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Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueGrand Palais Éphémère
Dates5–11 August 2024
No. of events18 (12 men, 6 women)
Competitors291 from 61 nations
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The wrestling competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 5 to 11 August at Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars.[1] 288 wrestlers are expected to compete across 18 weight categories at these Games. The men will wrestle against each other in both freestyle and Greco-Roman events, whereas the women will only participate in the freestyle wrestling, with 18 gold medals awarded.[2][3] Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900.

Mijaín López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event after winning at Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg. [4]

Competition format

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Sixteen wrestlers compete in each division. The competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists will wrestle for the gold and silver medals. Each wrestler losing to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage that culminates in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers who each face the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.[2][3]

Qualification

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Similar to the previous Games, 288 wrestling quota places were available through three competition phases for Paris 2024. Each NOC could only qualify one wrestler per weight class. No host country spots will be allocated in wrestling.[3]

The qualification period began at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, held from the 16 to 24 September in Belgrade, Serbia, where five quota places for each of the eighteen weight categories were awarded to four medalists (gold, silver, and two bronze) along with the champion of a bout between two losers from the bronze-medal matches.[5][6] At the beginning of the 2024 season, four continental qualification tournaments (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the joint Africa & Oceania) distributed a total of 144 spots to the top two finalists of each continent across eighteen weight categories. The remainder of the total quota were decided at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament, offering three quota places per weight category to the two highest-ranked wrestlers and the champion of a wrestle-off between two bronze medalists.[5][7]

Azerbaijani qualification match fixing scandal

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During the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, Italian wrestler Frank Chamizo stated that he was offered a $300,000 bribe to lose to Azerbaijani wrestler Turan Bayramov, which Chamizo refused. After a controversial referee decision resulted in Bayramov winning on criteria, Chamizo accused the referee of match fixing.[8][9] Two weeks after the tournament, the refereeing body that officiated the match were suspended by the UWW after two independent panels ruled the bout was scored incorrectly. However, the result cannot be changed after the winner is officially declared, due to a policy.[10] Chamizo ended up qualified by ranking, due to several olympic spots being redistributed after the denial of athletes from Russia and Belarus.[11]

Competition schedule

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Legend
R16 Round of 16 ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals R Repechage F Final
Schedule[12][13]
Event↓/Date → Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11
M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
Men's Greco-Roman
Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Women's freestyle
Women's freestyle 50 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Women's freestyle 53 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Women's freestyle 57 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Women's freestyle 62 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Women's freestyle 68 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Women's freestyle 76 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's freestyle
Men's freestyle 57 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's freestyle 65 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's freestyle 74 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's freestyle 86 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's freestyle 97 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F
Men's freestyle 125 kg R16 ¼ ½ R F

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan81211
2 Iran2428
3 United States2237
4 Bulgaria2002
5 Cuba1135
6 Georgia1102
7 Uzbekistan1012
8 Bahrain1001
9 Ukraine0213
10 China0145
 Kyrgyzstan0145
12 Armenia0112
13 Chile0101
 Ecuador0101
 Kazakhstan0101
 Moldova0101
17 Azerbaijan0033
18 Albania0022
 North Korea0022
 Turkey0022
21 Colombia0011
 Denmark0011
 Greece0011
 India0011
 Norway0011
 Puerto Rico0011
Totals (26 entries)18183672

Men's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
57 kg
details
Rei Higuchi
 Japan
Spencer Lee
 United States
Aman Sehrawat
 India
Gulomjon Abdullaev
 Uzbekistan
65 kg
details
Kotaro Kiyooka
 Japan
Rahman Amouzad
 Iran
Sebastian Rivera
 Puerto Rico
Islam Dudaev
 Albania
74 kg
details
Razambek Zhamalov
 Uzbekistan
Daichi Takatani
 Japan
Kyle Dake
 United States
Chermen Valiev
 Albania
86 kg
details
Magomed Ramazanov
 Bulgaria
Hassan Yazdani
 Iran
Aaron Brooks
 United States
Dauren Kurugliev
 Greece
97 kg
details
Akhmed Tazhudinov
 Bahrain
Givi Matcharashvili
 Georgia
Magomedkhan Magomedov
 Azerbaijan
Amir Ali Azarpira
 Iran
125 kg
details
Geno Petriashvili
 Georgia
Amir Hossein Zare
 Iran
Taha Akgül
 Turkey
Giorgi Meshvildishvili
 Azerbaijan

