Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Freestyle		Greco-Roman
	55 kg		55 kg
	60 kg		60 kg
	66 kg		66 kg
	74 kg		74 kg
	84 kg		84 kg
	96 kg		96 kg
	120 kg		120 kg
Women
	48 kg		63 kg
	55 kg		72 kg

Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the freestyle events with 18 gold medals being awarded. This was the second Olympics with women's wrestling as an event. The Swedish wrestler, Ara Abrahamian protested the Bronze medal he won in the 84 kg Greco Roman event after he felt that the judges made an improper call which cost him the match against the eventual gold medal recipient, Andrea Minguzzi from Italy.^[1]

Qualification

For more details on this topic, see Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Henry Cejudo United States (USA)	Tomohiro Matsunaga Japan (JPN)	Radoslav Velikov Bulgaria (BUL)
55 kg	Henry Cejudo United States (USA)	Tomohiro Matsunaga Japan (JPN)	Besik Kudukhov Russia (RUS)
60 kg	Mavlet Batirov Russia (RUS)	Vasyl Fedoryshyn Ukraine (UKR)	Kenichi Yumoto Japan (JPN)
60 kg	Mavlet Batirov Russia (RUS)	Vasyl Fedoryshyn Ukraine (UKR)	Morad Mohammadi Iran (IRI)
66 kg	Ramazan Şahin Turkey (TUR)	Andriy Stadnik Ukraine (UKR)	Otar Tushishvili Georgia (GEO)
66 kg	Ramazan Şahin Turkey (TUR)	Andriy Stadnik Ukraine (UKR)	Sushil Kumar India (IND)
74 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia (RUS)	Soslan Tigiev Uzbekistan (UZB)	Murad Gaidarov Belarus (BLR)
74 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia (RUS)	Soslan Tigiev Uzbekistan (UZB)	Kiril Terziev Bulgaria (BUL)
84 kg	Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia (GEO)	Yusup Abdusalomov Tajikistan (TJK)	Taras Danko Ukraine (UKR)
84 kg	Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia (GEO)	Yusup Abdusalomov Tajikistan (TJK)	Georgy Ketoyev Russia (RUS)
96 kg	Shirvani Muradov Russia (RUS)	Taimuraz Tigiyev Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia (GEO)
96 kg	Shirvani Muradov Russia (RUS)	Taimuraz Tigiyev Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Khetag Gazyumov Azerbaijan (AZE)
120 kg	Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan (UZB)	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov Russia (RUS)	David Musuľbes Slovakia (SVK)
120 kg	Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan (UZB)	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov Russia (RUS)	Marid Mutalimov Kazakhstan (KAZ)

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Nazyr Mankiev Russia (RUS)	Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan (AZE)	Roman Amoyan Armenia (ARM)
55 kg	Nazyr Mankiev Russia (RUS)	Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan (AZE)	Park Eun-chul South Korea (KOR)
60 kg	Islambek Albiev Russia (RUS)	Vitaliy Rahimov Azerbaijan (AZE)	Ruslan Tyumenbayev Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
60 kg	Islambek Albiev Russia (RUS)	Vitaliy Rahimov Azerbaijan (AZE)	Nurbakyt Tengizbayev Kazakhstan (KAZ)
66 kg	Steeve Guénot France (FRA)	Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	Armen Vardanyan Ukraine (UKR)
66 kg	Steeve Guénot France (FRA)	Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	Mikhail Siamionau Belarus (BLR)
74 kg	Manuchar Kvirkvelia Georgia (GEO)	Chang Yongxiang China (CHN)	Yavor Yanakiev Bulgaria (BUL)
74 kg	Manuchar Kvirkvelia Georgia (GEO)	Chang Yongxiang China (CHN)	Christophe Guénot France (FRA)
84 kg	Andrea Minguzzi Italy (ITA)	Zoltán Fodor Hungary (HUN)	Nazmi Avluca Turkey (TUR)
84 kg	Andrea Minguzzi Italy (ITA)	Zoltán Fodor Hungary (HUN)	vacant*
96 kg	Aslanbek Khushtov Russia (RUS)	Mirko Englich Germany (GER)	Adam Wheeler United States (USA)
96 kg	Aslanbek Khushtov Russia (RUS)	Mirko Englich Germany (GER)	Asset Mambetov Kazakhstan (KAZ)
120 kg	Mijaín López Cuba (CUB)	Khasan Baroyev Russia (RUS)	Mindaugas Mizgaitis Lithuania (LTU)
120 kg	Mijaín López Cuba (CUB)	Khasan Baroyev Russia (RUS)	Yury Patrikeyev Armenia (ARM)

*Ara Abrahamian of Sweden originally won one of the two bronze medals in the 84 kg weight class but was disqualified by the IOC after he stepped off the podium and dropped his medal in the center of the mat to protest the officiating.

