2024 European Wrestling Championships

The 2024 European Wrestling Championships was held from 12 to 18 February 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. At the 2024 European Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.^[1][2][3]

2024 European Championships
Host city	Bucharest, Romania
Dates	12–18 February
Stadium	Polyvalent Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Turkey
Greco-Roman	Turkey
Women	Ukraine
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Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Event
12 February	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds: GR 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	18:00-19.30	Semi-finals: GR 55-63-77-87-130 kg
13 February	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds: GR 60-67-72-82-97 kg; Repechage: GR 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: GR 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	18.00-21.00	Finals: GR 55-63-77-87-130 kg
14 February	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg; Repechage: GR 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg
	18.00-21.00	Finals: GR 60-67-72-82-97 kg
15 February	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg; Repechage: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg
	18.00-21.00	Finals: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg
16 February	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds: FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg; Repechage: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	18.00-21.00	Finals: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg
17 February	10.30-14.00	Qualification rounds: FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg; Repechage: FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	18.00-21.00	Finals: FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
18 February	15.00-16.45	Repechage: FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	17.00-20.00	Finals: FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg

Controversies

United World Wrestling (UWW) authorized some Russian wrestlers to participate in the European Championships though they are, as claimed by Ukrainian media and Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, not neutral and support their regime and Russian invasion of Ukraine. Abdulrashid Sadulaev and Zaur Uguev had participated in the pro-war rally and expressed their support for the Russo-Ukrainian war.^[4][5] Other athletes, including Vitali Kabaloev, Anastasiia Sidelnikova, Alina Kasabieva, Nadezhda Sokolova, and Sergey Semenov showed their support of the war by their activities on social media while Artur Naifonov, Aues Gonibov, Aliaksandr Liavonchyk, and Vanesa Kaladzinskaya took part in different propaganda events organized by the Russian and Belarussian regimes.^[6]

As a result, Zaur Uguev, Kurban Shiraev, David Baev, Khalid Yakhiev, Artur Naifonov, and Abdulla Kurbanov were denied a visa^[7] and Abdulrashid Sadulaev was denied entry to Romania at the Bucharest airport.^[8] Imam Ganishov, who managed to compete at the championships, had also visited the occupied territories of Ukraine and published photos with Russian occupying forces.^[9][10]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Romania)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	7	6	4	17
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	5	5	11	21
2	Azerbaijan	5	3	8	16
3	Armenia	4	0	2	6
4	Ukraine	1	4	5	10
5	Georgia	1	2	5	8
6	Romania*	1	2	2	5
7	Moldova	1	2	1	4
8	Albania	1	1	0	2
	Slovakia	1	1	0	2
10	Greece	1	0	1	2
11	Norway	1	0	0	1
	Serbia	1	0	0	1
13	Bulgaria	0	1	8	9
14	Germany	0	1	2	3
15	San Marino	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
17	Poland	0	0	4	4
18	Hungary	0	0	3	3
	Italy	0	0	3	3
20	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		30	30	60	120

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Turkey	140	Turkey	147	Ukraine	147
2	Georgia	130	Azerbaijan	142	Turkey	142
3	Azerbaijan	122	Armenia	99	Romania	101
4	Armenia	71	Ukraine	77	Azerbaijan	83
5	Bulgaria	62	Bulgaria	73	Bulgaria	77
6	Ukraine	60	Georgia	66	Moldova	61
7	Slovakia	55	Moldova	63	Poland	60
8	Albania	45	Serbia	35	Germany	53
9	Greece	45	Romania	34	Hungary	39
10	Hungary	40	Hungary	30	France	34

