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Field finalized for 2024 Olympic Games in wrestling; USA leads recognized nations with 15 quota berths

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Spencer Lee (USA) at the 2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier in Turkey. (Photo by Kadir Caliskan, United World Wrestling)

At the conclusion of the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Istanbul, Turkey, May 9-12, United World Wrestling has completed its process for determining the field for the wrestling competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which will be held August 5-11.

In addition, the International Olympic Committee has announced its IOC Refugee Olympic Team Paris 2024, which includes two wrestlers, one in men’s freestyle and one in Greco-Roman.

At the conclusion of the qualification process, the United States leads all nations that will be recognized during the Olympic Games in Paris with 15 wrestling quota berths. That includes full six-athlete teams in women’s freestyle and men’s freestyle, as well as three athletes in Greco-Roman.

The U.S. team to compete in Paris was determined at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling held at Penn State, April 19-20. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials champions at the 15 qualified weight classes are the wrestling nominees at their weight class for the U.S. Olympic Team, pending U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee approval.

Japan is next with 13 quota berths, including a full six-athlete women’s freestyle team, four in men’s freestyle and three in Greco-Roman.

Azerbaijan is next with 12 quotas, followed by China, Iran and Turkey with 11. Next up are Cuba, Egypt, and Kyrgyzstan with 10 quotas.

There are 59 different nations with at least one Olympic wrestling quota, plus the IOC Refugee Olympic Team Paris, and 26 Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN).

Of the AIN competitors, there are 16 from Russia and 10 from Belarus. These athletes will not represent a nation, nor wear national uniforms and will not listen to the national anthem of their homeland if they should win a gold medal.

In men’s freestyle, only the United States and Azerbaijan have full six-athlete teams among recognized nations. The United States and Japan are the only recognized nations with full six-athlete teams women’s freestyle teams. In Greco-Roman, Egypt and Iran are the only nations with full six-athlete teams.

Athletes qualified their nation to compete in the Olympic Games in their weight class, rather than qualifying themselves individually. Each National Olympic Committee can select the athlete to represent them at the Olympic Games in the weight classes where they earn quotas.

The exact list of athletes who will compete in Paris will be determined prior to the Games. We list the names of those athletes who qualified their nation below, with the understanding that it could change. For the athletes from the United States, we list the actual athlete who will be competing. Eleven of the U.S. wrestling athletes competing in Paris earned the Olympic quota, while four did not earn the quota but won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

Updated Olympic Qualification by nation, all styles

(as of May 15, 2024)

United States, 15 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125 kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 53 kg WFS, 57kgWFS, 62 kg WFS, 68kg WFS, 76kgWFS, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Japan, 13 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 53 kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR)

Azerbaijan, 12 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

China, 11 (50kgWFS, 57kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 50kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

Iran, 11 (65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Turkey, 11 (97kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 60kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

Cuba, 10 (65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 50 kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 60 kg GR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Egypt, 10 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Kyrgysztan 10 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR)

Algeria, 8 (86kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR)

Mongolia, 8 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Kazakhstan, 7 (86kgMFS, 96kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 60 kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

Canada, 6 (86kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 57 kg WFS, 62 kg WFS, 68kgWFS, 76 kg WFS)

Georgia, 6 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 67kgGR, 97kgGR)

UWW IND, 6 (57kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Nigeria, 6 (125kgMFS, 50 kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Uzbekistan, 6 (57kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 60kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR)

Armenia, 5 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR)

Bulgaria, 5 (86kgMFS, 62kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 77kgGR, 87kgGR)

Hungary, 5 (65kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 76kgWFS, 77kgGR, 87kgGR)

Germany, 5 (97kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 130kgGR)

North Korea, 5 (50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 60kgGR)

Moldova, 5 (53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR)

Serbia, 5 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 60kgGR, 67kgGR, 87kgGR)

Colombia, 4 (50, kg WFS, 76kgWFS, 77kgGR, 87 kgGR)

Ecuador, 4 (53kgWFS, 57 kg WFS, 76 kg WFS, 67kgGR)

Puerto Rico, 4 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Poland, 4 (97kgMFS, 57kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 87kgGR)

Romania, 4 (53kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 130kgGR)

