Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

This article details the qualifying phase for wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprises a total of 290 wrestlers coming from different nations; each is permitted to enter a maximum of eighteen wrestlers (one per weight category).^[1]

The qualification period began at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, which took place from the 16th to 24th of September in Belgrade, Serbia,^[2] where five quota places for each of the eighteen weight categories will be awarded to the four medalists (gold, silver, and two bronze) and the champion of a bout between two losers from the bronze-medal matches.^[3] At the beginning of the 2024 season, four continental qualification tournaments (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the joint Africa & Oceania) distributed a total of 144 spots to the top two finalists of each continent across eighteen weight categories. The remainder of the total quota was decided at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, offering three quota places per weight category to the two highest-ranked wrestlers and the champion of a wrestle-off between two bronze medalists.^[3] Two invitational places were granted to members of the Olympic Refugee Team.^[4]

Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not necessarily to the wrestlers in the qualification event.^[1]

Timeline

width=300	Event !	width=200	Date !	width=230	Venue
	September 16–24, 2023	Belgrade, Serbia
	February 28 – March 1, 2024	Acapulco, Mexico^[5]
	March 22–24, 2024	Alexandria, Egypt
	April 5–7, 2024	Baku, Azerbaijan
	April 19–21, 2024	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
	May 9–12, 2024	Istanbul, Turkey

Qualification summary

NOC	Men's freestyle						Men's Greco-Roman						Women's freestyle	! width=55 rowspan="2"	Total
NOC	width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"		width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	width=25 class="unsortable"	76
																			3
																			8
																			5
																			2
																			12
																			1
																			1
																			6
																			6
																			2
																			13
																			4
																			10
																			1
																			1
																			1
																			4
																			11
																			1
																			2
																			3
																			6
																			7
																			2
																			2
																			2
																			1
																			5
																			6
																			1
																			12
																			2
																			13
																			8
																			10
																			3
																			2
																			8
																			9
																			1
																			1
																			6
																			5
																			1
																			1
																			5
																			4
																			2
																			5
																			1
																			1
																			5
																			1
																			1
																			2
																			1
																			1
																			4
																			11
																			9
																			16
																			7
																			4
Total: NOCs	16	16	18	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	291

Men's freestyle

57 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

65 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

74 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Invitational Place	2
Total	18

86 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

97 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

125 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

Men's Greco-Roman

60 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Invitational Place	1
Total	17

67 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

77 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

87 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

97 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

130 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Rellocations	1	^[6]
Total	16

Women's freestyle

50 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

53 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

57 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

62 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

68 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

76 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified wrestlers
	5
	2
	2
	2
	2
	3
Total	16

Notes and References

News: How to qualify for wrestling at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained.. . 12 December 2022 . 25 December 2022.
News: 2023 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list . Olympics.com . English . International Olympic Committee . 2023-09-24 . 2024-05-13 .
News: Mike. Rowbottom. United World Wrestling tweaks Paris 2024 qualification to give global qualifier more berths. Inside the Games. 30 September 2022. 25 December 2022.
Web site: International Olympic Committee . 2024-05-11 . Refugee Olympic Team-- Paris 2024 Team . 2024-05-11 . olympics.com.
News: UWW announces hosts for 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers. United World Wrestling. 27 June 2023. 4 July 2023.
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