In the Modern Olympic Games there are two styles, Greco-Roman which appeared in the first Games in 1896 and freestyle which was added in 1904. British success Great Britain won 10 medals at the 1908 Games in London. Wrestling matches take place on a specially marked mat, which looks like a target. There is a central wrestling area with a diameter of 7m, which includes a centre spot where the wrestling is started and restarted during a match.
Colours mark the competition zones, and wrestlers wear the corresponding blue or red singlet.
In Freestyle wrestlers can use all parts of their, and their opponents body to execute moves and holds. In Greco-Roman, it is forbidden to use the legs or to make any contact with the opponents legs. There are 8 weight categories in both wrestling styles, and wrestlers weigh in once prior to the start of the competition. Wrestling matches last for two periods of three minutes, with a 30 second break, unless concluded earlier by a fall, technical superiority or, more rarely, disqualification. A fall is when a wrestler pins both of his opponents shoulders to the mat for one second.