Marwa Al-Amri is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis. She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.
Blessing Oborududu is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. She is currently ranked as the world number two woman wrestler and also the first wrestler to win an Olympic medal representing Nigeria at the Olympics. She is also a twelve-time African champion from 2010 to 2023.
Tunisia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1960, Tunisian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.
Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1964, Algerian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, but did not attend the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, because of the African boycott.
Cameroon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The 2016 Olympic Wrestling Asian Qualification Tournament was the second regional qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics The competition was held from 18 to 20 March 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The 2016 Olympic Wrestling African & Oceania Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics.
Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamza is an Egyptian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She became the first woman representing Egypt to reach a final at the World Wrestling Championships.
Six national teams qualified to compete in baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. As host, Japan automatically qualified. Israel also qualified, by winning the Africa/Europe Qualifying Event in September 2019.
The 2020 Olympic Wrestling Pan American Qualification Tournament was the first regional qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 13 to 15 March 2020, in Ottawa, Canada.
Fateh Benferdjallah is an Algerian freestyle wrestler. He represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 86 kg event. In the final, he lost against Ayoub Barraj of Tunisia.
Abdelkarim Fergat is an Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a four-time gold medalist in his event at the African Wrestling Championships. He also competed at the World Wrestling Championships both in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
The 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament is the second regional qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 18 to 21 March 2021, in BOK Sports Hall, Budapest, Hungary.
The 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 2 to 4 April 2021, in Hammamet, Tunisia.
The 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the fourth and final regional qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 9 to 11 April 2021, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships were held at the same venue.
Haithem Dakhlaoui is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships. He also represented Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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. 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. Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900.
Egypt competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.
This article details the qualifying phase for wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprises a total of 290 wrestlers coming from different nations; each is permitted to enter a maximum of eighteen wrestlers.
The 2024 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the second regional qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 22 to 24 March 2024, in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hamza Fatah (MAR)
Hel Here (CHA)
Sem Shilimela (NAM)
Justin Holland (AUS)
Ibrahim Farag (EGY)
Ismail Moussaoui (ALG)
Adama Diatta (SEN)
Bienvenu Andriamalala (MAD)
Ebikewenimo Welson (NGR)
Victor Ngouema (CGO)
Guillaume Jockenson (MRI)
Haithem Ben Alayech (TUN)
Quintino Intipe (GBS)
Abdulai Rogers (SLE)
Joseph Lopez (GUM)
Sammy Nyongesa (KEN)
Brou Arnaud Kouadio (CIV)
Tchetev Poumeugne (CMR)
Faisal Attayee (NZL)
C. J. Floor (ASA)
Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)
