There are two types of modern Olympic wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman. In Greco-Roman bouts, the
wrestlers may not use their legs and no holds may be put on below the waist. In free style, the only holds
disallowed are strangleholds. Greco-Roman wrestling was an event in the first modern Olympics in 1896.
Freestyle wrestling became an Olympic event for men in 1904. Wrestlers compete in one of ten weight
classes:

    Wrestlers compete on a 9-meter circular mat. The bout begins with both wrestlers standing up. They
attempt to wrestle their opponent to the ground and pin his shoulder blades to the mat for 1/2 a second. A pin
automatically ends the match, but matches are usually won by the referee awarding points to the wrestler who
performs moves and techniques within the wrestling rules.