Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Wrestling
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
Dates:1–7 August 2021
Competitors:289
Nations:61
Num Events:18
Prev:2016
Next:2024

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]

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]

Competition format

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

RRepechage R16Round of 16QFQuarter-Finals SFSemi-Finals FFinals
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
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
Women's Freestyle
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
Men's Greco-Roman
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F
R16 QF SF R F

Qualification

See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Medalists

Men's freestyle

57 kg
65 kg
74 kg
86 kg
97 kg
125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

60 kg
67 kg
77 kg
87 kg
97 kg
130 kg

Women's freestyle

50 kg
53 kg
57 kg
62 kg
68 kg
76 kg

Participating nations

There are 61 participating nations:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tokyo 2020: Wrestling . 17 July 2018 . 30 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230234424/https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/sport/olympic/wrestling/ . live .
  2. Web site: IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 . 2020-03-30 . olympic.org . . 2020-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200330121555/https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-ipc-tokyo-2020-organising-committee-and-tokyo-metropolitan-government-announce-new-dates-for-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games-tokyo-2020 . 30 March 2020 . live .