Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 76 kg

Women's freestyle 76 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais Éphémère
Date	10–11 August 2024
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Yuka Kagami   Japan Kennedy Blades   United States Milaimys Marín   Cuba Tatiana Rentería   Colombia
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Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Women's freestyle 76 kilograms competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 10–11 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars. ^[1]

Background

This is the sixth appearance of the women's heavyweight category, debut in 2004 as 72kg until 2012, 2016 as 75kg, from 2020, 76kg as a current weight limit.

Aline Rotter-Focken was a defending Olympic champion, but she did not qualify, 2020 silver medalist Adeline Gray originally won a quota at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, but her spot was taken by Kennedy Blades, one of the bronze medalists, Yasemin Adar Yiğit won over, Justina Di Stasio, and lost to potentially gold medalist Yuka Kagami, Yiğit lost to Génesis Reasco in the repechages, Zhou Qian did not qualify.

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
10 August 2024	11:00	Qualification rounds
	18:15	Semifinals
11 August 2024	11:00	Repechage
	19:30	Finals

Results

Sixteen athletes qualified for the competition. ^[6]

Legend

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

Main bracket

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Aiperi Medet Kyzy  (KGZ)	4
	Wang Juan  (CHN)	1			Aiperi Medet Kyzy  (KGZ)	1
	Reetika Hooda  (IND)	12			Reetika Hooda  (IND)	1
	Bernadett Nagy  (HUN)	2							Aiperi Medet Kyzy  (KGZ)	6
	Milaimys Marín  (CUB)	7							Kennedy Blades  (USA)	8
	Yuliana Yaneva  (BUL)	1			Milaimys Marín  (CUB)	3
	Kennedy Blades  (USA)	11			Kennedy Blades  (USA)	4
	Cătălina Axente  (ROU)	0											Kennedy Blades  (USA)	1
	Tatiana Rentería  (COL)	8											Yuka Kagami  (JPN)	3
	Zaineb Sghaier  (TUN)	4			Tatiana Rentería  (COL)	6
	Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan  (MGL)	5			Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan  (MGL)	3
	Hannah Rueben  (NGR)	2							Tatiana Rentería  (COL)	2
	Justina Di Stasio  (CAN)	2							Yuka Kagami  (JPN)	4
	Yasemin Adar Yiğit  (TUR)	8			Yasemin Adar Yiğit  (TUR)	0
	Génesis Reasco  (ECU)	0			Yuka Kagami  (JPN)	3
	Yuka Kagami  (JPN)	2

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
	Cătălina Axente  (ROU)				Milaimys Marín  (CUB)	6
	Milaimys Marín  (CUB)	WO			Aiperi Medet Kyzy  (KGZ)	0
	Génesis Reasco  (ECU)	3			Génesis Reasco  (ECU)	1
	Yasemin Adar Yiğit  (TUR)	1			Tatiana Rentería  (COL)	2

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Yuka Kagami  (JPN)
	Kennedy Blades  (USA)
	Tatiana Rentería  (COL)
	Milaimys Marín  (CUB)
5	Aiperi Medet Kyzy  (KGZ)
5	Génesis Reasco  (ECU)
7	Reetika Hooda  (IND)
8	Yasemin Adar Yiğit  (TUR)
9	Enkh-Amaryn Davaanasan  (MGL)
10	Zaineb Sghaier  (TUN)
11	Hannah Rueben  (NGR)
12	Justina Di Stasio  (CAN)
13	Bernadett Nagy  (HUN)
14	Wang Juan  (CHN)
15	Yuliana Yaneva  (BUL)
16	Cătălina Axente  (ROM)

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 76kg". 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.

External links

• Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 76kg – Olympics.com