Tunisia, 4 (62kgWFS, 76kgWFS, 67kgGR, 130kgGR)

Ukraine, 4 (50kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 67kgGR, 87kgGR)

Venezuela, 4 (74kgMFS, 53 kg WFS, 68kgWFS, 60kgGR)

Albania, 3 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS)

Australia, 2 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS)

Chile, 2 (67kgGR, 130kgGR)

Finland, 2 (77kgGR, 97kgGR)

France, 2 (68kgWFS, 67kgGR)

Greece, 2 (74kgMFS, 86kgMFS)

Guam, 2 (53kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Guinea Bissau, 2 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS)

IOC Refugee Team 2 (86kgMFS, 60kgGR)

Korea, 2 (97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Mexico, 2 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS)

American Samoa, 1 (65kgMFS)

Bahrain, 1 (97kgMFS)

Brazil, 1 (57kgWFS)

Czechia, 1 (97kgGR)

Dominican Republic, 1 (97kgMFS)

Honduras, 1 (97kgGR)

Italy, 1 (57kgWFS)

Lithuania, 1 (97kgGR)

Morocco, 1 (130kgGR)

New Zealand, 1 (68kgWFS)

Norway, 1 (62kgWFS)

San Marino, 1 (86 kgMFS)

Slovakia, 1 (74kgMFS)

South Africa, 1 (97kgMFS)

Sweden, 1 (53kgWFS)

Tajikistan, 1 (74kgMFS)

Qualified Individual Neutral Athletes, by national origin

Individual Neutral Athlete RUS, 16 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125 kgMFS, 50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 60kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Individual Neutral Athlete BLR, 10 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS, 53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Updated Olympic Qualification in men’s freestyle

Azerbaijan, 6 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Individual Neutral Athlete RUS, 6 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125 kgMFS)

United States, 6 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125 kgMFS)

Iran, 5 (65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kg MFS)

Georgia, 4 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Japan, 4 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 86kgMFS)

Individual Neutral Athlete BLR, 4 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Kyrgyzstan, 4 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Albania, 3 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS, 74kgMFS)

China, 3 (57kgMFS, 97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Cuba, 3 (65kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 97kgMFS)

Egypt, 3 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS, 97kgMFS)

Kazakhstan, 3 (86kgMFS, 96kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Mongolia, 3 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Puerto Rico, 3 (57kgMFS, 86kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Armenia, 2 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS)

Australia, 2 (65kgMFS, 86kgMFS)

Canada, 2 (86kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Greece, 2 (74kgMFS, 86 kgMFS)

Guinea Bissau, 2 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS)

Hungary, 2 (65kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Mexico, 2 (57kgMFS, 65kgMFS)

Serbia, 2 (57kgMFS, 74kgMFS)

Turkey, 2 (97kgMFS, 125kgMFS)

Uzbekistan, 2 (57kgMFS, 86kgMFS)

Algeria, 1 (86kgMFS)

American Samoa, 1 (65kgMFS)

Bahrain, 1 (97kgMFS)

Bulgaria, 1 (86kgMFS)

Dominican Republic, 1 (97kgMFS)

Germany, 1 (97kgMFS)

India, 1 (57kgMFS)

IOC Refugee Team, 1 (86kgMFS)

Nigeria, 1 (125kgMFS)

Poland, 1 (97kgMFS)

Puerto Rico, 1 (65kgMFS)

San Marino, 1 (86 kgMFS)

Slovakia, 1 (74kgMFS)

South Africa, 1 (97kgMFS)

Tajikistan, 1 (74kgMFS)

Venezuela, 1 (74kgMFS)

Olympic qualification in men’s freestyle

(with athlete who qualified weight class or expected entry)

57 kg/125.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Serbia (Stevan Micic)

2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Rei Higuchi)

2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Arsen Harutyunuan)

2023 World bronze medalist – Albania (Zelimkhan Abakarov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Zavur Uguev)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Mexico (Roman Bravo Young)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Puerto Rico (Darian Cruz)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Gamal Mohamed)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Guinea Bissau (Diamantino Iuna Fafe)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Aliabbas Rzazade)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Aryan Tsiutryn)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Uzbekistan (Gulomjon Abdullaev)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Bekzat Almaz Uulu)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – United States (Spencer Lee)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – India (Aman Aman)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – China (Wanhao Zou)

65 kg/143 lbs.

