Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifying phase.

Contents 1 Qualification summary 2 Qualification timeline 3 Men's freestyle events 3.1 55 kg 3.2 60 kg 3.3 66 kg 3.4 74 kg 3.5 84 kg 3.6 96 kg 3.7 120 kg 4 Men's Greco-Roman events 4.1 55 kg 4.2 60 kg 4.3 66 kg 4.4 74 kg 4.5 84 kg 4.6 96 kg 4.7 120 kg 5 Women's freestyle events 5.1 48 kg 5.2 55 kg 5.3 63 kg 5.4 72 kg 6 References

Qualification summary

NOC	Men's freestyle							Men's Greco-Roman							Women's freestyle				Total
	55	60	66	74	84	96	120	55	60	66	74	84	96	120	48	55	63	72
Albania		X											X						2
Algeria										X	X		X						3
Armenia		X	X		X			X	X	X	X	X		X					9
Australia				X	X						X				X				4
Azerbaijan	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X		16
Belarus	X		X	X					X	X	X			X		X	X		9
Brazil																		X	1
Bulgaria	X		X	X			X	X	X	X	X		X	X			X	X	12
Cameroon																		X	1
Canada		X	X	X	X	X								X	X	X	X	X	10
China		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Colombia	X				X											X			3
Cuba	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X					12
Czech Republic													X						1
Denmark								X			X								2
Egypt		X				X		X	X				X	X			X		7
El Salvador															X				1
Finland									X										1
France						X			X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	9
Macedonia		X																	1
Georgia	X		X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X						10
Germany					X	X				X	X		X		X			X	7
Greece				X									X	X					3
Guam																	X		1
Guinea-Bissau				X															1
Hungary				X		X	X			X	X	X	X	X			X		9
India		X	X				X												3
Iran	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X					12
Italy												X	X						2
Japan	X	X	X						X			X	X		X	X	X	X	10
Kazakhstan	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	16
Kyrgyzstan		X		X		X			X	X									5
Lithuania										X	X		X	X					4
Mexico							X												1
Moldova						X										X			2
Mongolia	X		X		X										X	X	X		6
Nigeria							X											X	2
North Korea	X		X					X											3
Norway									X										1
Palau							X	X											2
Peru											X								1
Poland				X	X	X	X				X	X		X			X	X	9
Romania	X			X			X	X	X	X					X	X			8
Russia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	18
Senegal	X																		1
Serbia								X	X										2
Slovakia							X					X							2
South Africa			X																1
South Korea	X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X		X	X		X				11
Spain	X																X	X	3
Sweden												X		X	X	X		X	5
Switzerland			X																1
Tajikistan		X			X														2
Tunisia					X							X				X			3
Turkey	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X					13
Ukraine		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
Uzbekistan	X			X	X	X	X	X	X					X					8
Venezuela						X									X	X			3
Total: 59 NOCs	19	19	21	21	20	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	16	17	16	344

Qualification timeline

Event		Date	Venue
2007 World Championships		September 17–23, 2007	Baku, Azerbaijan
2008 Continental Championships	Africa	March 7–9, 2008	Tunis, Tunisia
	Asia	March 18–23, 2008	Jeju City, South Korea
	Europe	April 1–6, 2008	Tampere, Finland
	Oceania	February 8–10, 2008	Canberra, Australia
	Pan American	February 29 – March 2, 2008	Colorado Springs, United States
1st Qualification Tournaments	Freestyle	April 18–20, 2008	Martigny, Switzerland
	Greco-Roman	May 9–11, 2008	Rome, Italy
	Women	May 16–17, 2008	Edmonton, Canada
2nd Qualification Tournaments	Freestyle	May 2–4, 2008	Warsaw, Poland
	Greco-Roman	May 23–25, 2008	Novi Sad, Serbia
	Women	May 31 – June 1, 2008	Haparanda, Sweden

Men's freestyle events

• Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

55 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Besik Kudukhov (RUS)  Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)  Rizvan Gadzhiev (BLR)  Andy Moreno (CUB)  Sezar Akgül (TUR)  Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)  Fredy Serrano (COL)  Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly (KAZ)
2008 African Championships	1	Adama Diatta (SEN)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Tomohiro Matsunaga (JPN)
2008 European Championships	1	Francisco Sánchez (ESP)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Henry Cejudo (USA)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)  Kim Hyo-Sub (KOR)  Namig Sevdimov (AZE)  Abbas Dabbaghi (IRI)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Yang Kyong-Il (PRK)  Besarion Gochashvili (GEO)  Petru Toarcă (ROU)
Invitational**	+
Total	19