Men's Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 kg
details
Kenichiro Fumita
 Japan
Cao Liguo
 China
Zholaman Sharshenbekov
 Kyrgyzstan
Ri Se-ung
 North Korea
67 kg
details
Saeid Esmaeili
 Iran
Parviz Nasibov
 Ukraine
Hasrat Jafarov
 Azerbaijan
Luis Orta
 Cuba
77 kg
details
Nao Kusaka
 Japan
Demeu Zhadrayev
 Kazakhstan
Malkhas Amoyan
 Armenia
Akzhol Makhmudov
 Kyrgyzstan
87 kg
details
Semen Novikov
 Bulgaria
Alireza Mohmadi
 Iran
Zhan Beleniuk
 Ukraine
Turpal Bisultanov
 Denmark
97 kg
details
Mohammad Hadi Saravi
 Iran
Artur Aleksanyan
 Armenia
Gabriel Rosillo
 Cuba
Uzur Dzhuzupbekov
 Kyrgyzstan
130 kg
details
Mijaín López
 Cuba
Yasmani Acosta
 Chile
Amin Mirzazadeh
 Iran
Meng Lingzhe
 China

Women's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 kg
details
Sarah Hildebrandt
 United States
Yusneylys Guzmán
 Cuba
Yui Susaki
 Japan
Feng Ziqi
 China
53 kg
details
Akari Fujinami
 Japan
Lucía Yépez
 Ecuador
Choe Hyo-gyong
 North Korea
Pang Qianyu
 China
57 kg
details
Tsugumi Sakurai
 Japan
Anastasia Nichita
 Moldova
Helen Maroulis
 United States
Hong Kexin
 China
62 kg
details
Sakura Motoki
 Japan
Iryna Koliadenko
 Ukraine
Aisuluu Tynybekova
 Kyrgyzstan
Grace Bullen
 Norway
68 kg
details
Amit Elor
 United States
Meerim Zhumanazarova
 Kyrgyzstan
Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu
 Turkey
Nonoka Ozaki
 Japan
76 kg
details
Yuka Kagami
 Japan
Kennedy Blades
 United States
Milaimys Marín
 Cuba
Tatiana Rentería
 Colombia

Participating nations

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There are 61 participating nations:

References

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  1. ^ "Paris 2024 – Wrestling". Paris 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Nishimura, Chiaki (28 June 2022). "Paris 2024: Weight categories for the Olympic wrestling competition". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "How to qualify for wrestling at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Cuba's Mijaín López wins fifth gold, record in individual event". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b Rowbottom, Mike (30 September 2022). "United World Wrestling tweaks Paris 2024 qualification to give global qualifier more berths". Inside the Games. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  6. ^ "2023 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list". Olympics.com. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Wrestling" (PDF). United World Wrestling. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  8. ^ Chiusano, Mattia (8 April 2024). "Chamizo attacca gli arbitri della lotta: "Venduti e corrotti". Scandalo a Baku, ora l'azzurro rischia le Olimpiadi" [Chamizo attacks the referees of the fight: "Sold out and corrupt". Scandal in Baku, now the Italian risks the Olympics]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Italian wrestler Chamizo claims he rejected $300,000 bribe to throw a match he controversially lost". Associated Press. 11 April 2024. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  10. ^ "UWW decision regarding Chamizo-Bayramov bout". United World Wrestling. 23 April 2024. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  11. ^ Kozak, Jon (27 June 2024). "UWW Announces 16 Reallocated Quotas For The 2024 Paris Olympics". FloWrestling. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games". Paris 2024. NBC Olympics. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  13. ^ OLYMPIC GAMES (GR/FS/WW) uww.org
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