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Carol Huynh Canada (CAN)	Chiharu Icho Japan (JPN)	Mariya Stadnik Azerbaijan (AZE)
48 kg	Carol Huynh Canada (CAN)	Chiharu Icho Japan (JPN)	Iryna Merleni Ukraine (UKR)
55 kg	Saori Yoshida Japan (JPN)	Xu Li China (CHN)	Tonya Verbeek Canada (CAN)
55 kg	Saori Yoshida Japan (JPN)	Xu Li China (CHN)	Jackeline Rentería Colombia (COL)
63 kg	Kaori Icho Japan (JPN)	Alena Kartashova Russia (RUS)	Yelena Shalygina Kazakhstan (KAZ)
63 kg	Kaori Icho Japan (JPN)	Alena Kartashova Russia (RUS)	Randi Miller United States (USA)
72 kg	Wang Jiao China (CHN)	Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria (BUL)	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan (JPN)
72 kg	Wang Jiao China (CHN)	Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria (BUL)	Agnieszka Wieszczek Poland (POL)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	6	3	2	11
2	Japan (JPN)	2	2	2	6
3	Georgia (GEO)	2	0	2	4
4	China (CHN)	1	2	0	3
5	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	1	0	2
6	United States (USA)	1	0	2	3
7	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	1	2
10	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	0	1
10	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
12	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	3	5
13	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	2	2	4
14	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	4	5
15	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	3	4
16	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	1	1	2
17	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
20	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	2	2
20	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
22	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Total		18	18	35	71

Participating nations

A total of 344 wrestlers from 59 nations competed at the Beijing Games:

Albania (2)
Algeria (3)
Armenia (9)
Australia (4)
Azerbaijan (16)
Belarus (9)
Brazil (1)
Bulgaria (12)
Cameroon (1)
Canada (10)
China (16)
Colombia (3)
Cuba (12)
Czech Republic (1)
Denmark (2)
Egypt (7)
El Salvador (1)
Finland (1)
France (9)
Macedonia (1)

Georgia (10)
Germany (7)
Greece (3)
Guam (1)
Guinea-Bissau (1)
Hungary (9)
India (3)
Iran (12)
Italy (2)
Japan (10)
Kazakhstan (16)
Kyrgyzstan (5)
Lithuania (4)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (2)
Mongolia (6)
Nigeria (2)
North Korea (3)
Norway (1)
Palau (2)

Peru (1)
Poland (9)
Romania (8)
Russia (18)
Senegal (1)
Serbia (2)
Slovakia (2)
South Africa (1)
South Korea (11)
Spain (3)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (1)
Tajikistan (2)
Tunisia (3)
Turkey (13)
Ukraine (16)
United States (17)
Uzbekistan (8)
Venezuela (3)

CAS hearing

The Court of Arbitration for Sport also held a hearing based on the request which was issued by Abrahamian and the Swedish Olympic Committee against the FILA. Preceding the hearing, CAS declared in a statement that Abrahamian and the SOC "do not seek from the CAS any particular relief" regarding the ranking of the medals or a review of the IOC decision to exclude Abrahamian from the Games.

Following the CAS issued an arbitration strongly criticizing FILA. Not challenging the outcome of the match and the technical judgments, the arbitration stated that the FILA is required to provide an appeal jury capable to deal promptly with the claims of the athletes. The chairman of the SOC, Stefan Lindeberg, commented that the decision once and for all shows that FILA did not act correctly and that they did not follow their own rules of fair play. ^[2]

References

Wikinews has related news: Swedish wrestler throws away Olympic bronze medal, leaves

↑ Douglas Hamilton (August 14, 2008), Angry Swede throws down medal, quits, Thomson Reuters
↑ "IOC strips Abrahamian's bronze medal for tantrum". ESPN. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

Events¹ at the 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)

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