Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, classic wrestling or French wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1904. This style of wrestling forbids holds below the waist, which is the main feature that differentiates it from freestyle wrestling. This restriction results in an emphasis on throws, because a wrestler cannot use trips to bring an opponent to the ground or hook/grab the opponent's leg to avoid being thrown.
The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's Freestyle Wrestling tournament was first held in 1987.
Rıza Kayaalp is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 130 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He is a five times world champion and eleven times European champion. He is a graduate of the Aksaray University Physical Education and Sports Academy and studies his master's degree at Bozok University.
Mark Madsen is a Danish professional mixed martial artist and former Greco-Roman wrestler. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He moved to Russia in 2013 by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili. Chakvetadze won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.
Robert Kobliashvili is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships. He is a European Champion (2018). He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 85 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Denis Kudla.
Men's Greco-Roman 87 kilograms competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place on 3–4 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku.
Kyrgyzstan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Armenia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Lasha Gobadze is a Georgian sport wrestler who competes in the men's Greco Roman category and a current world champion in the men's 82kg Greco Roman event. He claimed gold medal in the men's 82 kg event during the 2019 World Wrestling Championships. In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the 87 kg event.
Atabek Azisbekov is a Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestler. He is two time Asian Championships silver medalist
Semen Novikov is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 87 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.
Kiryl Maskevich is a Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at both the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships. He also represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the men's 87 kg event.
Nursultan Tursynov is a Kazakhstani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 85 kg event at the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan and the silver medal in this event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Ivan Huklek is a Croatian Greco-Roman wrestler.
Ramin Taheri is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. He presented in the 87 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
Turpal-Ali Alvievich Bisultanov is a Danish Greco-Roman wrestler of Chechen heritage. He won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He won the gold medal in the men's 87 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He also won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman style 87 kg at the 2021 European Juniors Wrestling Championships in Germany.
Honduras is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Honduras's 13th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every Games since 1975.
Dominican Republic is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Dominican Republic's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games except 1963.
The men's Greco-Roman 87 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 17 and 18 October 2022. The qualification rounds were held on 17 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 20 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 87 kilograms.