60 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)  Anatoli Guidea (BUL)  Bazar Bazarguruev (KGZ)  Sahit Prizreni (ALB)  Qin He (CHN)  Tevfik Odabaşı (TUR)  Samat Zhakupov (KAZ)  Murad Ramazanov (MKD)
2008 African Championships	1	Hassan Madani (EGY)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)
2008 European Championships	1	Vasyl Fedoryshyn (UKR)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Yandro Quintana (CUB)  Zelimkhan Huseynov (AZE)  Vitaly Koryakin (TJK)  Morad Mohammadi (IRI)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Kenichi Yumoto (JPN)  Kim Jong-Dae (KOR)  Martin Berberyan (ARM)
Invitational**	+	United States
Total	19

66 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Ramazan Şahin (TUR)  Geandry Garzón (CUB)  Otar Tushishvili (GEO)  Irbek Farniev (RUS)  Andriy Stadnik (UKR)  Doug Schwab (USA)  Sushil Kumar (IND)  Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL)
2008 African Championships	1	Heinrich Barnes (RSA)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)
2008 European Championships	1	Emin Azizov (AZE)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Haislan Garcia (CAN)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)  Serafim Barzakov (BUL)  Albert Batyrov (BLR)  Suren Markosyan (ARM)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Yang Chun-Song (PRK)  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)  Jung Young-Ho (KOR)
Invitational**	+	China Switzerland
Total	21

74 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)  Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)  Iván Fundora (CUB)  Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev (AZE)  Joe Heskett (USA)  Gheorghiţă Ştefan (ROU)  Gábor Hatos (HUN)  Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)
2008 African Championships	1	Augusto Midana (GBS)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Cho Byung-Kwan (KOR)
2008 European Championships	1	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)
2008 Oceania Championships*	1	Ali Abdo (AUS)
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Matt Gentry (CAN)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Soslan Tigiev (UZB)  Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI)  Krystian Brzozowski (POL)  Kiril Terziev (BUL)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Arsen Gitinov (KGZ)  Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)  Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)
Invitational**	+	China
Total	21

84 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Georgy Ketoyev (RUS)  Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)  Reza Yazdani (IRI)  Zaurbek Sokhiev (UZB)  Joe Williams (USA)  Serhat Balcı (TUR)  Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)  Travis Cross (CAN)
2008 African Championships	1	Adnene Rhimi (TUN)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Wang Ying (CHN)
2008 European Championships	1	Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
2008 Oceania Championships*	1	Sandeep Kumar (AUS)
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Jarlis Mosquera (COL)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Novruz Temrezov (AZE)  Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig (MGL)  Harutyun Yenokyan (ARM)  Roilandis Zúñiga (CUB)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Taras Danko (UKR)  Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)  Radosław Horbik (POL)
Invitational**	+
Total	20

96 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Khadjimourat Gatsalov (RUS)  Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)  Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)  Daniel Cormier (USA)  Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)  Hakan Koç (TUR)  Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)  Stefan Kehrer (GER)
2008 African Championships	1	Saleh Emara (EGY)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)
2008 European Championships	1	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Michel Batista (CUB)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)  Nicolai Ceban (MDA)  David Zilberman (CAN)  Luis Vivénez (VEN)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)  Gergely Kiss (HUN)  Mateusz Gucman (POL)
Invitational**	+
Total	19

120 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Beylal Makhov (RUS)  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)  Artur Taymazov (UZB)  Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)  Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)  Tommy Rowlands (USA)  Go Soung-Jin (KOR)  Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)
2008 African Championships	1	Wilson Siewari (NGR)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)
2008 European Championships	1	Ali Isayev (AZE)
2008 Oceania Championships*	1	Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Lawrence Langowski (MEX)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	David Musuľbes (SVK)  Rajiv Tomar (IND)  Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)  Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Liang Lei (CHN)  Ottó Aubéli (HUN)  Rareş Chintoan (ROU)
Invitational**	+
Total	20

