<Ul> <Li> freestyle </Li> <Li> Greco - Roman </Li> </Ul> <Li> Greco - Roman </Li> <P> Wrestling had been contested at the Summer Olympic Games since the sport was introduced in the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC . When the modern Olympic Games resumed in Athens in 1896, wrestling (in the form of Greco - Roman wrestling) became a focus of the Games, with the exception of the 1900 Summer Olympics when wrestling did not appear on the program . Freestyle wrestling and weight classes both made their first appearance in 1904 . The women's competition was introduced in 2004 . </P> <P> In February 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic programme, effective 2020; the president of the sport's governing body FILA (now United World Wrestling) resigned after a subsequent motion of no confidence . Following changes in leadership, and revisions to the programme for 2016 (including rule changes and additional women's competitions), wrestling successfully campaigned to be readmitted to the Summer Olympic programme . </P>

When did women's wrestling become an olympic sport