Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, 20 wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...

events were contested, for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practised throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. It is, along with track and field, one of the oldest organized sports in history...

 and Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practised worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in three two-minute periods, which can...

 disciplines.

Freestyle

48 kg
52 kg
57 kg
62 kg
68 kg
74 kg
82 kg
90 kg
100 kg
130 kg

Greco-Roman

48 kg
52 kg
57 kg
62 kg
68 kg
74 kg
82 kg
90 kg
100 kg
130 kg

Medal table

1 6 5 5 16
2 3 3 2 8
3 2 1 1 4
4 2 0 3 5
5 2 0 1 3
6 2 0 0 2
7 1 2 1 4
8 1 2 0 3
9 1 0 0 1
10 0 2 0 2
11 0 1 2 3
12 0 1 1 2
0 1 1 2
14 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
16 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Participating nations

A total of 370 wrestlers from 59 nations competed at the Barcelona Games:

See also

List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling

List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
-List of Results by the United States in Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the Olympics and World Championships:Men's freestyle wrestling competition began in the Olympics in 1904...

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