Men's Greco-Roman events

• Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

55 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Hamid Sourian (IRI)  Park Eun-Chul (KOR)  Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)  Kristijan Fris (SRB)  Ildar Hafizov (UZB)  Lindsey Durlacher (USA)  Virgil Munteanu (ROU)  Anders Nyblom (DEN)
2008 African Championships	1	Mostafa Mohamed (EGY)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Cha Kwang-Su (PRK)
2008 European Championships	1	Rovshan Bayramov (AZE)
2008 Oceania Championships*	1	Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW)
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Roberto Monzón (CUB)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Jiao Huafeng (CHN)  Aleksandar Kostadinov (BUL)  Lasha Gogitadze (GEO)  Roman Amoyan (ARM)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Asset Imanbayev (KAZ)  Yuriy Koval (UKR)  Péter Módos (HUN)
Invitational**	+
Total	19

60 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	David Bedinadze (GEO)  Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)  Jung Ji-Hyun (KOR)  Eusebiu Diaconu (ROU)  Yury Dubinin (BLR)  Jarkko Ala-Huikku (FIN)  Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ)  Islambek Albiev (RUS)
2008 African Championships	1	Ashraf El-Gharably (EGY)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Ruslan Tumenbaev (KGZ)
2008 European Championships	1	Armen Nazarian (BUL)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Yagnier Hernández (CUB)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Davor Štefanek (SRB)  Dilshod Aripov (UZB)  Vitaliy Rahimov (AZE)  Soner Sucu (TUR)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Sébastien Hidalgo (FRA)  Stig-Andre Berge (NOR)  Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)
Invitational**	+	China
Total	20

66 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Farid Mansurov (AZE)  Steeve Guenot (FRA)  Nikolay Gergov (BUL)  Harry Lester (USA)  Arman Adikyan (ARM)  Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)  Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)  Oleksandr Khvoshch (UKR)
2008 African Championships	1	Mohamed Serir (ALG)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Kim Min-Chul (KOR)
2008 European Championships	1	Ion Panait (ROU)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Alain Milián (CUB)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Sergey Kovalenko (RUS)  Ali Mohammadi (IRI)  Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)  Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)  Aleksandr Kazakevič (LTU)  Markus Thätner (GER)
Invitational**	+	China
Total	20

74 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Yavor Yanakiev (BUL)  Mark Madsen (DEN)  Christophe Guenot (FRA)  Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU)  Roman Melyoshin (KAZ)  Julian Kwit (POL)  Péter Bácsi (HUN)  Konstantin Schneider (GER)
2008 African Championships	1	Messaoud Zeghdane (ALG)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Chang Yongxiang (CHN)
2008 European Championships	1	Şeref Tüfenk (TUR)
2008 Oceania Championships*	1	Hassan Shahsavan (AUS)
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Sixto Barrera (PER)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Manuchar Kvirkelia (GEO)  Ilgar Abdulov (AZE)  Varteres Samourgachev (RUS)  TC Dantzler (USA)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Volodimir Shatskykh (UKR)  Aliaksandr Kikiniou (BLR)  Arsen Julfalakyan (ARM)
Invitational**	+
Total	20

84 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Aleksey Mishin (RUS)  Brad Vering (USA)  Saman Tahmasebi (IRI)  Badri Khasaia (GEO)  Kim Jung-Sub (KOR)  Ara Abrahamian (SWE)  Nazmi Avluca (TUR)  Zoltán Fodor (HUN)
2008 African Championships	1	Haykel Achouri (TUN)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Shingo Matsumoto (JPN)
2008 European Championships	1	Andrea Minguzzi (ITA)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Yunior Estrada (CUB)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Mélonin Noumonvi (FRA)  Andrey Samokhin (KAZ)  Artur Michalkiewicz (POL)  Oleksandr Daragan (UKR)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Shalva Gadabadze (AZE)  Attila Bátky (SVK)  Denis Forov (ARM)
Invitational**	+	China
Total	20

96 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)  Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)  Ghasem Rezaei (IRI)  Marek Švec (CZE)  Kenzo Kato (JPN)  Daigoro Timoncini (ITA)  Elis Guri (ALB)  Asset Mambetov (KAZ)
2008 African Championships	1	Samir Bouguerra (ALG)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Han Tae-Young (KOR)
2008 European Championships	1	Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Justin Ruiz (USA)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)  Lajos Virág (HUN)  Oleg Kryoka (UKR)  Mehmet Özal (TUR)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Karam Gaber (EGY)  Theodoros Tounousidis (GRE)  Mirko Englich (GER)
Invitational**	+	China
Total	20

