Greco Roman Wrestling 59 Kg 75kg Medal Matches

Greco roman wrestling competition began in the olympics in 1896.

Greco roman wrestling 59 kg 75kg medal matches.

Wrestling at the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro took place from 14 to 21 august at the carioca arena 2 in barra da tijuca. This is the major difference from freestyle wrestling. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only participated in the freestyle events with 18 gold medals awarded. Greco roman has never been happy hunting ground for india and only in the 2010 commonwealth games when india hosted the event and greco roman was a part of the competition india had the maximum medal haul 4 gold 1 silver and 2 bronze since then the story has been of hits and misses with a bronze medal at the 2013 wrestling world.

Wrestling had been split into two disciplines freestyle and greco roman which were further divided into different weight categories. Ap photo daniel ochoa de olza. Mark madsen den advanced to the gold medal match at 75kg with a 1 0 victory over 2014 world champion peter bacsi hun. Fila world championships began in 1904.

After 1920 fila suspended the world championships during olympic years because vianney won so many everyone needed a break. Feb 20 2016 an armed forces color guard presents the colors during the aational anthem for the opening ceremony of the 2016 armed forces wrestling championship greco roman wrestling tournament at naval base kitsap bremerton. It was contested at the first modern olympic games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer olympics held since 1904. 57 kg 62 kg 1961 63 kg 1962 1968 67 kg 1961 70 kg 1962 1968 73 kg 1961 78 kg 1962.

An inside look at the action from the first day of 59kg and75kg greco roman wrestling at carioca arena 2 in rio de janeiro. Greco roman wrestling 59kg and 75kg sunday august 14 2016 12 39 by united world wrestling. Greco roman graeco roman classic wrestling or french wrestling in russia until 1948 is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. United world wrestling head nenad lalovic said thursday that a move to add women s greco roman wrestling likely wouldn t happen until after the 2020 tokyo games.

Wrestling greco roman 75kg men mark overgaard madsen of denmark silver medal competes against roman vlasov of russian federation gold medal during the men s greco roman 75 kg gold medal match on day 9 of the rio 2016 olympic games at carioca arena 2 on august 14 2016 in rio de janeiro brazil. Highlights from day 9 at the nanjing 2014 youth olympic games with the men s greco roman wrestling 50kg weight division.