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World-Wide Wrestling Participation in the Olympic Games and World Championships WORLD-WIDE WRESTLING PARTICIPATION IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report prepared by Dr. David Curby (USA)-FILA Scientific Department One of the major themes used by the IOC in their decision-making process is their document entitled: EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR SPORTS AND DISCIPLINES – 2012. World-wide participation is a major component of the theme of “UNIVERSALITY.” The criteria for evaluation are listed from this document, along with the objective data for wrestling (listed in red). Number of affiliated national federations: There are 177 National Federations who are Affiliated Members of FILA Number of National Federations which participated in the last two Junior World Championships for men and women: 2011 Bucharest, Hungary Greco-Roman-47, Freestyle-43, Women’s Freestyle-37 2012 Pattaya, Thailand Freestyle-47, GR-45, Women’s Freestyle-33 Number of National Federations which participated in the last two World Championships for men and women: 2010 Moscow: 81 total countries (52 Women’s Freestyle) 2011 Istanbul: 102 Total Countries (62 in Women’s Freestyle) Number of National Olympic Committees sending participants to the last Olympic Games: 2012 London Freestyle-42 Greco-Roman-44 Women’s Freestyle-43 Total Countries-70 Number of National Federations which participated in the qualifying events for men and women for the last Olympic Games: African & Oceania OG Qualification Tournament- Freestyle-21 Pan-American OG Qualification Tournament Freestyle-17 Greco-Roman-15 Women’s Freestyle-10 Asian OG Qualification Tournament Freestyle-17 Greco-Roman-15 Women’s Freestyle-12 European OG Qualifying Tournament - Sofia (BUL) Freestyle-27 Greco-Roman-33 Women’s Freestyle-29 3rd Phase Qualification Taiyuan, China Freestyle-55 Greco-Roman-56 Women’s Freestyle-41 100 TOTAL COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION Global spread of excellence - Olympic Games Number of medals awarded at the last two editions of the Olympic Games 2012 London: 72 medals: Freestyle 28 Greco-Roman 28 Women’s Freestyle 16 2008 Beijing: 71 medals Freestyle 28 Greco-Roman 27 Women’s Freestyle 16 NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WINNING OLYMPIC MEDALS IN WRESTLING 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 NUMBER OF OLYMPIC WRESTLING MEDALS WON BY COUNTRY (55 COUNTRIES HAVE WON MEDALS) Soviet Union 132 Korea, People's Republic 10 United States 127 Greece 9 Finland 84 Mongolia 9 Sweden 84 East Germany (GDR) 8 Bulgaria 69 Belarus 8 Japan 58 China 7 Turkey 58 Egypt 7 Hungary 54 Uzbekistan 7 Russian Federation 50 Armenia 6 Germany 43 Austria 5 Iran, Islamic Republic of 38 Norway 5 Korea, Republic of 35 India 4 Romania 32 Australia 3 Poland 25 Libya 3 Cuba 20 Belgium 2 Italy 20 Colombia 2 United Kingdom 16 Kyrgyzstan 2 Yugoslavia 16 Lithuania 2 Canada 15 Spain 1 Czechoslovakia 15 Latvia 1 France 15 Moldova 1 Georgia 15 Macedonia 1 Kazakhstan 14 Mexico 1 Switzerland 14 Pakistan 1 Azerbaijan 13 Slovak Republic 1 Ukraine 13 Syria 1 Denmark 11 Tajikistan 1 Estonia 11 MEDALS AVAILABLE FOR WRESTLING IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES Weight Olympic Games Medals Available Styles Comment Classes 1896 Athens 1 GR 1 1904 St. Louis 21 FS 7 1906 Athens 9 GR 3 1908 London 26 FS/GR 5/4 No medal 66 GR 82.5 wrestled over 9 hours 1912 Stockholm 15 GR 5 and declared a draw-2 Silver medals 1920 Antwerp 31 FS/GR 5/5 2 bronze in FS heavyweight 1924 Paris 39 FS/GR 7/6 1928 Amsterdam 39 FS/GR 7/6 1932 Los Angeles 42 FS/GR 7/7 1936 Berlin 42 FS/GR 7/7 1948 London 48 FS/GR 8/8 1952 Helsinki 48 FS/GR 8/8 1956 Melbourne 48 FS/GR 8/8 1960 Rome 48 FS/GR 8/8 1964 Tokyo 48 FS/GR 8/8 1968 Mexico City 48 FS/GR 8/8 1972 Munich 60 FS/GR 10/10 1976 Montreal 60 FS/GR 10/10 1980 Moscow 60 FS/GR 10/10 1984 Los Angeles 60 FS/GR 10/10 1988 Seoul 60 FS/GR 10/10 1992 Barcelona 60 FS/GR 10/10 1996 Atlanta 60 FS/GR 10/10 2000 Sydney 48 FS/GR 8/8 Women use 7 weight 2004 Athens 54 FS/GR/FW 7/7/4 classes in World Championships 2 bronze medals awarded in 2008 Beijing 71 FS/GR/FW 7/7/4 each weight class. Medal stripped in GR 84 kg 2012 London 72 FS/GR/FW 7/7/4 Number of NOCs per continent that won medals at the last two editions of the Olympic Games: Olympic Medals Won by Continent 2008 2012 Freestyle Greco- Women Freestyle Greco- Women Roman Roman Africa 1 Asia 9 6 7 9 6 6 Australia & Oceania Europe 18 19 5 14 20 6 North America 1 2 3 5 1 3 South America 1 1 The emergence of women’s wrestling in South America is demonstrated by the two bronze medals earned by Renteria of Colombia. Freestyle wrestler Annabelle Ali of Cameroon was the nation's first woman flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Others wrestlers given this extraordinary honor were: Cuba – Mijian Lopez Nunez (Greco-Roman 120 kg) Guam – Maria McQueen Dunn (women’s wrestling 63 kg) Guinea-Bissau – Augusto Midana (men’s freestyle 74 kg) India – Sushil Kumar (men’s freestyle 66 kg) Japan – Saori Yoshida (women’s freestyle 55 kg) Kazakhstan – Nurmakhan Tinaliyev (Greco-Roman 120 kg) Nigeria – Sinivie Boltic (men’s freestyle 96 kg) Number of countries per continent that have won medals at the last two World Championships: World Championship Medals Won by Continent 2010 Moscow 2011 Istanbul 2012 Canada Freestyle Greco- Women Freestyle Greco- Women Women Roman Roman only Africa 1 Asia 7 8 10 8 7 12 13 Australia & Oceania Europe 18 18 12 16 19 12 8 North America 3 2 5 4 2 4 7 South America Another noteworthy achievement was Ifeoma Iheanacho of Nigeria winning a bronze medal in Women’s Freestyle in Moscow. The 2012 World Championships for Women included 2 medalists from India, signaling a welcome resurgence of wrestling in this country with such a vast population. The silver medal won by freestyle World Champion Sushil Kumar was the first Olympic wrestling medal for India since 1952. .
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