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Arsen Harutyunyan  Armenia	Muhammet Karavuş  Turkey	Islam Bazarganov  Azerbaijan
			Roberti Dingashvili  Georgia
61 kg details	Abasgadzhi Magomedov Individual Neutral Athletes	Zelimkhan Abakarov  Albania	Nuraddin Novruzov  Azerbaijan
			Mezhlum Mezhlumyan  Armenia
65 kg details	Islam Dudaev  Albania	Gadzhimurad Rashidov Individual Neutral Athletes	Kizhan Clarke  Germany
			Ali Rahimzade  Azerbaijan
70 kg details	Arman Andreasyan  Armenia	Akaki Kemertelidze  Georgia	Ramazan Ramazanov  Bulgaria
			Ismail Musukaev  Hungary
74 kg details	Tajmuraz Salkazanov  Slovakia	Soner Demirtaş  Turkey	Turan Bayramov  Azerbaijan
			Imam Ganishov Individual Neutral Athletes
79 kg details	Akhmed Usmanov Individual Neutral Athletes	Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau Individual Neutral Athletes	Avtandil Kentchadze  Georgia
			Frank Chamizo  Italy
86 kg details	Dauren Kurugliev  Greece	Myles Amine  San Marino	Osman Göçen  Turkey
			Arsenii Dzhioev  Azerbaijan
92 kg details	Feyzullah Aktürk  Turkey	Boris Makojev  Slovakia	Magomed Kurbanov Individual Neutral Athletes
			Miriani Maisuradze  Georgia
97 kg details	Givi Matcharashvili  Georgia	Magomedkhan Magomedov  Azerbaijan	Vladislav Baitcaev  Hungary
			İbrahim Çiftçi  Turkey
125 kg details	Taha Akgül  Turkey	Geno Petriashvili  Georgia	Alen Khubulov  Bulgaria
			Giorgi Meshvildishvili  Azerbaijan

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Artiom Deleanu  Moldova	Rashad Mammadov  Azerbaijan	Denis Mihai  Romania
			Manvel Khachatryan  Armenia
60 kg details	Nihat Mammadli  Azerbaijan	Victor Ciobanu  Moldova	Sadyk Lalaev Individual Neutral Athletes
			Răzvan Arnăut  Romania
63 kg details	Murad Mammadov  Azerbaijan	Oleksandr Hrushyn  Ukraine	Edmond Nazaryan  Bulgaria
			Anvar Allakhiarov Individual Neutral Athletes
67 kg details	Hasrat Jafarov  Azerbaijan	Ruslan Bichurin Individual Neutral Athletes	Abu Muslim Amaev  Bulgaria
			Murat Fırat  Turkey
72 kg details	Selçuk Can  Turkey	Ulvu Ganizade  Azerbaijan	Narek Oganian Individual Neutral Athletes
			Parviz Nasibov  Ukraine
77 kg details	Malkhas Amoyan  Armenia	Yunus Emre Başar  Turkey	Iuri Lomadze  Georgia
			Adlet Tiuliubaev Individual Neutral Athletes
82 kg details	Alperen Berber  Turkey	Islam Aliev Individual Neutral Athletes	Gela Bolkvadze  Georgia
			Yaroslav Filchakov  Ukraine
87 kg details	Aleksandr Komarov  Serbia	Ali Cengiz  Turkey	Kiryl Maskevich Individual Neutral Athletes
			Zhan Beleniuk  Ukraine
97 kg details	Artur Aleksanyan  Armenia	Magomed Murtazaliev Individual Neutral Athletes	Abubakar Khaslakhanau Individual Neutral Athletes
			Kiril Milov  Bulgaria
130 kg details	Sergey Semenov Individual Neutral Athletes	Rıza Kayaalp  Turkey	Beka Kandelaki  Azerbaijan
			Danila Sotnikov  Italy

