Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 21 August 2016 at Olympic Training Center – Hall 3.
In September 2013, a new change to the rules and guidelines of the sport had been instituted and overhauled by the International Olympic Committee and FILA (now known as the United World Wrestling). A single Olympic weight class was removed each from the men's freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling to add two more weights for the women.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Japan |
4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  Cuba |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  United States |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Turkey |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 |  Iran |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  Armenia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Georgia |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Serbia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Azerbaijan |
0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 |  Belarus |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Kazakhstan |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Denmark |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Uzbekistan |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  China |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
Greco-Roman[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg | Ismael Borrero Molina
|
Shinobu Ota
|
Elmurat Tasmuradov
|
Stig-Andre Berge
|
| 66 kg | Davor Stefanek
|
Migran Arutyunyan
|
Shmagi Bolkvadze
|
Rasul Chunayev
|
| 75 kg | Roman Vlasov
|
Mark Overgaard Madsen
|
Kim Hyeon-woo
|
Saeid Morad Abdvali
|
| 85 kg | Davit Chakvetadze
|
Zhan Beleniuk
|
Javid Hamzatau
|
Denis Maksymilian Kudla
|
| 98 kg | Artur Aleksanyan
|
Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera
|
Cenk Ildem
|
Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei
|
| 130 kg | Mijain Lopez Nunez
|
Riza Kayaalp
|
Sabah Shariati
|
Sergey Semenov
|
Freestyle[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 kg | Vladimer Khinchegashvili
|
Rei Higuchi
|
Haji Aliyev
|
Hassan Sabzali Rahimi
|
| 65 kg | Soslan Ramonov
|
Toghrul Asgarov
|
Frank Chamizo Marquez
|
Ikhtiyor Navruzov
|
| 74 kg | Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati
|
Aniuar Geduev
|
Jabrayil Hasanov
|
Soner Demirtas
|
| 86 kg | Abdulrashid Sadulaev
|
Selim Yasar
|
Sharif Sharifov
|
J'den Michael Tbory Cox
|
| 97 kg | Kyle Frederick Snyder
|
Khetag Goziumov
|
Albert Saritov
|
Magomed Idrisovitch Ibragimov
|
| 125 kg | Taha Akgul
|
Komeil Nemat Ghasemi
|
Ibrahim Saidau
|
Geno Petriashvili
|
Women[]
Freestyle[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Eri Tosaka
|
Mariya Stadnik
|
Sun Yanan
|
Elitsa Atanasova Yankova
|
| 53 kg | Helen Louise Maroulis
|
Saori Yoshida
|
Natalya Sinishin
|
Sofia Magdalena Mattsson
|
| 58 kg | Kaori Icho
|
Valeriia Koblova Zholobova
|
Marwa Amri
|
Sakshi Malik
|
| 63 kg | Risako Kawai
|
Maryia Mamashuk
|
Yekaterina Larionova
|
Monika Ewa Michalik
|
| 69 kg | Sara Dosho
|
Natalia Vorobeva
|
Elmira Syzdykova
|
Anna Jenny Fransson
|
| 75 kg | Erica Elizabeth Wiebe
|
Guzel Manyurova
|
Zhang Fengliu
|
Ekaterina Bukina
|
Statistics[]
- There were 346 total athletes from 66 countries.
- Abbos Rakhmonov was the youngest participant with 18 years and 43 days.
- Gyuzel Manyurova was the oldest participant with 38 years and 206 days.
- 8 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Azerbaijan won 9 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Turkey and Iran won 5 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Georgia and Belarus won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Russia participated in 17 out of 18 events, more than any other nation.
- Denmark won its first medal in the sport since London 1948.
- Norway won its first medal in the sport since Barcelona 1992.
- Armenia won its first gold medal in the sport since Atlanta 1996.
- Tunisia won its first-ever medal in the sport.
- Serbia won its first-ever gold medal in the sport since the dissolution from Yugoslavia.
