Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais Éphémère
Dates	5–11 August 2024
No. of events	18 (12 men, 6 women)
Competitors	290 from 60 nations
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The wrestling competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 5 to 11 August at Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars. ^[1] 288 wrestlers competed across 18 weight categories at these Games. The men wrestled against each other in both freestyle and Greco-Roman events, whereas the women only participated 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 in the Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg, ^[4] Japan has topped the medal table for the fourth time.

Competition format

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

Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

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

Legend

R16

Round of 16

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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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	8	1	2	11
2	Iran	2	4	2	8
3	United States	2	2	3	7
4	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2
5	Cuba	1	1	3	5
6	Georgia	1	1	0	2
7	Uzbekistan	1	0	1	2
8	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
9	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
10	China	0	1	4	5
	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	4	5
12	Armenia	0	1	1	2
13	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
	Moldova	0	1	0	1
17	Azerbaijan	0	0	3	3
18	Albania	0	0	2	2
	North Korea	0	0	2	2
	Turkey	0	0	2	2
21	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		18	18	36	72

Men's freestyle

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

Women's freestyle

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

Men's Greco-Roman

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

Participating nations

There are 60 participating nations:

•   Albania  (3)
•   Algeria  (8)
•   Armenia  (5)
•   Australia  (2)
•   Azerbaijan  (12)
•   Bahrain  (1)
•   Brazil  (1)
•   Bulgaria  (6)
•   Canada  (6)
•   Chile  (2)
•   China  (13)
•   Colombia  (4)
•   Cuba  (10)
•   Denmark  (1)
•   Dominican Republic  (1)
•   Ecuador  (4)
•   Egypt  (11)
•   Estonia  (1)
•   Finland  (2)
•   France  (3)
•   Georgia  (7)
•   Germany  (7)
•   Greece  (2)
•   Guam  (2)
•   Guinea-Bissau  (2)
•   Honduras  (1)
•   Hungary  (5)
•   India  (6)
•   Individual Neutral Athletes  (2)
•   Iran  (12)
•   Italy  (2)
•   Japan  (13)
•   Kazakhstan  (8)
•   Kyrgyzstan  (10)
•   Lithuania  (3)
•   Mexico  (2)
•   Moldova  (8)
•   Mongolia  (9)
•   Morocco  (1)
•   New Zealand  (1)
•   Nigeria  (6)
•   North Korea  (5)
•   North Macedonia  (1)
•   Norway  (1)
•   Poland  (5)
•   Puerto Rico  (4)
•   Refugee Olympic Team  (2)
•   Romania  (5)
•   Samoa  (1)
•   San Marino  (1)
•   Serbia  (5)
•   Slovakia  (1)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   South Korea  (2)
•   Sweden  (2)
•   Tajikistan  (1)
•   Tunisia  (4)
•   Turkey  (11)
•   Ukraine  (9)
•   United States  (16)
•   Uzbekistan  (7)
•   Venezuela  (4)

References

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2. Nishimura, Chiaki (28 June 2022). "Paris 2024: Weight categories for the Olympic wrestling competition". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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5. 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.
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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.
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External links

• Results book