Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 65 kg

Men's freestyle 65 kilograms competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 10–11 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars.^[1]

Men's freestyle 65 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais Éphémère
Date	10–11 August 2024
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Kotaro Kiyooka  Japan Rahman Amouzad  Iran Sebastian Rivera  Puerto Rico Islam Dudaev  Albania
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Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Background

This is the 26th appearance of men's freestyle lightweight event, the event debut as a demonstration in 1908 and it has been appeared in every games since then, except 1912.

• 1908: 66.6kg
• 1920: 61 kg
• 1924: 66kg
• 1928: 65kg
• 1932-1936: 66kg
• 1948-1960: 67kg
• 1964-1968: 70kg
• 1972-1996: 68kg
• 2000: 69kg
• 2004-2012: 66kg
• 2016-current: 65kg

Kotaro Kiyooka won the event and became a champion by defeating Rahman Amouzad in the final, Sebastian Rivera and Islam Dudaev won bronze medals with both Rivera and Dudaev going through repechages.

Format

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.^[2]

Rules

A typical bout consists of two halves of three minutes each separated by a 30-second break. The two competitors compete on a mat, which is nine meters in diameter. Wrestlers try to score points by executing various legal maneuvers. Points ranging from one to five are awarded by the mat referee depending on the degree of difficulty of the maneuvers. Points are also awarded to the opponent in case of infractions such as illegal holds, passivity etc. A wrestler is automatically disqualified if three cautions are awarded during a bout. Forcing an opponent's shoulders to the mat results in an instant victory by fall.^[3]

During the course of a match, if a wrestler builds a 10-point advantage over the opponent, the bout is stopped and the leader is declared as the winner by technical superiority. The total scores are totaled at the end of the stipulated six-minute period, and the wrestler with the maximum points wins. In case of a tie, the wrestler who has scored the last point is declared the winner. A competitor might also be declared a winner if the opponent does not turn up or is medically unfit to compete.^[3]

Qualification

Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sixteen quota places were available with each nation restricted to a maximum of one spot. Five quota places were awarded at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, which took place from the 16th to 24th of September in Belgrade, Serbia. The finalists of each category in the four continental qualification tournaments (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the joint Africa & Oceania) were awarded quota places. The remainder of the total quota was allocated at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, offering a minimum of three quota places.^[4]

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+02:00)^[5]

Date	Time	Event
10 August 2024	11:30	Qualification rounds
	18:15	Semifinals
11 August 2024	11:00	Repechage
	19:30	Finals

Results

Sixteen athletes qualified for the competition.^[6]

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Main bracket

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM)	11
	Goderdzi Dzebisashvili (GEO)	0			Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM)	5
	Alejandro Valdés (CUB)	0			Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	7
	Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	5							Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	1
	Maxim Saculțan (MDA)	0							Kotaro Kiyooka (JPN)	5
	Kotaro Kiyooka (JPN)	10			Kotaro Kiyooka (JPN)	8
	Georgii Okorokov (AUS)	2			Sebastian Rivera (PUR)	6
	Sebastian Rivera (PUR)	12											Kotaro Kiyooka (JPN)	10
	Ismail Musukaev (HUN)	11											Rahman Amouzad (IRI)	3
	Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	0			Ismail Musukaev (HUN)	10
	Austin Gomez (MEX)	0			Haji Aliyev (AZE)	3
	Haji Aliyev (AZE)	7							Ismail Musukaev (HUN)	0
	Islam Dudaev (ALB)	10							Rahman Amouzad (IRI)	10
	Gaku Akazawa (SAM)	0			Islam Dudaev (ALB)	0
	Zain Retherford (USA)	0			Rahman Amouzad (IRI)	11
	Rahman Amouzad (IRI)	8

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
	Maxim Saculțan (MDA)	4			Sebastian Rivera (PUR)	10
	Sebastian Rivera (PUR)	15			Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	9
	Zain Retherford (USA)				Islam Dudaev (ALB)	13
	Islam Dudaev (ALB)	WO			Ismail Musukaev (HUN)	12

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Kotaro Kiyooka (JPN)
	Rahman Amouzad (IRI)
	Sebastian Rivera (PUR)
	Islam Dudaev (ALB)
5	Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)
5	Ismail Musukaev (HUN)
7	Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM)
8	Haji Aliyev (AZE)
9	Maxim Saculțan (MDA)
10	Georgii Okorokov (AUS)
11	Alejandro Valdés (CUB)
12	Austin Gomez (MEX)
13	Zain Retherford (USA)
14	Gaku Akazawa (SAM)
15	Goderdzi Dzebisashvili (GEO)
16	Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)