Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 14 to 21 August at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca. Wrestling had been split into two disciplines, freestyle[1] and Greco-Roman,[2] 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.
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| Venue | Carioca Arena 2 |
| Dates | 14–21 August |
| No. of events | 18 |
| Competitors | 347 from 66 nations |
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | Women | |
| 57 kg | 59 kg | 48 kg | |
| 65 kg | 66 kg | 53 kg | |
| 74 kg | 75 kg | 58 kg | |
| 86 kg | 85 kg | 63 kg | |
| 97 kg | 98 kg | 69 kg | |
| 125 kg | 130 kg | 75 kg | |
Around 344 wrestlers competed in 18 events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In September 2013, a new change to the rules and guidelines of the sport had been instituted and overhauled by the International Olympic Committee and FILA (now known as the United World Wrestling). A single Olympic weight class was removed each from the men's freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling to add two more weights for the women.[3][4] Other changes in wrestling at these Games also featured a single-round tournament within a six-minute limit, instead of two-round or tiebreaker.
Competition format
38 men or 18 women competed in each division, plus 6 others allocated either to the host country or by the tripartite commission into divisions yet to be determined prior to the Olympics. Wrestlers determined by lot competed in qualification rounds to reduce the number to 16, thereafter proceeding by simple knockout to determine the finalists who competed for gold and silver. The two groups of wrestlers respectively defeated in the 3 or 4 bouts of the two finalists competed in two serial elimination repechages, with the victor in each repechage being awarded bronze.[1][2] Coaches were given plush dolls of Vinicius, the Olympic mascot, to throw into the ring when they wished to challenge a call.[5]
Competition schedule
There were two sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympics Wrestling program. Except for the last day, the first session (qualification and elimination) was conducted from 10:00 to 13:00 BRT, and the second session (repechage, bronze medal and gold medal) was conducted from 16:00 to 19:00 BRT. Due to the closing ceremony on the last day (21 Aug) in the evening, the timing for the first and second session were 08:30–11:15 and 12:45–15:15 BRT respectively.
| Q | Qualification & elimination | F | Repechage, Bronze medal & Gold medal |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | Sun 21 | ||||||||||
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| Men's freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's freestyle 57 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's freestyle 65 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's freestyle 74 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's freestyle 86 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's freestyle 97 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's freestyle 125 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Women's freestyle 48 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's freestyle 53 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's freestyle 58 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's freestyle 63 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's freestyle 69 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's freestyle 75 kg | Q | F | ||||||||||||||||
Qualification
Medalists
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (27 nations) | 18 | 18 | 36 | 72 | |
Participation
Participating nations
Algeria (3)
Argentina (1)- Armenia (8)
Australia (3)
Austria (1)- Azerbaijan (14)
Bahrain (1)- Belarus (8)
Brazil (5)- Bulgaria (11)
Cambodia (1)
Cameroon (3)- Canada (8)
- China (13)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Colombia (5)
Croatia (1)- Cuba (10)
Czech Republic (1)- Denmark (1)
Ecuador (2)
Egypt (10)
Estonia (3)
Finland (3)
France (2)- Georgia (11)
- Germany (7)
Greece (1)
Guinea-Bissau (2)
Haiti (1)
Hungary (8)- India (8)
- Iran (12)
Israel (1)- Italy (2)
- Japan (10)
- Kazakhstan (12)
Kyrgyzstan (7)
Latvia (1)
Lithuania (1)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (3)
Mongolia (10)
Morocco (3)
Netherlands (1)
Nigeria (7)
North Korea (4)- Norway (2)
Palau (1)
Peru (1)- Poland (8)
Puerto Rico (2)- Romania (5)
- Russia (17)
Senegal (2)- Serbia (3)
- South Korea (5)
Spain (1)- Sweden (7)
- Tunisia (4)
- Turkey (14)
- Ukraine (11)
- United States (14)
- Uzbekistan (8)
Venezuela (9)
Vietnam (1)
Official referees
This is the official list of referees from 2016 Summer Olympics:[6]
- Antonio Silvestri (Chief of the Refereeing Commission)
- Guillermo Molina (Instructor)
- Edit Dozsa (Instructor)
- Osamu Saito (Instructor)
- Andrey Krikov (Instructor)
- Kamel Mohamed Bouaziz (Instructor)
- Halil İbrahim Cicioğlu (Instructor)
- Zach Errett (Instructor)
- Konstantin Mikhaylov (Instructor)
- Pertti Vehviläinen (Supervisor)
- Régine Legleut (Supervisor)
- Edisher Machaidze (Supervisor)
- Bakhytzhan Jaxykulov (Supervisor)
- Noreddine Mochaffaa (Supervisor)
- Sergey Novakovskiy (Supervisor)
References
- "The Olympic Games: Freestyle Wrestling". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- "The Olympic Games: Greco-Roman Wrestling". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- "FILA announces new weight classes". Associated Press. ESPN. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- Longman, Jere (8 September 2013). "Wrestling, With Revamped Rules, Returns to Summer Games". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- Meredith, Luke (14 August 2016). "Challenged: Olympic mascot Vinicius finds rough new role in wrestling". AP Rio 2016 Summer Games. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- "List of the officials for the Olympic Games 2016" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
External links
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- Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics
- United World Wrestling
- NBC Olympics: Wrestling
- Results Book – Wrestling
