Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics


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Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured two disciplines, freestyle and Greco-Roman, 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.[1][failed verification]

Wrestling

at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad

VenueMakuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
Dates1–7 August 2021
No. of events18
Competitors289 from 61 nations

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Around 288 wrestlers were expected to compete in 18 events at the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed in March 2020 and planned for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

16 wrestlers compete in each division. The 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.

Competition schedule

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R Repechage R16 Round of 16 QF Quarter-Finals SF Semi-Finals F Finals
Schedule[3][4]
Event↓/Date → Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7
M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
Men's Freestyle
57kg R16 QF SF R F
65kg R16 QF SF R F
74kg R16 QF SF R F
86kg R16 QF SF R F
97kg R16 QF SF R F
125kg R16 QF SF R F
Women's Freestyle
50kg R16 QF SF R F
53kg R16 QF SF R F
57kg R16 QF SF R F
62kg R16 QF SF R F
68kg R16 QF SF R F
76kg R16 QF SF R F
Men's Greco-Roman
60kg R16 QF SF R F
67kg R16 QF SF R F
77kg R16 QF SF R F
87kg R16 QF SF R F
97kg R16 QF SF R F
130kg R16 QF SF R F

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Participating nations

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There are 61 participating nations:

  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Wrestling". Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". olympic.org. IOC. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Schedule - Wrestling Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Wrestling Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.