▁g oug ing ▁with ▁the ▁n ails , ▁p unch ing , ▁and ▁viol ently ▁sl am ming ▁the ▁arms ▁together ▁around ▁the ▁oppon ent ' s ▁st om ach ▁were ▁forb idden . ▁Gre co - R oman ▁matches ▁were ▁also ▁famous ▁for ▁their ▁length . ▁Prof ession ally , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁un common ▁for ▁there ▁to ▁be ▁matches ▁last ing ▁two ▁or ▁three ▁hours . ▁William ▁Mul do on ' s ▁bout ▁with ▁Clar ence ▁Wh ist ler ▁at ▁the ▁Terra ce ▁Garden ▁Theater ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁last ed ▁eight ▁hours ▁before ▁ending ▁in ▁a ▁draw . ▁Even ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁Olympics , ▁a ▁match ▁between ▁Anders ▁A hl gren ▁of ▁Sweden ▁and ▁I var ▁Bo eh ling ▁of ▁Finland ▁last ed ▁for ▁nine ▁hours ▁before ▁a ▁draw ▁was ▁called ▁and ▁both ▁wrest lers ▁awarded ▁the ▁silver ▁medal . ▁The ▁International ▁Am ateur ▁Wrestling ▁Federation ▁( IA WF ) ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁reg ulation ▁of ▁Gre co - R oman ▁wrest ling ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 . ▁Since ▁then ▁matches ▁have ▁been ▁dram atically ▁cut ▁short , ▁and ▁today ▁all ▁movements ▁that ▁put ▁the ▁life ▁or ▁lim b ▁of ▁the ▁wrest ler ▁in ▁je op ard y ▁are ▁forb idden . ▁ ▁In ▁Olympic ▁competition , ▁countries ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁Bulg aria , ▁Turkey , ▁South ▁Korea , ▁Roman ia , ▁Japan , ▁Sweden , ▁and ▁Finland ▁have ▁had ▁great ▁success . ▁Carl ▁West er gren ▁of ▁Sweden ▁won ▁three ▁Gre