Wrestling weight classes

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In many styles of wrestling, opponents are matched based on weight (mass).

1 Olympic Weight Classes
- 1.1 Current
- 1.2 Olympic Weight Classes Before 2002
2 Folkstyle Weight Classes
3 Professional Wrestling
4 External Links
5 See also

[edit] Olympic Weight Classes

[edit] Current

Senior men competing in Freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling compete in one of the following weight classes:

50 to 55 kg
60 kg
66 kg
74 kg
84 kg
96 kg
96 to 120 kg

Senior women wrestling freestyle compete in one of the following weight classes:

48 kg
51 kg
55 kg
59 kg
63 kg
67 kg
72 kg

[edit] Olympic Weight Classes Before 2002

At the 2000 Olympics, eight weight classes were used.

54 kg
58 kg
63 kg
69 kg
76 kg
85 kg
97 kg
130 kg

In 1996 and before, ten weight classes were used.

light flyweight, 48 kg (106 lb)
flyweight, 52 kg (115 lb)
bantamweight, 57 kg (125 lb)
featherweight, 62 kg (137 lb)
lightweight, 68 kg (150 lb)
welterweight, 74 kg (163 lb)
middleweight, 82 kg (181 lb)
light heavyweight, 90 kg (198 lb)
heavyweight, 100 kg (220 lb)
super heavyweight, 130 kg (287 lb)

[edit] Folkstyle Weight Classes

High school students competing in folkstyle wrestling compete in one of the following weight classes:

103 lb
112 lb
119 lb
125 lb
130 lb
135 lb
140 lb
145 lb
152 lb
160 lb
171 lb
189 lb
215 lb
275 lb (As of now has been changed in Illinois by the IHSA Illinois High School Association

to 285 lb)

University students competing in collegiate wrestling compete in one of the following weight classes:

125 lb
133 lb
141 lb
149 lb
157 lb
165 lb
174 lb
184 lb
197 lb
285 lb

[edit] Professional Wrestling

In professional wrestling, weight classes aren't as strict or as organized. Cruiserweights can compete against Heavyweight wrestlers, etc.:

Cruiserweight: Under 220lbs
Light-Heavyweight: the older term for cruiserweight, generally larger wrestlers weighing in between 221 and 239lbs.
Junior Heavyweight: even older term for cruiserweight, used mainly in Japan
Heavyweight: Generally considered to be 240lbs or over, though some consider between 240 and 280 to be heavyweight.
Super Heavyweight: Not so much coined unless an athlete is extremely large (around the 350+ mark), but any weight over 280lbs is considered Super Heavyweight.