2023 World champion – Hungary (Ismail Musukaev)

2023 World silver medalist – Puerto Rico (Sebastian Rivera)

2023 World bronze medalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Shamil Mamedov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Vazgen Tevanyan)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Iran (Rahman Amouzadkhalili)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Mexico (Austin Gomez)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Alejandro Valdes)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Australia (Georgii Okorokovv)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Samoa (Gaku Akazawa)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Haji Aliev)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Georgia (Goderdzi Dzebisashvili)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Japan (Kotaro Kiyooka)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Ernazar Akmataliev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Albania (Islam Dudaev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Mongolia (Tulga Tumur Ochir)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – United States (Zain Retherford)

74 kg/163 lbs.

2023 World champion – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Zaurbek Sidakov)

2023 World silver medalist – United States (Kyle Dake)

2023 World bronze medalist – Serbia (Hetik Cabolov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Japan (Daichi Takatani)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Greece (Kougioumtsidis)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Venezuela (Anthony Montero Chirinos)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Geandry Garzon Caballero)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Guinea Bissau (Bacar Ndum)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Amr Hussen)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Turan Bayramov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Yones Emamichoghaei)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Uzbekistan (Bekzod Abdurakhmonov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Tajikistan (Viktor Rassadin)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Slovakia (Taimuraz Salkazanov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Albania (Chermen Valiev)

86 kg/189 lbs.

2023 World champion – United States (Aaron Brooks)**

2023 World silver medalist – Iran (Hassan Yazdanicharati)

2023 World bronze medalist – San Marino (Myles Amine)

2023 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Azamat Dauletbekov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Uzbekistan (Javrail Shapiev)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Puerto Rico (Ethan Ramos)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Canada (Alexander Moore)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Australia (Jayden Lawrence)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Fateh Benferdjallah)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Artur Naifonov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Osman Nurmagomedov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist –Mongolia (Bat Erdene Byambasuren)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Japan (Hauato Ishiguro)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Greece (Dauren Kurugliev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Bulgaria (Magomed Ramazanov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Georgia (Vladimeri Gamkrelidze)

IOC Refugee Team entry (Iman Mahdavi)

97 kg/213.75 lbs.

2023 World champion – Bahrain (Akhmed Tazhudinov)

2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Magomedkhan Magomedov)

2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Kyle Snyder)

2023 World bronze medalist – Georgia (Givi Matcharishvili)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Turkey (Ibrahim Ciftci)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Arturo Silot Torres)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Dominican Republic (Luis Perez Sosa)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist –Egypt (Mostafa Elders)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – South Africa (Nicolaas De Lange)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Alikhan Zhabrailov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Aliaksandr Hushtyn)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Alisher Yergali)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Amirali Azarpira)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Germany (Erik Thiele)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Poland (Zbigniew Baranowski)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – China (Awusayiman Habila)

125 kg/275 lbs.

2023 World champion – Iran (Amir Zare)

2023 World silver medalist – Georgia (Geno Petriashvili)

2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Mason Parris)

2023 World bronze medalist – Turkey (Taha Akgul)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Abdulla Kurbanov)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Puerto Rico (Jonavan Smith)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Canada (Amarveer Dhesi)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Nigeria (Ashton Mutuwa)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Diaaldin AbedelMottaleb)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Giorgi Meshvildishvili)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Dzianis Khramiankou)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Mongolia (Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Yusup Batirmurzaev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Aiaal Lazarev

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – China (Zhiwei Deng)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Hungary (Daniel Ligeti)

Updated Olympic Qualification in women’s freestyle

Japan, 6 (50kgWFS, 53 kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

United States, 6 (50kgWFS, 53 kg WFS, 57kgWFS, 62 kg WFS, 68 kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

China, 5 (50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

UWW IND, 5 (50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Individual Neutral Athlete RUS, 5 (50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS)

Mongolia, 5 (50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Nigeria, 5 (50 kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Turkey, 5 (50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Canada, 3 (57 kg WFS, 62 kg WFS, 68kgWFS, 76 kg WFS)

