Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Wrestling at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Carioca Arena 2 |
| Dates | 14–21 August 2016 |
| No.of events | 18 |
| Competitors | 347 from 66 nations |
| Wrestlingat the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||
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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 | |
Wrestling at the 2016 Summer OlympicsinRio de Janeirotook place from 14 to 21 August at theCarioca Arena 2inBarra da Tijuca.Wrestlinghad been split into two disciplines,freestyle[1]andGreco-Roman,[2]which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only participated in the freestyle events, with 18gold medalsawarded.Wrestlinghad been contested at every modernSummer Olympic Games,exceptParis 1900.
Around 344 wrestlers competed in 18 events at the2016 Summer Olympics.In September 2013, a new change to the rules and guidelines of the sport had been instituted and overhauled by theInternational Olympic CommitteeandFILA(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
[edit]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 eachrepechagebeing awarded bronze.[1][2]Coaches were given plush dolls ofVinicius,the Olympic mascot, to throw into the ring when they wished to challenge a call.[5]
Competition schedule
[edit]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 13:00BRT,and the second session (repechage, bronze medal and gold medal) was conducted from 16:00 to 19:00BRT.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 12:45–15:15BRTrespectively.
| 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
[edit]Medalists
[edit]Men's freestyle
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Men's Greco-Roman
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Women's freestyle
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Medal table
[edit]| 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 entries) | 18 | 18 | 36 | 72 | |
Participation
[edit]Participating nations
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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
[edit]This is the official list of referees from2016 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
[edit]- ^ab"The Olympic Games: Freestyle Wrestling".Rio 2016.Archived fromthe originalon 9 January 2015.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^ab"The Olympic Games: Greco-Roman Wrestling".Rio 2016.Archived fromthe originalon 30 December 2014.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^"FILA announces new weight classes".ESPN.Associated Press.17 December 2013.Retrieved9 March2015.
- ^Longman, Jere (8 September 2013)."Wrestling, With Revamped Rules, Returns to Summer Games".The New York Times.Retrieved9 March2015.
- ^Meredith, Luke (14 August 2016)."Challenged: Olympic mascot Vinicius finds rough new role in wrestling".AP Rio 2016 Summer Games.Associated Press.Archivedfrom the original on 16 August 2016.Retrieved16 August2016.
- ^"List of the officials for the Olympic Games 2016"(PDF).United World Wrestling.Retrieved29 December2015.
External links
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- "Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)".Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.Retrieved23 July2018.
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