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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 |
* Host nation (China)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
A total of 344 wrestlers from 59 nations competed at the Beijing Games:
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