120 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Mijaín López (CUB)  Khasan Baroyev (RUS)  Yuri Patrikeyev (ARM)  Dremiel Byers (USA)  Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA)  Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)  Ioseb Chugoshvili (BLR)  Davyd Saldadze (UZB)
2008 African Championships	1	Yasser Sakr (EGY)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)
2008 European Championships	1	Atilla Güzel (TUR)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Ari Taub (CAN)
1st World Qualification Tournament	4	Panagiotis Papadopoulos (GRE)  Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU)  Marek Mikulski (POL)  Anton Botev (AZE)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	3	Jalmar Sjöberg (SWE)  Oleksandr Chernetskyi (UKR)  Ivan Ivanov (BUL)
Invitational**	+	China
Total	20

Women's freestyle events

• Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

48 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Chiharu Icho (JPN)  Irina Merleni (UKR)  Li Xiaomei (CHN)  Mayelis Caripá (VEN)  Carol Huynh (CAN)  Stephanie Murata (USA)  Mariya Stadnik (AZE)  Sofia Mattsson (SWE)
2008 African Championships	1	Naziha Hamza (TUN)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal (MGL)
2008 European Championships	1	Vanessa Boubryemm (FRA)
2008 Oceania Championships*	1	Kyla Bremner (AUS)
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Íngrid Medrano (ESA)
1st World Qualification Tournament	2	Elza Tazetdinova (RUS)  Kim Hyung-Joo (KOR)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2	Tatyana Bakatyuk (KAZ)  Estera Dobre (ROU)  Alexandra Engelhardt (GER)
Invitational**	+
Total	17

• Tunisia replaced by the next competitor from the 2nd World Qualification Tournament.

55 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Saori Yoshida (JPN)  Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)  Natalya Golts (RUS)  Olga Smirnova (KAZ)  Alena Filipova (BLR)  Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)  Jackeline Rentería (COL)  Yuliya Ratkevich (AZE)
2008 African Championships	1	Marwa Amri (TUN)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Xu Li (CHN)
2008 European Championships	1	Ludmila Cristea (MDA)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)
1st World Qualification Tournament	2	Marcia Andrade (VEN)  Marcie Van Dusen (USA)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2	Ana Maria Pavăl (ROU)  Naidangiin Otgonjargal (MGL)
Invitational**	+
Total	16

63 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Kaori Icho (JPN)  Yelena Shalygina (KAZ)  Sara McMann (USA)  Monika Rogien (POL)  Lise Golliot-Legrand (FRA)  Yuliya Ostapchuk (UKR)  Olesya Zamula (AZE)  Xu Haiyan (CHN)
2008 African Championships	1	Haiat Farag (EGY)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Badrakhyn Odonchimeg (MGL)
2008 European Championships	1	Alena Kartashova (RUS)
2008 Oceania Championships*	1	Maria Dunn (GUM)
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Martine Dugrenier (CAN)
1st World Qualification Tournament	2	Volha Khilko (BLR)  Teresa Méndez (ESP)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2	Elina Vaseva (BUL)  Marianna Sastin (HUN)
Invitational**	+
Total	17

72 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2007 World Championships	8	Stanka Zlateva (BUL)  Kristie Marano (USA)  Olga Zhanibekova (KAZ)  Guzel Manyurova (RUS)  Wang Xu (CHN)  Maider Unda (ESP)  Jenny Fransson (SWE)  Svetlana Sayenko (UKR)
2008 African Championships	1	Laure Ali Annabel (CMR)
2008 Asian Championships	1	Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN)
2008 European Championships	1	Anita Schätzle (GER)
2008 Oceania Championships*	0
2008 Pan American Championships	1	Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN)
1st World Qualification Tournament	2	Agnieszka Wieszczek (POL)  Rosângela Conceição (BRA)
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2	Amarachi Obiajunwa (NGR)  Audrey Prieto (FRA)
Invitational**	+
Total	16

* Oceania will not be attributed a place by weight category, but a quota of 7 places (sex not specified) allocated at the end of the Oceania Continental Championships.

** 7 invitation places, preference given to Host nation (China) if not already qualified. If China qualified previously , remaining places will be allocated by FILA, in collaboration with ANOC and the IOC, to the NOCs which have participated in all the qualification phases but which have not succeeded in qualifying a wrestler.

References

• Fila Wrestling
• List of qualified wrestlers per Country for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• Nominative list of the qualified wrestlers for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games