North Korea, 4 (50kgWFS, 53kgWFS, 62kgWFS, 68kgWFS)

Ecuador, 3 (53kgWFS, 57 kg WFS, 76 kgWFS)

Germany, 3 (50kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS)

Individual Neutral Athlete BLR, 3 (53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 62kgWFS)

Moldova, 3 (53kgWFS, 57kgWFS, 68kgWFS)

Romania, 3 (53kgWFS, 63kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Algeria, 2 (50kgWFS, 57kgWFS)

Bulgaria, 2 (62kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Colombia, 2 (50 kg WFS, 76kgWFS)

Cuba, 2 (50 kg WFS, 76kgWFS)

Guam, 2 (53kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Kyrgysztan 2 (68kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Poland, 2 (57kgWFS, 68kgWFS)

Tunisia, 2 (62kgWFS, 76kgWFS)

Ukraine, 2 (50kgWFS, 62kgWFS)

Venezuela, 2 (53 kg WFS, 68kgWFS)

Azerbaijan, 1 (50kgWFS)

Brazil, 1 (57kgWFS)

Egypt, 1 (50kgWFS)

France, 1 (68kgWFS)

Hungary, 1 (76kgWFS)

Italy, 1 (57kgWFS)

New Zealand, 1 (68kgWFS)

Norway, 1 (62kgWFS)

Sweden, 1 (53kgWFS)

Uzbekistan, 1 (50kgWFS)

Olympic qualification in women’s freestyle

(with athlete who qualified weight class or expected entry)

50 kg/110 lbs.

2023 World champion – Japan (Yui Susaki)

2023 World silver medalist – Mongolia (Otgonjargal Dolgorjav)

2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Sarah Hildebrandt)

2023 World bronze medalist – China (Ziqi Feng)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Turkey (Evin Demirhan)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist  – Colombia (Alisson Cardoza Rey)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Yuseylis Guzman Lopez)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Nada Mohamed)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Ibtissem Doudou)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Ukraine (Oksana Livach)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Nadezhda Sokolova)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Uzbekistan (Aktenge Keunimjaeva)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – UWW India (Vinesh)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – North Korea (Son Hyang Kim)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Germany (Anastasia Blayvas)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Azerbaijan (Mariya Stadnik)

53 kg/116.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Japan (Akari Fujinami)

2023 World silver medalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Vanesa Kaladzinskaya)

2023 World bronze medalist – Ecuador (Lucia Yepez Guzman)

2023 World bronze medalist – UWW IND (Antim)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Sweden (Emma Malmgren)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Dominique Parrish)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist  – Venezuela (Betzbeth Arguello Villegas)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Nigeria (Christianah Ogunsanya)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Guam (Miah Aquino)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Natalia Malysheva)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Romania (Andreea Ana)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – China (Pang Qianyu)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – North Korea (Hyogyong Choe)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Moldova (Mariana Dragutan)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Mongolia (Khulan Batkhuyag)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Turkey (Zeynep Yetgil)

57 kg/125.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Japan (Tsugumi Sakurai)

2023 World silver medalist – Moldova (Anastasia Nichita)

2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Helen Maroulis)

2023 World bronze medalist – Nigeria (Odunayo Adekuoroye)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Poland (Anhelina Lysak)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Canada (Hannah Taylor)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Ecuador (Luisa Valverde Melendres)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Chaimaa Aouissi)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Guam (Rckaela Aquino)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Iryna Kurachkina)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Germany (Sandra Paruszewski)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – China (Kexin Hong)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – UWW India (Anshu)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Olga Khoroshavtzeva)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Brazil (Giullia Oliveira)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Italy (Aurora Russo)

62 kg/136.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Aisuluu Tynybekova)

2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Sakura Motoki)

2023 World bronze medalist – Norway (Grace Bullen)

2023 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Iryna Koliadenko)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Germany (Luisa Niemesch)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Kayla Miracle)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Canada (Ana Godinez Gonzalez)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Nigeria (Esther Kolawole)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Tunisia (Siwar Bouseta)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Bulgaria (Bilyana Dudova)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Alina Kasabieva)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Mongolia (Orkhon Purevdorj)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – North Korea (Hyon Gyong Mun)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Romania (Kriszta Incze)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Turkey (Nesrin Bas)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off - Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Veranika Ivanova)

68 kg/149.75 lbs.

