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Organised by USA Track and Field, the ten-day competition lasted from June 27 until July 8 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The results of the event determined qualification for the American Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing. Provided they had achieved the Olympic "A ...
United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Ara Abrahamian of Sweden originally won one of the two bronze medals, but was disqualified by the IOC after he walked off the podium and placed his medal in the center of the mat to protest a judge's decision which cost him his match against the ...
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium.The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
The NOCs are still allowed to select athletes using their own rules, on the condition that all of them have made the qualifying time. For example, the United States selects athletes based on the results of the 2008 United States Olympic Trials event. Sweden only enters athletes deemed good enough to reach at least the eighth position, based on ...
The United States Olympic team trials for the sport of wrestling are contested quadrennially to determine the country's representative at the Summer Olympic Games on each style (men's and women's freestyle and Greco-Roman) and weight class. [1] The event is conducted by the national governing body of the sport, currently USA Wrestling. [2]
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This article details the Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifying phase.. Seven places have been reserved for the host nation China. The remaining spots are allocated through the qualification process, wherein the athletes earn places for their respective nation.