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Wrestling is among the oldest organized competitive sports, entered into the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC as the decisive, final event of the pentathlon. Combat wrestling itself is depicted far earlier still, in Egyptian tomb paintings and prehistoric European cave art. The modern international governing body traces to 1912, when delegates meeting on the eve of the Stockholm Olympics created the International Wrestlers' Union; it was renamed several times before adopting its current name, United World Wrestling, in 2014.
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Origin YearMarks the founding of the sport's first international federation (as the International Amateur Wrestling Federation, later FILA, renamed United World Wrestling in 2014), the governing body named on this entity's own governing-body fact. The entity's primary origin-year (708 BC) records wrestling's entry into the ancient Olympic pentathlon instead. Origin YearMarks wrestling entry into the ancient Olympic pentathlon as its decisive final event. Depictions of wrestling considerably predate this in Egyptian and prehistoric European art, but 708 BC is the first securely dated organized competitive instance. Originating RegionAncient Greece (for the 708 BC ancient Olympic entry); depicted earlier still in ancient Egyptian tomb art and prehistoric European cave art. 1 International Governing BodyUnited World Wrestling (UWW), founded in 1912 as the International Wrestlers' Union on the eve of the Stockholm Olympic Games; renamed the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) through several intervening names, and United World Wrestling in 2014; headquartered in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Wrestling has been on the Olympic programme, in continuous or near-continuous form, since the ancient Games and since the first modern Games in 1896.
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1. United World Wrestling, Official History
1. United World Wrestling, Official History
1. United World Wrestling, Official History
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The International Amateur Wrestling Federation (IAWF) was thus created during the IOC Olympic Congress in Lausanne in 1921.
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