Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL London
Dates5–12 August 2012
No. of events18
Competitors343 from 71 nations
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ExCel Exhibition Centre

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
Liván López
 Cuba
74 kg[b]
details
Jordan Burroughs
 United States
Sadegh Goudarzi
 Iran
Gábor 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
Péter Módos
 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
Tamás Lőrincz
 Hungary
Manuchar Tskhadaia
 Georgia
Steeve Guénot
 France
74 kg
details
Roman Vlasov
 Russia
Arsen Julfalakyan
 Armenia
Aleksandr Kazakevič
 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
Mijaín López
 Cuba
Heiki Nabi
 Estonia
Rıza Kayaalp
 Turkey
Johan Eurén
 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 Rentería
 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]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)52411
2 Iran (IRI)4116
3 Japan (JPN)4026
4 Azerbaijan (AZE)2237
5 United States (USA)2035
6 Cuba (CUB)1012
7 South Korea (KOR)1001
8 Georgia (GEO)0235
9 Hungary (HUN)0123
10 Armenia (ARM)0112
 Canada (CAN)0112
 India (IND)0112
13 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 China (CHN)0101
 Egypt (EGY)0101
 Estonia (EST)0101
 Puerto Rico (PUR)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
19 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0044
20 Sweden (SWE)0022
21 Colombia (COL)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Mongolia (MGL)0011
 North Korea (PRK)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (28 entries)19173672

Participating nations[edit]

343 wrestlers from 71 nations participated at the 2012 Olympics

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Search events". London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  2. ^ "London 2012 Wrestling Results". International Olympic Committee. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ "IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". FILA. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ^ "IOC strips Uzbek wrestler of London bronze - Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Database | United World Wrestling". unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ^ "IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. ^ "IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

External links[edit]

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

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