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[2] [3] Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900. Mijaín López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event after winning in the Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg, [4] Japan has topped the medal table for the fourth time.
This is the 26th appearance of men's freestyle lightweight event, the event debut as 65.8kg as a demonstration, in 1908, as 66.6kg, (except 1912), 1920 as 61kg, 1924 as 66kg, in 1928 as 65kg, from 1932 through 1936 as 66kg, from 1948 through 1960 as 67kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 70kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 68 kg, 2000 as 69kg, from 2004 through 2012 as 66kg, from 2016, 65kg as a current ...
The remainder of the total quota was decided at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, offering three quota places per weight category to the two highest-ranked wrestlers and the champion of a wrestle-off between two bronze medalists. [1] [4] Two invitational places were granted to members of the Olympic Refugee Team. [5]
This is the third appearance of the women's welterweight category, debut in 2016, as 58kg, from 2020 as 57kg as a current weight limit. Risako Kawai was a defending Olympic champion, but she did not qualify, 2020 silver medalist Irina Kurachkina originally won a quota at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, but the IOC did not claim her neutral, Alina Hrushyna took her spot due to ...
This is the 24th appearance of the men's Greco-Roman bantamweight (60kg) event, made the debut in 1924 as 58kg, dropped to 56kg in 1932, upgraded to 57kg in 1948, upgraded to 58kg in 2000, dropped to 55kg in 2004, upgraded to 59kg in 2016, upgraded to 60kg in 2020,
This is the 25th appearance of men's freestyle welterweight category, debut as a demonstration in 1904 as 71.7kg, except for 1908-1920, returned from 1924 through 1936 as 72kg, from 1948 through 1960 as 73kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 78kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 74kg, 2000 as 76kg, from 2004 as 74kg as a current weight limit.
This is the 26th appearance of men's freestyle bantamweight category, debut in 1904 as 56.7kg as a demonstration event, 1908, as 54kg, except for 1912-1920, from 1924 through 1936, as 56kg, from 1948 through 1996, as 57kg, only in 2000 as 58kg, from 2004 through 2012, as 55kg, from 2016, 57kg as a current weight limit.
Abdulrashid Sadulaev was a defending Olympic champion, but on 6 July 2024, the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) announced that all the Russian wrestlers has boycotted the Paris 2024 Olympic games, Kyle Snyder returned for the games, but lost to potentially gold medalist Akhmed Tazhudinov, Snyder advanced for bronze medal match, but lost to ...