Wrestling at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Dates	5?12 August 2012
No. of events	18
Competitors	343 from 71 nations
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Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	55 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	63 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	72 kg
	84 kg	84 kg
	96 kg	96 kg
	120 kg	120 kg
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Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics were held between 5 and 12 August, the final day of the Games, at ExCeL London . It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games , except Paris 1900 .

Competition format [ edit ]

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.

Competition schedule ^[1] [ edit ]

All times are British Summer Time ( UTC+1 )

Men's Greco-Roman [ edit ]

Date	Time	Event
Sunday 5 August	13:00?15:45	55 kg & 74 kg qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	17:45?20:15	55 kg & 74 kg repechage rounds, bronze & gold
Monday 6 August	13:00?15:45	60 kg, 84 kg & 120 kg qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	17:45?20:15	60 kg, 84 kg & 120 kg repechage rounds, bronze & gold
Tuesday 7 August	13:00?15:45	66 kg & 96 kg qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	17:45?20:15	66 kg & 96 kg repechage rounds, bronze & gold

Women's freestyle [ edit ]

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday 8 August	13:00?15:45	48 kg & 63 kg qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	17:45?20:15	48 kg & 63 repechage rounds, bronze & gold
Thursday 9 August	13:00?15:45	55 kg & 72 kg qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	17:45?20:15	55 kg & 72 kg repechage rounds, bronze & gold

Men's freestyle [ edit ]

Date	Time	Event
Friday 10 August	13:00?15:45	55 kg & 74 kg qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	17:45?20:15	55 kg & 74 kg repechage rounds, bronze & gold
Saturday 11 August	13:00?15:45	60 kg, 84 kg & 120 kg qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	17:45?20:15	60 kg, 84 kg & 120 kg repechage rounds, bronze & gold
Sunday 12 August	08:30?11:15	66 kg & 96 kg Qualifications; 1/8 finals; quarterfinals; semifinals
	12:45?15:15	66 kg & 96 kg repechage rounds, bronze & gold

Qualification [ edit ]

Medalists ^[2] [ edit ]

Men's freestyle [ edit ]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Dzhamal Otarsultanov   Russia	Vladimer Khinchegashvili   Georgia	Yang Kyong-il   North Korea
			Shinichi Yumoto   Japan
60 kg [a] details	Toghrul Asgarov   Azerbaijan	Besik Kudukhov   Russia	Coleman Scott   United States
			Yogeshwar Dutt   India
66 kg details	Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu   Japan	Sushil Kumar   India	Akzhurek Tanatarov   Kazakhstan
			Livan Lopez   Cuba
74 kg [b] details	Jordan Burroughs   United States	Sadegh Goudarzi   Iran	Gabor Hatos   Hungary
			Denis Tsargush   Russia
84 kg details	Sharif Sharifov   Azerbaijan	Jaime Espinal   Puerto Rico	Dato Marsagishvili   Georgia
			Ehsan Lashgari   Iran
96 kg details	Jake Varner   United States	Valeriy Andriytsev   Ukraine	Giorgi Gogshelidze   Georgia
			Khetag Gazyumov   Azerbaijan
120 kg [c] details	Komeil Ghasemi   Iran	Shared gold	Tervel Dlagnev   United States
	Bilyal Makhov   Russia		Daulet Shabanbay   Kazakhstan

Men's Greco-Roman [ edit ]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Hamid Sourian   Iran	Rovshan Bayramov   Azerbaijan	Peter Modos   Hungary
			Mingiyan Semenov   Russia
60 kg details	Omid Norouzi   Iran	Revaz Lashkhi   Georgia	Zaur Kuramagomedov   Russia
			Ryutaro Matsumoto   Japan
66 kg details	Kim Hyeon-woo   South Korea	Tamas L?rincz   Hungary	Manuchar Tskhadaia   Georgia
			Steeve Guenot   France
74 kg details	Roman Vlasov   Russia	Arsen Julfalakyan   Armenia	Aleksandr Kazakevi?   Lithuania
			Emin Ahmadov   Azerbaijan
84 kg details	Alan Khugaev   Russia	Karam Gaber   Egypt	Daniyal Gadzhiyev   Kazakhstan
			Damian Janikowski   Poland
96 kg details	Ghasem Rezaei   Iran	Rustam Totrov   Russia	Artur Aleksanyan   Armenia
			Jimmy Lidberg   Sweden
120 kg details	Mijain Lopez   Cuba	Heiki Nabi   Estonia	Rıza Kayaalp   Turkey
			Johan Euren   Sweden

Women's freestyle [ edit ]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Hitomi Obara   Japan	Mariya Stadnik   Azerbaijan	Carol Huynh   Canada
			Clarissa Chun   United States
55 kg details	Saori Yoshida   Japan	Tonya Verbeek   Canada	Jackeline Renteria   Colombia
			Yuliya Ratkevich   Azerbaijan
63 kg details	Kaori Icho   Japan	Jing Ruixue   China	Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg   Mongolia
			Lubov Volosova   Russia
72 kg details	Natalia Vorobieva   Russia	Stanka Zlateva   Bulgaria	Guzel Manyurova   Kazakhstan
			Maider Unda   Spain

• ^{Men's freestyle 60 kg} Besik Kudukhov of Russia won the silver medal, and while a retest of his 2012 sample tested positive for banned substances in 2016, the IOC closed the proceedings after learning that Kudukhov died in a car accident in December 2013. ^[3]
• ^{Men's freestyle 74 kg} Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified in 2016 after a retest of his 2012 sample tested positive for banned substances. ^{[4] [5]}
• ^{Men's freestyle 120 kg} Davit Modzmanashvili of Georgia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in January 2019 after a retest of his 2012 sample tested positive for banned substances. ^[6] Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in July 2019 after a retest of his 2012 sample tested positive for banned substances. ^[7]

Medal table [ edit ]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia   (RUS)	5	2	4	11
2	Iran   (IRI)	4	1	1	6
3	Japan   (JPN)	4	0	2	6
4	Azerbaijan   (AZE)	2	2	3	7
5	United States   (USA)	2	0	3	5
6	Cuba   (CUB)	1	0	1	2
7	South Korea   (KOR)	1	0	0	1
8	Georgia   (GEO)	0	2	3	5
9	Hungary   (HUN)	0	1	2	3
10	Armenia   (ARM)	0	1	1	2
	Canada   (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	India   (IND)	0	1	1	2
13	Bulgaria   (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	China   (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Egypt   (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia   (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico   (PUR)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine   (UKR)	0	1	0	1
19	Kazakhstan   (KAZ)	0	0	4	4
20	Sweden   (SWE)	0	0	2	2
21	Colombia   (COL)	0	0	1	1
	France   (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania   (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia   (MGL)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea   (PRK)	0	0	1	1
	Poland   (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain   (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey   (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (28 entries)		19	17	36	72

Participating nations [ edit ]

343 wrestlers from 71 nations participated at the 2012 Olympics

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Media related to Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

• Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com . at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
• Official results book ? Wrestling. London2012.com . at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
• Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles

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