Wrestling at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Makuhari Messe |
Dates | 1–7 August 2021 |
No. of events | 18 |
Competitors | 289 from 61 nations |
Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification List of wrestlers | |||
Freestyle | Greco-Roman | Women | |
57 kg | 60 kg | 50 kg | |
65 kg | 67 kg | 53 kg | |
74 kg | 77 kg | 57 kg | |
86 kg | 87 kg | 62 kg | |
97 kg | 97 kg | 68 kg | |
125 kg | 130 kg | 76 kg | |
Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured two disciplines, freestyle and Greco-Roman, which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only participated in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling had been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900. [1] [ failed verification ]
Around 288 wrestlers were expected to compete in 18 events at the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed in March 2020 and planned for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
16 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 face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.
R | Repechage | R16 | Round of 16 | QF | Quarter-Finals | SF | Semi-Finals | F | Finals |
Event↓/Date → | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 3 | Aug 4 | Aug 5 | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | ||||||||||||||
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M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | ||||||||
Men's Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
57kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
65kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
74kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
86kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
97kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
125kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
Women's Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
50kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
53kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
57kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
62kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
68kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
76kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
Men's Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||
60kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
67kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
77kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
87kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
97kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F | ||||||||||||||||
130kg | R16 | QF | SF | R | F |
* Host nation (Japan)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan (JPN)* | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ROC | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
3 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
4 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
7 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
10 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
12 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
San Marino (SMR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (26 entries) | 18 | 18 | 36 | 72 |
There are 61 participating nations:
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