Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMakuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
Dates1–7 August 2021
No. of events18
Competitors289 from 61 nations
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Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured two disciplines, freestyle and Greco-Roman, which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only participated in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling had been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900.[1][failed verification]

Around 288 wrestlers were expected to compete in 18 events at the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed in March 2020 and planned for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Wrestling". Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". olympic.org. IOC. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.