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, one from the Navy and one from the Marine Corps compete in freestyle wrestling.]]
Freestyle wrestling is a form of Amateur Wrestling that is practiced throughout the world. It is, along with Track And Field , one of the oldest sports in history.

According to the International Federation Of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) , freestyle wrestling is one of the four main forms of amateur competitive Wrestling that are practiced internationally today. The other three forms of wrestling are Greco-Roman , Judo , and Sambo . American High School and College wrestling is conducted under different rules and termed Collegiate Wrestling . Freestyle wrestling, like its American counterpart, collegiate (also known as scholastic or folkstyle) wrestling, has its origins in Catch-as-catch-can Wrestling and both have the prime victory condition of the wrestler winning by pinning his opponent on the mat.


HISTORY

since the 1904 Olympics in Saint Louis , Missouri .]]
  Last Poliakoff
  First Michael
  Author-link Michael B Poliakoff
  Contribution Wrestling, Freestyle
  Editor-last Levinson
  Editor-first David
  Editor-last Christensen
  Editor-first Karen
  Title Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
  Volume 3
  Pages 1189-1193
  Publisher ABC-CLIO, Inc
  Place Santa Barbara, CA
  Year 1996
  Id ISBN0874368197


  Last Poliakoff
  First Michael
  Author-link Michael B Poliakoff
  Contribution Wrestling, Greco-Roman
  Editor-last Levinson
  Editor-first David
  Editor-last Christensen
  Editor-first Karen
  Title Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present
  Volume 3
  Pages 1194-1196
  Publisher ABC-CLIO, Inc
  Place Santa Barbara, CA
  Year 1996
  Id ISBN0874368197