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Mariya Stadnik  Azerbaijan	Evin Demirhan Yavuz  Turkey	Miglena Selishka  Bulgaria
			Milana Dadasheva Individual Neutral Athletes
53 kg details	Vanesa Kaladzinskaya Individual Neutral Athletes	Jonna Malmgren  Sweden	Maria Prevolaraki  Greece
			Zeynep Yetgil  Turkey
55 kg details	Andreea Ana  Romania	Mariana Drăguțan  Moldova	Roksana Zasina  Poland
			Anastasia Blayvas  Germany
57 kg details	Iryna Kurachkina Individual Neutral Athletes	Evelina Nikolova  Bulgaria	Anhelina Lysak  Poland
			Solomiia Vynnyk  Ukraine
59 kg details	Alyona Kolesnik  Azerbaijan	Alina Filipovych  Ukraine	Patrycja Gil  Poland
			Alesia Hetmanava Individual Neutral Athletes
62 kg details	Grace Bullen  Norway	Luisa Niemesch  Germany	Veranika Ivanova Individual Neutral Athletes
			Yuliya Tkach  Ukraine
65 kg details	Iryna Koliadenko  Ukraine	Kateryna Zelenykh  Romania	Irina Rîngaci  Moldova
			Elis Manolova  Azerbaijan
68 kg details	Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu  Turkey	Tetiana Rizhko  Ukraine	Adéla Hanzlíčková  Czech Republic
			Mimi Hristova  Bulgaria
72 kg details	Nesrin Baş  Turkey	Alexandra Anghel  Romania	Wiktoria Chołuj  Poland
			Yuliana Yaneva  Bulgaria
76 kg details	Yasemin Adar Yiğit  Turkey	Anastasiia Osniach  Ukraine	Enrica Rinaldi  Italy
			Bernadett Nagy  Hungary

Participating nations

519 wrestlers from 36 countries:

1.  Albania (6)
2.  Armenia (20)
3.  Austria (8)
4.  Azerbaijan (25)
5.  Belgium (2)
6.  Bulgaria (29)
7.  Croatia (6)
8.  Czech Republic (4)
9.  Denmark (3)
10.  Spain (11)
11.  Estonia (7)
12.  Finland (6)
13.  France (22)
14.  United Kingdom (1)
15.  Georgia (20)
16.  Germany (23)
17.  Greece (12)
18.  Hungary (18)
19.  Israel (8)
20.  Italy (17)
21.  Kosovo (1)
22.  Latvia (5)
23.  Lithuania (12)
24.  Moldova (25)
25.  North Macedonia (9)
26.  Netherlands (2)
27.  Norway (6)
28.  Poland (16)
29.  Romania (30) (Host)
30.  San Marino (2)
31.  Serbia (10)
32.  Switzerland (10)
33.  Slovakia (6)
34.  Sweden (10)
35.  Turkey (30)
36.  Ukraine (30)
37. Individual Neutral Athletes (57)
38. United World Wrestling (2)

See also

• List of European Championships medalists in wrestling (freestyle)
• List of European Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• List of European Championships medalists in wrestling (women)

References

1. "European Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
2. "European Championships 2024 Entry List". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
3. "European Championships - Schedule". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
4. "Questions unanswered over Russian participation at World Wrestling Championships". Inside the Games. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
5. "Прихильники геноциду. Як російські борці підтримують війну проти України". Watchers. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
6. "UWW has allowed more than 10 Russians and Belarusians who have supported aggression against Ukraine to participate in European Wrestling Championships". Base of Ukrainian Sports on Twitter. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
7. "Romania has not granted visas to Russian wrestlers who support aggression against Ukraine". Base of Ukrainian Sports on Twitter. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
8. "Two-time Olympic champion Sadulaev at airport in Bucharest (+photo)". Base of Ukrainian Sports on Twitter. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
9. "Борець з РФ Ганішов, який візьме участь в Чемпіонаті Європи, їздив на окуповане Запоріжжя в гості до російських військових (+photo)". Watchers Media on Twitter. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
10. "Чергове порушення рішень та рекомендацій МОК: до чемпіонату Європи допущено російського борця, що підтримує війну в Україні". Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

External links

• UWW Database
• Results Book