2023 World champion – Turkey (Buse Cavusoglu Tosun)

2023 World silver medalist – Mongolia (Delgermaa Enkhsaikhan)

2023 World bronze medalist – France (Koumba Larroque)

2023 World bronze medalist – Moldova (Irina Ringaci)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Japan (Ami Ishii)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Amit Elor)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Venezuela (Soleymi Carballo Hernandez)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Nigeria (Blessing Oborududu)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – New Zealand (Tayla Ford)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Poland (Wiktoria Choluj)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Khanum Velieva)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Meerim Zhumanazarova)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – North Korea (Sol Gum Pak)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – UWW India (Nisha Nisha)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – China (Feng Zhou)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Canada (Linda Morais)

76 kg/167.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Japan (Yuka Kagami)

2023 World silver medalist – Kyrgyzstan (Aiperi Medet Kyzy)

2023 World bronze medalist – United States (Kennedy Blades)**

2023 World bronze medalist – Colombia (Tatiana Renteria)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Cuba (Milaimys Marin Potrille)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Canada (Justina Di Stasio)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Ecuador (Genesis Reasco Valdez)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Nigeria (Hannah Rueben)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Tunisia (Zaineb Sghaier)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Hungary (Bernadett Nagy)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Turkey (Yasemin Adar)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – China (Juan Wang)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – UWW India (Reetika)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Romania (Catalina Axente)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Bulgaria (Yuliana Yaneva)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Mongolia (Davaanasan Enkh Amar)

Updated Olympic Qualification in Greco-Roman wrestling by nation

Egypt, 6 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Iran, 6 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Azerbaijan, 5 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

Algeria, 5 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR)

Cuba, 5 (60 kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Individual Neutral Athlete RUS, 5 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Kazakhstan, 4 (60 kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

Kyrgyzstan, 4 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR)

Turkey, 4 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

Armenia, 3 (67kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR)

China, 3 (60kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)

Japan, 3 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 77kgGR)

Serbia, 3 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 87kgGR)

United States, 3 (87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Individual Neutral Athlete BLR, 3 (87kgGR, 97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Uzbekistan, 3 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 97kgGR)

Bulgaria, 2 (77kgGR, 87kgGR)

Chile, 2 (67kgGR, 130kgGR)

Colombia, 2 (77kgGR, 87kgGR)

Finland, 2 (77kgGR, 97kgGR)

Georgia, 2 (67kgGR, 97kgGR)

Korea, 2 (97kgGR, 130kgGR)

Moldova, 2 (60kgGR, 67kgGR)

Tunisia, 2 (67kgGR, 130kgGR)

Ukraine, 2 (67kgGR, 87kgGR)

Czechia, 1 (97kgGR)

Ecuador, 1 (67 kgGR)

France, 1 (67kgGR)

Honduras, 1 (97kgGR

Hungary, 1 (87kgGR)

Germany, 1 (130kgGR)

IOC Refugee Team, 1 (60kgGR)

Lithuania, 1 (97kgGR)

Morocco, 1 (130kgGR)

North Korea, 1 (60kgGR)

Poland, 1 (87kgGR)

Romania, 1 (130kgGR)

Venezuela, 1 (60kgGR)

Greco-Roman Olympic qualifications (with athlete who qualified weight class)

Greco-Roman 60 kg/132 lbs.

2023 World champion  – Kyrgyzstan (Zholaman Sharshenbekov)

2023 World silver medalist – Japan (Fumita Kenichiro)

2023 World bronze medalist – China (Liguo Cao)

2023 World bronze medalist – Uzbekistan (Islomjon Bakhramov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Iran (Mehdi Mohsen Nejad)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Venezuela (Raber Jose Rodriguez Orozco)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Kevin DeArmas Rodriguez)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Moamen Mohamed)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Abdelkarim Fergat)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Moldova (Victor Ciobanu)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Turkey (Enes Basar)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Aidos Sultangali)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – North Korea (Se ung Ri)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Sadyk Lalaev)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Murad Mammadov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Serbia (Georgij Tibilov)

IOC Refugee Team entry (Jamal Valizadeh)

Greco-Roman 67 kg/147.5 lbs. 

