Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
VenueChina Agricultural University Gymnasium
Dates12–21 August 2008
No. of events18
Competitors344 from 59 nations

Qualification

Medalists

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
Henry Cejudo
 United States
Tomohiro Matsunaga
 Japan
Radoslav Velikov
 Bulgaria
Besik Kudukhov
 Russia
60 kg[a]
Mavlet Batirov
 Russia
Kenichi Yumoto
 Japan
Bazar Bazarguruev
 Kyrgyzstan
Morad Mohammadi
 Iran
66 kg
Ramazan Şahin
 Turkey
Andriy Stadnik
 Ukraine
Otar Tushishvili
 Georgia
Sushil Kumar
 India
74 kg[b]
Buvaisar Saitiev
 Russia
Murad Gaidarov
 Belarus
Gheorghiță Ștefan
 Romania
Kiril Terziev
 Bulgaria
84 kg
Revaz Mindorashvili
 Georgia
Yusup Abdusalomov
 Tajikistan
Taras Danko
 Ukraine
Georgy Ketoev
 Russia
96 kg[c]
Shirvani Muradov
 Russia
Giorgi Gogshelidze
 Georgia
Michel Batista
 Cuba
Khetag Gazyumov
 Azerbaijan
120 kg[d]
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov
 Russia
David Musuľbes
 Slovakia
Disney Rodríguez
 Cuba
Marid Mutalimov
 Kazakhstan

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
Nazyr Mankiev
 Russia
Rovshan Bayramov
 Azerbaijan
Roman Amoyan
 Armenia
Park Eun-chul
 South Korea
60 kg[e]
Islambek Albiev
 Russia
Nurbakyt Tengizbayev
 Kazakhstan
Ruslan Tyumenbayev
 Kyrgyzstan
Sheng Jiang
 China
66 kg
Steeve Guénot
 France
Kanatbek Begaliev
 Kyrgyzstan
Armen Vardanyan
 Ukraine
Mikhail Siamionau
 Belarus
74 kg
Manuchar Kvirkvelia
 Georgia
Chang Yongxiang
 China
Yavor Yanakiev
 Bulgaria
Christophe Guénot
 France
84 kg[f]
Andrea Minguzzi
 Italy
Zoltán Fodor
 Hungary
Nazmi Avluca
 Turkey
None awarded
96 kg[g]
Aslanbek Khushtov
 Russia
Mirko Englich
 Germany
Adam Wheeler
 United States
Marek Švec
 Czech Republic
120 kg[h]
Mijaín López
 Cuba
Mindaugas Mizgaitis
 Lithuania
Yannick Szczepaniak
 France
Yury Patrikeyev
 Armenia

Women's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
Carol Huynh
 Canada
Chiharu Icho
 Japan
Mariya Stadnik
 Azerbaijan
Iryna Merleni
 Ukraine
55 kg
Saori Yoshida
 Japan
Xu Li
 China
Tonya Verbeek
 Canada
Jackeline Rentería
 Colombia
63 kg
Kaori Icho
 Japan
Alena Kartashova
 Russia
Yelena Shalygina
 Kazakhstan
Randi Miller
 United States
72 kg
Wang Jiao
 China
Stanka Zlateva
 Bulgaria
Kyoko Hamaguchi
 Japan
Agnieszka Wieszczek
 Poland
  • 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 dropped his medal in the center of the mat to protest a judges 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]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)71210
2 Japan (JPN)2316
3 Georgia (GEO)2114
4 China (CHN)1214
5 Cuba (CUB)1023
 France (FRA)1023
 United States (USA)1023
8 Canada (CAN)1012
 Turkey (TUR)1012
10 Italy (ITA)1001
11 Bulgaria (BUL)0134
 Ukraine (UKR)0134
13 Azerbaijan (AZE)0123
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0123
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0123
16 Belarus (BLR)0112
17 Germany (GER)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Lithuania (LTU)0101
 Slovakia (SVK)0101
 Tajikistan (TJK)0101
22 Armenia (ARM)0022
23 Colombia (COL)0011
 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
 India (IND)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (29 nations)18183571

Participating nations

A total of 344 wrestlers from 59 nations competed at the Beijing Games:

References

  1. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-three-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
  3. https://unitedworldwrestling.org/DataBase United World Wrestling DataBase
  4. Douglas Hamilton (14 August 2008), Angry Swede throws down medal and quits, Thomson Reuters
  5. "IOC strips Abrahamian's bronze medal for tantrum". ESPN. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2008.
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