexander Karelin. It was a match no one thought Gardner could win. But he ended Karelin's string of three Olympic gold medals and the Russian's 13-year unbeaten streak by winning the Olympic super heavyweight wrestling gold medal 1-0 on Wednesday. "When did I think I could beat him? About 10 minutes ago," Gardner said. "I kept saying, 'I think I can. I think I can.' But it wasn't until it was over that I knew I could." Karelin is universally considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time, a man who had never lost in international competition, who had not conceded a point in 10 years. And Gardner beat him, stunning a crowd that included IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, who had come to present Karelin with his fourth gold medal the medal he will never get.

14. CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - U.S. Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Team - Friday Sept
    Freestyle wrestling Team. Terry Brands. Age 32, Height 5'4 , Weight 127, BirthdateApril 9, 1968 Hometown Omaha, Neb. Class 58 kg/127.75 lbs. olympic history  
    http://www.cnnsi.com/olympics/news/2000/usteam_wrestling_freestyle/

15. CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team - Thursday
    Roman wrestling Team. Kevin Bracken. Age 29, Height 5'6 , Weight 138, BirthdateOct. 29, 1971 Hometown Chicago, Ill. Class 63 kg/138.75 lbs. olympic history  
    http://www.cnnsi.com/olympics/news/2000/usteam_wrestling_gr/

16. :::: Korean Olympic History ::::
    Medal Archieve history number of game, year, city, medal achieve. total, gold, silver,copper. 18th, Boxing wrestling, Chung, ShinJo Chang, Chan-Sun, Judo, Kim, Ei-Tae.  
    http://www.sosfo.or.kr/english/88olympics/4_2.htm
    
    Extractions: number of game year city medal achieve total gold silver copper Berlin London Helcinky Melburn Tokyo Mexico City Munhin Montreal L.A Seoul Barcelona Atlanta Medalist number of game gold silver copper athletics medalist athletics medalist athletics medalist Marathon Son, Ki-Jung Marathon Nam, Seung-Ryong Boxing

17. Olympic History: How The Games Began, Part 1
    discus throwing, javelin throwing, and wrestling, the pentathlon and sportsmanship,not unlike modern olympic regulations. Uncover more history in Part II.  
    http://www.scholastic.com/olympicgames/olympic_history/part1/index.asp
    
    Extractions: The Olympic Games as we know them have been around for over 100 years. But did you know that the Games go back to a tradition that began in the eighth century B.C.? That's almost 3,000 years ago. Read Part I of this article about the history of the Games, then check out the related Web sites. Uncover more history in Part II Of all the athletic contests held in ancient Greece, none rivaled the Olympics. The Games, which honored Zeus, the king of all gods, served many purposes: religious, political, and athletic. No one knows exactly why the Games began. Historians believe that the early Greeks organized competitions as a way to honor important individuals who had died. Later on, the events took on religious meaning. They also became a source of both local and national pride. The first Olympics took place in 776 B.C. at Olympia. The Games consisted of only one event, a 210-yard sprint known as the

18. Olympic History: How The Games Began, Part 2
    Quiz yourself on olympic history. Many changes have taken place in the olympic Gamessince then. Women now compete in all events except wrestling and boxing.  
    http://www.scholastic.com/olympicgames/olympic_history/part2/index.asp
    
    Extractions: The Olympic Games as we know them have been around for over 100 years. But did you know that the Games go back to a tradition that began in the eighth century B.C.? This article picks up where Part I left off. Read on to find out about the end of the original Olympic Games, and how they came back, better than ever, after 1,500 years! After Rome conquered Greece in 146 B.C., the Olympics diminished in importance and religious significance. Many athletes became interested only in winning money. In A.D. 393, the Emperor Theodosius I banned the Games because they had declined in quality. Over time, people forgot about the Olympics, and no Games were held for more than 1,500 years. Then, in 1875, a group of German archaeologists came upon the ruins of the Stadium of Olympia. Seeing the ruins inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator, to organize a modern international Olympics. He believed that individuals needed to test their athletic skills against others.

19. The Olympics - History
    http//kushkm.tripod.com/historyof-the after Hercules had won a race at olympic,Elis, he of many new sports that included wrestling, pentathlon, boxing, and  
    http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/t/c/tcn109/olympic/history/

20. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
    olympic history, wrestling was on the programme at the first modern olympics in 1896,and 1900 was the only year that wrestling did not feature on the programme  
    http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=WG&sportCode=

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