Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Training Center – Hall 3
Dates14–21 August 2016
Competitors344
Wrestling at the
2016 Summer Olympics

Freestyle Greco-Roman
  57 kg     59 kg  
  65 kg     66 kg  
  74 kg     75 kg  
  86 kg     85 kg  
  97 kg     98 kg  
  125 kg     130 kg  
Women
  48 kg     63 kg  
  53 kg     69 kg  
  58 kg     75 kg  

Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is scheduled to take place from 14 to 21 August at Hall 3 of the Olympic Training Center in Barra da Tijuca. It has been split into two disciplines, freestyle[1] and Greco-Roman,[2] which are further divided into different weight categories. Men compete in both disciplines whereas women only participate in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900.

Around 344 wrestlers are expected to compete in 18 events. 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, spurring a gender and sporting parity among the three disciplines with six each.[3][4]

Competition format

19 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]

Qualification

Official referees

This is the official list of referees from 2016 Summer Olympics:[5]

  • Germany Antonio R. Silvestri (Chief of the Refereeing Commission)
  • Cuba Guillermo Orestes Molina Gonzalez (Instructor)
  • Italy Edit Dozsa (Instructor)
  • Japan Osamu Saito (Instructor)
  • Russia Andrey Krikov (Instructor)
  • Tunisia Kamel Mohamed Bouaziz (Instructor)
  • Turkey Halil Ibrahim Cicioglu (Instructor)
  • United States Zach Errett (Instructor)
  • Uzbekistan Konstantin Mikhaylov (Instructor)
  • Finland Pertti Vehviläinen (Supervisor)
  • France Régine Legleut (Supervisor)
  • Georgia (country) Edisher Machaidze (Supervisor)
  • Kazakhstan Bakhytzhan Jaxykulov (Supervisor)
  • Morocco Noreddine Mochaffaa (Supervisor)
  • Russia Sergey Novakovskiy (Supervisor)

Medal summary

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
59 kg
66 kg
75 kg
85 kg
98 kg
130 kg

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
57 kg
65 kg
74 kg
86 kg
97 kg
125 kg

Women's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
53 kg
58 kg
63 kg
69 kg
75 kg

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rio 2016: Freestyle Wrestling". Rio 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Rio 2016: Greco-Roman Wrestling". Rio 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. "FILA announces new weight classes". Associated Press (ESPN). 17 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. Longman, Jere (8 September 2013). "Wrestling, With Revamped Rules, Returns to Summer Games". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  5. "List of the officials for the Olympic Games 2016" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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