Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 50 kg

Women's freestyle 50 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais Éphémère
Date	6–7 August 2024
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Sarah Hildebrandt   United States Yusneylys Guzmán   Cuba Yui Susaki   Japan Feng Ziqi   China
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Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Women's freestyle 50 kilograms competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 6–7 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars. ^[1]

Background

This was the sixth appearance of the women's freestyle flyweight category, debut in 2004 as 48kg, until 2016, from 2020, 50kg as current weight limit.

Yui Susaki was a defending Olympic champion, but she lost to Vinesh Phogat, she won bronze medal by beating Oksana Livach, Sun Yanan did not qualify, one of two bronze medalists, Mariya Stadnik beat Anastasia Blayvas, then lost to Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal, Sarah Hildebrandt upgraded from bronze in Tokyo, to gold in Paris as a eventual champion.

Format

This freestyle wrestling 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. ^[2]

Rules

A typical bout consists of two halves of three minutes each separated by a 30-second break. The two competitors compete on a mat, which is nine meters in diameter. Wrestlers try to score points by executing various legal maneuvers. Points ranging from one to five are awarded by the mat referee depending on the degree of difficulty of the maneuvers. Points are also awarded to the opponent in case of infractions such as illegal holds, passivity etc. A wrestler is automatically disqualified if three cautions are awarded during a bout. Forcing an opponent's shoulders to the mat results in an instant victory by fall. ^[3]

During the course of a match, if a wrestler builds a 10-point advantage over the opponent, the bout is stopped and the leader is declared as the winner by technical superiority. The total scores are totaled at the end of the stipulated six-minute period, and the wrestler with the maximum points wins. In case of a tie, the wrestler who has scored the last point is declared the winner. A competitor might also be declared a winner if the opponent does not turn up or is medically unfit to compete. ^[3]

Qualification

Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sixteen quota places were available with each nation restricted to a maximum of one spot. Five quota places were awarded at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, which took place from the 16th to 24th of September in Belgrade, Serbia. The finalists of each category in the four continental qualification tournaments (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the joint Africa & Oceania) were awarded quota places. The remainder of the total quota was allocated at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, offering a minimum of three quota places. ^[4]

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+02:00) ^[5]

Date	Time	Event
6 August 2024	11:00	Qualification rounds
	18:15	Semifinals
7 August 2024	11:00	Repechage
	19:30	Finals

Results

Sixteen athletes qualified for the competition. ^{[6] [7]}

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Main bracket

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Yui Susaki  (JPN)	2
	Vinesh Phogat  (IND)	3			Vinesh Phogat  (IND)	7
	Aktenge Keunimjaeva  (UZB)	0			Oksana Livach  (UKR)	5
	Oksana Livach  (UKR)	10							Vinesh Phogat  (IND) [a]	5
	Alisson Cardozo  (COL)	0							Yusneylys Guzmán  (CUB)	0
	Gabija Dilytė  (LTU)	6F			Gabija Dilytė  (LTU)	0
	Yusneylys Guzmán  (CUB)	7			Yusneylys Guzmán  (CUB)	10
	Evin Demirhan Yavuz  (TUR)	6											Yusneylys Guzmán  (CUB)	0
	Feng Ziqi  (CHN)	7F											Sarah Hildebrandt  (USA)	3
	Nada Medani  (EGY)	2			Feng Ziqi  (CHN)	4
	Ibtissem Doudou  (ALG)	0			Sarah Hildebrandt  (USA)	7
	Sarah Hildebrandt  (USA)	10							Sarah Hildebrandt  (USA)	5
	Mariya Stadnik  (AZE)	6							Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal  (MGL)	0
	Anastasia Blayvas  (GER)	2			Mariya Stadnik  (AZE)	4
	Emanuela Liuzzi  (ITA) [b]				Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal  (MGL)	4
	Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal  (MGL)	WO

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
					Yui Susaki  (JPN)	10
					Oksana Livach  (UKR)	0
	Ibtissem Doudou  (ALG)	0			Feng Ziqi  (CHN)	6
	Feng Ziqi  (CHN)	10			Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal  (MGL)	4

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sarah Hildebrandt  (USA)
	Yusneylys Guzmán  (CUB)
	Yui Susaki  (JPN)
	Feng Ziqi  (CHN)
5	Oksana Livach  (UKR)
5	Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal  (MGL)
7	Gabija Dilytė  (LTU)
8	Mariya Stadnik  (AZE)
9	Evin Demirhan Yavuz  (TUR)
10	Anastasia Blayvas  (GER)
11	Nada Medani  (EGY)
12	Alisson Cardozo  (COL)
13	Aktenge Keunimjaeva  (UZB)
14	Ibtissem Doudou  (ALG)
LFO	Vinesh Phogat  (IND)
LFO	Emanuela Liuzzi  (ITA)
Source: [10]

Notes

1. Phogat initially qualified for the final, but was later disqualified for being over the 50kg weight limit in the weigh-in on the morning of the final. ^[8] As a result, she was eliminated from the medal competition, and Yusneylys Guzmán was awarded her place in the final. ^[9]
2. Otgonjargal won on walkover after Liuzzi was disqualified for failing to appear for the weigh-in on the morning of the competition.

References

1. "Wrestling schedule, Paris" (PDF). United World Wrestling . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
2. "What is repechage rules". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
3. "What is freestyle wrestling? Rules, scoring, techniques and Olympic history". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
4. "Pathway to Paris 2024: Wrestling qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
5. "Schedule - Womens freestyle 50kg". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
6. "Paris 2024 Olympics women's wrestling entries". United World Wrestling . 10 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
7. "Bracket, Women's freestyle 50 kg". Paris 2024 . Retrieved 6 August 2024.
8. "Wrestler Vinesh Phogat Out Of Paris Olympics Over Weight, India Files Appeal". NDTV . 7 August 2024. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
9. "Vinesh Phogat misses Olympic gold shot, disqualified for being 100 gms overweight". India Today . 7 August 2024. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
10. Classification, Women's freestyle 50 kg (PDF). Paris 2024 (Report). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

External links

• Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 50kg olympics.com