rule changes designed to make bouts faster and encourage more aggression, as well as additional women's weight classes. These changes were intended to help improve audience interest, and address the shortcomings that likely led to the removal of the sport; wrestling joined baseball/softball, as well as squash, on a final shortlist of three sports to be included in the core Olympic programme for 2020. On 8 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session, the IOC selected wrestling to be reinstated in the Olympic program for 2020 and 2024. Lalović was largely credited for his role in the reinstatement; he remarked that "normally this is done in a few years, we did it in a few months. It was a question of our survival." Events Men Women Participating nations The following nations have taken part in the wrestling competition. The numbers in the table indicate the number of competitors sent to that year's Olympics (X means qualified wrestlers for the next Olympics). All-time medal tables – 1896–2020 All-time medal table combined – Greco-Roman, Freestyle men's and women's – 1896–2020 Sources: All-time medal table – Greco-Roman – 1896–2020 Sources: All-time medal table – Freestyle men's, women's – 1904–2020 Sources: See also List of Olympic medalists in Freestyle wrestling List of Olympic medalists in Greco-Roman wrestling List of Olympic venues in wrestling Politics and sports References Sports at the Summer Olympics Olympics