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Wrestling Quiz

Latest: Tuesday September 19, 2000 10:36 AM

  Dan Gable This former olympic athlete and coach is the key to one of the answers. Jonathan Daniel/Allsport

1. How long is an Olympic Wrestling match?
a. Two three-minute rounds
b. One five-minute round
c. Three three-minute rounds
d. Three two-minute rounds

2. What American Flyweight not only won gold at the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Games, but also the three World Championships held in between?
a. Randy Lewis
b. John Smith
c. Thomas Brands
d. Gene Davis

3. Which American Lightweight, who later became a successful college coach and USA Wrestling coach, compiled a record of 299 wins, 6 losses and 3 draws and won gold at the 1972 Munich Games?
a. Shelby Wilson
b. Jay Thomas Evans
c. Dan Gable
d. Andrew Rein

4. What do Frank Lewis, Doug Blubaugh and Kenneth Monday have in common?
a. They all wrestled in the Welterweight class for the United States
b. They all won gold medals
c. They were from Oklahoma
d. All of the above

5. Who is the only Freestyle wrestler to win gold in the same weight class at three different Olympiads?
a. John Smith
b. Soslan Andiyev
c. Oleksander Medvid
d. Kenneth Monday

6. Which American wrestler was the heaviest ever to compete in the Olympics?
a. Chris Taylor
b. Bruce Baumgartner
c. Haystacks Calhoun
d. David Schultz

7. Which Super Heavyweight has medaled in the last four Olympics?
a. Aleksei Medvedev
b. Bruce Baumgartner
c. Mahmut Demir
d. David Gobezhishvili

8. Where was Greco-Roman Wrestling created?
a. Greece
b. Rome
c. France
d. Turkey

9. Sweden's Carl Westergren won gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in three different weight divisions. Which class did he not win gold?
a. Middleweight
b. Light Heavyweight
c. Heavyweight
d. Super Heavyweight

10. Who is the Russian super heavyweight who became the first Greco-Roman wrestler to win the same weight class in three straight Olympics?
a. Aleksander Karelin
b. Rangel Gerovski
c. Tomas Johansson
d. Matt Ghaffari

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