Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18 gold medals being contested in all. This was the first Olympic Games that included women's wrestling events on the program.[1]

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAno Liosia Olympic Hall
Dates22–29 August 2004
No. of events18
Competitors342 from 66 nations
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Qualification

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)52310
2  Japan (JPN)2136
3  Uzbekistan (UZB)2103
4  Ukraine (UKR)2002
5  United States (USA)1326
6  Cuba (CUB)1113
7  South Korea (KOR)1102
8  Azerbaijan (AZE)1001
  China (CHN)1001
  Egypt (EGY)1001
  Hungary (HUN)1001
12  Iran (IRI)0213
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0213
14  Turkey (TUR)0123
15  Canada (CAN)0101
  Finland (FIN)0101
  Georgia (GEO)0101
  Sweden (SWE)0101
19  France (FRA)0022
20  Belarus (BLR)0011
  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
  Greece (GRE)0011
Totals (22 entries)18181854

Medalists

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Men's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
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Mavlet Batirov
  Russia
Stephen Abas
  United States
Chikara Tanabe
  Japan
60 kg
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Yandro Quintana
  Cuba
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar
  Iran
Kenji Inoue
  Japan
66 kg
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Elbrus Tedeyev
  Ukraine
Jamill Kelly
  United States
Makhach Murtazaliev
  Russia
74 kg
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Buvaisar Saitiev
  Russia
Gennadiy Laliyev
  Kazakhstan
Iván Fundora
  Cuba
84 kg
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Cael Sanderson
  United States
Moon Eui-jae
  South Korea
Sazhid Sazhidov
  Russia
96 kg
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Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
  Russia
Magomed Ibragimov
  Uzbekistan
Alireza Heidari
  Iran
120 kg
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Artur Taymazov
  Uzbekistan
Alireza Rezaei
  Iran
Aydın Polatçı
  Turkey

Men's Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
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István Majoros
  Hungary
Geidar Mamedaliyev
  Russia
Artiom Kiouregkian
  Greece
60 kg
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Jung Ji-hyun
  South Korea
Roberto Monzón
  Cuba
Armen Nazaryan
  Bulgaria
66 kg
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Farid Mansurov
  Azerbaijan
Şeref Eroğlu
  Turkey
Mkhitar Manukyan
  Kazakhstan
74 kg
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Aleksandr Dokturishvili
  Uzbekistan
Marko Yli-Hannuksela
  Finland
Varteres Samurgashev
  Russia
84 kg
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Aleksey Mishin
  Russia
Ara Abrahamian
  Sweden
Viachaslau Makaranka
  Belarus
96 kg
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Karam Gaber
  Egypt
Ramaz Nozadze
  Georgia
Mehmet Özal
  Turkey
120 kg
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Khasan Baroev
  Russia
Georgiy Tsurtsumia
  Kazakhstan
Rulon Gardner
  United States

Women's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
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Iryna Merleni
  Ukraine
Chiharu Icho
  Japan
Patricia Miranda
  United States
55 kg
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Saori Yoshida
  Japan
Tonya Verbeek
  Canada
Anna Gomis
  France
63 kg
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Kaori Icho
  Japan
Sara McMann
  United States
Lise Legrand
  France
72 kg
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Wang Xu
  China
Guzel Manyurova
  Russia
Kyoko Hamaguchi
  Japan

Participating nations

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A total of 342 wrestlers from 66 nations competed at the Athens Games:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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