Wrestling
Olympic history (pre London 2012)
Some form of wrestling has featured at every modern Olympic Games, except for Paris 1900. Greco-Roman wrestling has been on every Olympic Games program except Paris 1900 and St Louis 1904.
Freestyle wrestling, which rose to popularity in Great Britain and the United States in the 19th century, made its Olympic Games debut in St Louis 1904 and since then has only missed being an Olympic sport in Stockholm 1912.
Women competed in wrestling for the first time at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, in four freestyle weight categories.
Summary of past Australian Olympic team results
Three Australians have won medals in freestyle events at the Olympic Games.
- In Los Angeles 1932, Eddie Scarf was third in the light-heavyweight division. Twelve years later in London 1946, Dick Garrard won a silver medal as a welterweight and Jim Armstrong won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division.
- Australia was first represented in women's wrestling in Beijing 2008 by Kyla Bremner.
Sporting organisation
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