2023 World champion – Cuba (Luis Orta Sanchez­)

2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Hasrat Jafarov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Serbia (Mate Nemes)

2023 World bronze medalist – Iran (Mohammedreza Geraei)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Armenia (Slavik Galstyan)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Ecuador (Andres Montano Arroyo)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Chile (Nestor Almanza Truyol)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Tunisia (Souleyman Nasr)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Ishak Ghaiou)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – France (Mamadassa Sylla)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Ukraine (Parviz Nasibov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kyrgyzstan (Amantur Ismailov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Japan (Kyotaro Sogabe)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Moldova (Valentin Petic)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Georgia (Ramaz Zoidze)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Egypt (Mohammad ElSayed)

Greco-Roman 77 kg/169.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Akzhol Makhmudov)

2023 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Sanan Suleymanov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Armenia (Malkhas Amoyan)

2023 World bronze medalist – Japan (Nao Kusaka)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Uzbekistan (Aram Vardanyan)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Cuba (Yosvanys Pena Flores)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Colombia (Jair Cuero Munoz)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Abd Elkrim Ouakali)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Mahmoud Abdelrahman)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Turkey (Burhan Akbudak)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Finland (Jonni Kunnari Sarkkinen)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Demeu Zhadrayev)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Amin Kaviyaninejad)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Bulgaria (Aik Mnatsakanian

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Sergei Kutuzov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Hungary (Levai Zoltan)

Greco-Roman 87 kg/191.5 lbs.

2023 World champion – Turkey (Ali Cengiz)

2023 World silver medalist – Hungary (David Losonczi)

2023 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Zhan Beleniuk)

2023 World bronze medalist – Bulgaria (Semen Novikov)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Kazakhstan (Nursultan Tursynov)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Payton Jacobson)**

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Colombia (Carlos Munoz Jaramillo)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Bachir Sid Azara)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Mohammed Metwally)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Serbia (Aleksandr Komarov)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Milad Alirzaev)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Iran (Alireza Mohmadipiani)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – China (Haitao Qian)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Kiril Maskevich)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Rafig Huseynov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Poland (Arkadiusz Kulynycz)

Greco-Roman 97 kg/213.75 lbs.

2023 World champion – Cuba (Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan)

2023 World silver medalist – Armenia (Artur Aleksanyan)

2023 World bronze medalist – Czechia (Artur Omarov)

2023 World bronze medalist – Iran (Mohammadhadi Saravi)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR - (Abubakr Khaslakhanau)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Josef Rau)**

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Honduras (Kevin Mejia Castillo)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Egypt (Mohamed Elsayed Gabr)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Algeria (Fadi Rouabah)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Lithuania (Mindaugas Venckaitis)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Georgia (Roberti Kobliashvili)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Uzbekistan (Rustam Assakalov)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Korea (Seungjun Kim)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Finland (Arvi Savolainen)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Artur Sargsian)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Kyrgyzstan (Uzur Dzhuzupbekov)

Greco-Roman 130 kg/286 lbs.

2023 World champion – Iran (Amin Mirzazadeh)

2023 World silver medalist – Turkey (Riza Kayaalp)

2023 World bronze medalist – Egypt (Abdellatif Mohamed)

2023 World bronze medalist – Cuba (Oscar Pino Hinds)

2023 World fifth place wrestle-off – China (Lingzhe Meng)

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – United States (Adam Coon)**

2024 Pan American Olympic Qualifier finalist – Chile (Yasmani Acosta Fernandez)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Germany (Jello Krahmer)

2024 European Olympic Qualifier finalist – Individual Neutral Athlete RUS (Sergei Semenov)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Tunisia (Amine Guennichi)

2024 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier finalist – Morocco (Oussama Assad)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Korea (Seungchan Lee)

2024 Asian Olympic Qualifier finalist – Kazakhstan (Alimkhan Syzdykov)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Azerbaijan (Sabah Shariati)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier finalist – Romania (Alin Ciurariu)

2024 World Olympic Games Qualifier third place wrestle-off – Individual Neutral Athlete BLR (Pavel Hlinchuk)

** - signifies this athlete did not qualify weight class, but will compete for their nation in Paris

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