When was wrestling first introduced to the Olypmic Games?
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For the Modern Summer Olympic Games - Athens (1896)
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It's the only show I make a point to watch.  Great story lines, colorful characters, live action.  First wrestler I can remember was Haystack Calhoon from the 60's.  He was huge, always wore coveralls, liked to drag his opponents face along the ropes and give them eyeball burns.
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www.wrestlinggear.com
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my favorite is from the old days and I wish they would bring it back it was awesome. \n\nWAR GAMES- two rings side by side with both enclosed in a steel cage. two teams of four wrestlers.
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It was an official sport in 1924. Was demoted to a demonstration sport until 1998, when it made it's official debut.
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Swimming has been an Olymipic sport since 1896. It has been open to Women since 1912.
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The site listed below states:\n'According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already). At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history. \n\nThe ancient Olympic Games grew and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years. In 393 CE, the Roman emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, abolished the Games because of their pagan influences.\nApproximately 1500 years later, a young Frenchmen named Pierre de Coubertin began their revival. Coubertin is now known as le Rénovateur. Coubertin was a French aristocrat born on January 1, 1863.'
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From the Greeks.  Named after Mount Olympus where the gods were and hence the first Greek Olympian games were invented. Covering wrestling, running marathons, disk throwing and many other sports.
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Races, contests of strength and agility, wrestling, and other games were played.\n\nI would like to invite you to travel along the shores of history. The journey will start today with one of the oldest boardgames, Senet, which was played in ancient Egypt in the time of Pharaohs.\n\nmancala\nhttp://nabataea.net/games3.html
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Not fake wrestling (WWE).  I like high school and collegiate wrestling as well as pancrase, shoot fighting, and grappling.
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If you want to talk strictly of who revived the games: "Originally held in ancient Greece, they were revived by a French nobleman, Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin in the late 19th century." He wanted to encourage better physical conditioning as well as foreign relations. He presented the ideas to an international audience in Paris in 1894 and, basically, they agreed. The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens. You can find more information about the Olympics at www.wikipedia.org.
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what does this have to do with wrestling
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running, boxing, wrestling, discus, javelin, shotput, long jump, and pentathalon/decatholon combinations of such. \n\nyes, they were played naked and women were not allowed.\n\nthey were also much more viscious. People were beaten to a pulp, had thumbs bit off, etc in the boxing games.
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Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols claimed to have invented the Pogo in 1976. In A Hard Days Night, you can see Ringo dancing the Pogo in 1964.  Of course, some Pentecostals and African tribes have been pogoing for years before that. I can't  find a reference to an Olympian inventing it. Peter Mueller won the gold in the 1,000 meters, so he must be the one your looking for.
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On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players.\n\nAfter an observer noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896 played at the Springfield YMCA, the game quickly became known as volleyball (originally spelled as two words). Volleyball rules were slightly modified by the Springfield YMCA and spread around the country to other YMCA locations.
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I would just like to see more legends get unlocked in their current games. They do it with football games why can't they do it with wrestling games?
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30 sec me and my old man he kills me every time ahhahahahaha:)))))))))))))) nah seriously i think it around a year or something it was a actual game tho no tournament just a one on one match for champion of the world ill ad a link if i can find the info.