Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Wrestling, Athens 2004.png
Venue Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Dates22–29 August 2004
No. of events18
Competitors342 from 66 nations
  2000
2008  

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18 gold medals being contested in all. This was the first Olympic Games that included women's wrestling events on the program. [1]

Qualification

Medalists

Men's freestyle

EventGoldSilverBronze
55 kg
details
Mavlet Batirov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Stephen Abas
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Chikara Tanabe
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
60 kg
details
Yandro Quintana
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Kenji Inoue
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
66 kg
details
Elbrus Tedeyev
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Jamill Kelly
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Makhach Murtazaliev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
74 kg
details
Buvaisar Saitiev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Gennadiy Laliyev
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Iván Fundora
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
84 kg
details
Cael Sanderson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Moon Eui-jae
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Sazhid Sazhidov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
96 kg
details
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Magomed Ibragimov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Alireza Heidari
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
120 kg
details
Artur Taymazov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Alireza Rezaei
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Aydın Polatçı
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

Men's Greco-Roman

EventGoldSilverBronze
55 kg
details
István Majoros
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Geidar Mamedaliyev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Artiom Kiouregkian
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
60 kg
details
Jung Ji-hyun
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Roberto Monzón
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Armen Nazaryan
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
66 kg
details
Farid Mansurov
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Şeref Eroğlu
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Mkhitar Manukyan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
74 kg
details
Aleksandr Dokturishvili
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Marko Yli-Hannuksela
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Varteres Samurgashev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
84 kg
details
Aleksey Mishin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Ara Abrahamian
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Viachaslau Makaranka
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
96 kg
details
Karam Gaber
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Ramaz Nozadze
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Mehmet Özal
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
120 kg
details
Khasan Baroev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Georgiy Tsurtsumia
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Rulon Gardner
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Women's freestyle

EventGoldSilverBronze
48 kg
details
Iryna Merleni
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Chiharu Icho
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Patricia Miranda
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
55 kg
details
Saori Yoshida
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tonya Verbeek
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Anna Gomis
Flag of France.svg  France
63 kg
details
Kaori Icho
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sara McMann
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Lise Legrand
Flag of France.svg  France
72 kg
details
Wang Xu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Guzel Manyurova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Kyoko Hamaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)52310
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)2136
3Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)2103
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)2002
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1326
6Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)1113
7Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1102
8Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)1001
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1001
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)1001
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1001
12Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)0213
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)0213
14Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0123
15Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0101
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0101
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)0101
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
19Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0022
20Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)0011
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0011
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)0011
Totals (22 entries)18181854

Participating nations

A total of 342 wrestlers from 66 nations competed at the Athens Games: [1]

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References

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