Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 344 athletes coming from the different nations; each has been allowed to enter a maximum of 18 (1 per event).^[1]

Four places have been reserved for the host nation Brazil, and four more shall be decided by the Tripartite Commission to invite wrestlers. The remaining spots are allocated through the qualification process, wherein the athletes earn places for their respective nation. For each place obtained by the host country in the qualification phase, one of these three reserved places will be allocated to the Tripartite Commission.^[1]

Summary

NOC	Men's freestyle						Men's Greco-Roman						Women's freestyle						Total
	57	65	74	86	97	125	59	66	75	85	98	130	48	53	58	63	69	75
Brazil																			0
Total: 0 NOCs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2015 World Championships	September 7–15, 2015	Las Vegas, United States[2]
Asian Qualification Tournament	March 18–20, 2016	TBA (March 11, 2015)
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	April 1–3, 2016
Pan American Qualification Tournament	April 8–10, 2016
European Qualification Tournament	April 15–17, 2016
1st World Qualification Tournament	April 22–24, 2016
2nd World Qualification Tournament	May 6–8, 2016

Men's freestyle events

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

57 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

65 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

74 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

86 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

97 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

125 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

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.

59 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

66 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

75 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

85 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

98 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

130 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

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
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

53 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

58 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

63 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

69 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

75 kg

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
2015 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	0	—
Total	19

References

External links

• United World Wrestling