Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 12–21 August 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.
| Wrestling at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| Dates | 12–21 August 2008 |
| No. of events | 18 |
| Competitors | 344 from 59 nations |
Qualification
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Georgia (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  China (CHN)* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 16 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 |  Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 18 | 18 | 35 | 71 | |
Medalists
editMen's freestyle
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Men's Greco-Roman
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Women's freestyle
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg |
Carol Huynh Canada
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Chiharu Icho Japan
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Mariya Stadnik Azerbaijan
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Iryna Merleni Ukraine
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| 55 kg |
Saori Yoshida Japan
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Xu Li China
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Tonya Verbeek Canada
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Jackeline Rentería Colombia
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| 63 kg |
Kaori Icho Japan
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Alena Kartashova Russia
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Yelena Shalygina Kazakhstan
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Randi Miller United States
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| 72 kg |
Wang Jiao China
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Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria
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Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan
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Agnieszka Wieszczek Poland
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- Men's freestyle 60 kg Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest.[1] United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.[2][3]
- Men's freestyle 74 kg Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.[2][3]
- Men's freestyle 96 kg Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.[2][3]
- Men's freestyle 120 kg Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest.[1] United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.[2][3]
- Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijan originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.[2][3]
- Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Ara Abrahamian of Sweden originally won one of the two bronze medals, but was disqualified by the IOC after he walked off the podium and placed his medal in the center of the mat to protest a judge's decision which cost him his match against the eventual gold medallist, Andrea Minguzzi from Italy.[4] The Court of Arbitration for Sport 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. While not challenging the outcome of the match or the technical judgments, the arbitration stated that the FILA was 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.[5]
- Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Asset Mambetov of Kazakhstan originally won one of the two bronze medals, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.[2][3]
- Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg Khasan Baroev of Russia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.[2][3]
Participating nations
editA 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)
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)
Macedonia (1)
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)
References
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Wikinews has related news:
- ^ a b "IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". 14 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 | United World Wrestling". Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016. IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- ^ a b c d e f g https://unitedworldwrestling.org/DataBase United World Wrestling DataBase
- ^ Douglas Hamilton (14 August 2008), Angry Swede throws down medal and quits, Thomson Reuters, archived from the original on 28 August 2008
- ^ "IOC strips Abrahamian's bronze medal for tantrum". ESPN. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.