# Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 12–21 August 2008. It 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 events with 18 gold medals being awarded. This was the second Olympics with women's wrestling as an event.

## Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Georgia (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | China (CHN)* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 18 | 18 | 35 | 71 |

## Medalists
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Henry Cejudo United States | Tomohiro Matsunaga Japan | Radoslav Velikov Bulgaria |
| 55 kg details | Henry Cejudo United States | Tomohiro Matsunaga Japan | Besik Kudukhov Russia |
| 60 kg details | Mavlet Batirov Russia | Kenichi Yumoto Japan | Bazar Bazarguruev Kyrgyzstan |
| 60 kg details | Mavlet Batirov Russia | Kenichi Yumoto Japan | Morad Mohammadi Iran |
| 66 kg details | Ramazan Şahin Turkey | Andriy Stadnik Ukraine | Otar Tushishvili Georgia |
| 66 kg details | Ramazan Şahin Turkey | Andriy Stadnik Ukraine | Sushil Kumar India |
| 74 kg details | Buvaisar Saitiev Russia | Murad Gaidarov Belarus | Gheorghiță Ștefan Romania |
| 74 kg details | Buvaisar Saitiev Russia | Murad Gaidarov Belarus | Kiril Terziev Bulgaria |
| 84 kg details | Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia | Yusup Abdusalomov Tajikistan | Taras Danko Ukraine |
| 84 kg details | Revaz Mindorashvili Georgia | Yusup Abdusalomov Tajikistan | Georgy Ketoev Russia |
| 96 kg details | Shirvani Muradov Russia | Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia | Michel Batista Cuba |
| 96 kg details | Shirvani Muradov Russia | Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia | Khetag Gazyumov Azerbaijan |
| 120 kg details | Bakhtiyar Akhmedov Russia | David Musuľbes Slovakia | Disney Rodríguez Cuba |
| 120 kg details | Bakhtiyar Akhmedov Russia | David Musuľbes Slovakia | Marid Mutalimov Kazakhstan |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Nazyr Mankiev Russia | Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan | Roman Amoyan Armenia |
| 55 kg details | Nazyr Mankiev Russia | Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan | Park Eun-chul South Korea |
| 60 kg details | Islambek Albiev Russia | Nurbakyt Tengizbayev Kazakhstan | Ruslan Tyumenbayev Kyrgyzstan |
| 60 kg details | Islambek Albiev Russia | Nurbakyt Tengizbayev Kazakhstan | Sheng Jiang China |
| 66 kg details | Steeve Guénot France | Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan | Armen Vardanyan Ukraine |
| 66 kg details | Steeve Guénot France | Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan | Mikhail Siamionau Belarus |
| 74 kg details | Manuchar Kvirkvelia Georgia | Chang Yongxiang China | Yavor Yanakiev Bulgaria |
| 74 kg details | Manuchar Kvirkvelia Georgia | Chang Yongxiang China | Christophe Guénot France |
| 84 kg details | Andrea Minguzzi Italy | Zoltán Fodor Hungary | Nazmi Avluca Turkey |
| 84 kg details | Andrea Minguzzi Italy | Zoltán Fodor Hungary | None awarded |
| 96 kg details | Aslanbek Khushtov Russia | Mirko Englich Germany | Adam Wheeler United States |
| 96 kg details | Aslanbek Khushtov Russia | Mirko Englich Germany | Marek Švec Czech Republic |
| 120 kg details | Mijaín López Cuba | Mindaugas Mizgaitis Lithuania | Yannick Szczepaniak France |
| 120 kg details | Mijaín López Cuba | Mindaugas Mizgaitis Lithuania | Yury Patrikeyev Armenia |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Carol Huynh Canada | Chiharu Icho Japan | Mariya Stadnik Azerbaijan |
| 48 kg details | Carol Huynh Canada | Chiharu Icho Japan | Iryna Merleni Ukraine |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Xu Li China | Tonya Verbeek Canada |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Xu Li China | Jackeline Rentería Colombia |
| 63 kg details | Kaori Icho Japan | Alena Kartashova Russia | Yelena Shalygina Kazakhstan |
| 63 kg details | Kaori Icho Japan | Alena Kartashova Russia | Randi Miller United States |
| 72 kg details | Wang Jiao China | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan |
| 72 kg details | Wang Jiao China | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria | Agnieszka Wieszczek Poland |
* $^{Men'sfreestyle60kg}$ Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.
* $^{Men'sfreestyle74kg}$ Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.
* $^{Men'sfreestyle96kg}$ Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.
* $^{Men'sfreestyle120kg}$ Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.
* $^{Men'sGreco-Roman60kg}$ Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijan originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.
* $^{Men'sGreco-Roman84kg}$ Ara Abrahamian of Sweden originally won one of the two bronze medals, but was disqualified by the IOC after he walked off the podium and placed his medal in the center of the mat to protest a judge's decision which cost him his match against the eventual gold medallist, Andrea Minguzzi from Italy. The Court of Arbitration for Sport held a hearing based on the request, which was issued by Abrahamian and the Swedish Olympic Committee against the FILA. Preceding the hearing, CAS declared in a statement that Abrahamian and the SOC "do not seek from the CAS any particular relief" regarding the ranking of the medals or a review of the IOC decision to exclude Abrahamian from the Games. Following the CAS, issued an arbitration strongly criticizing FILA. While not challenging the outcome of the match or the technical judgments, the arbitration stated that the FILA was required to provide an appeal jury capable to deal promptly with the claims of the athletes. The chairman of the SOC, Stefan Lindeberg, commented that the decision once and for all shows that FILA did not act correctly and that they did not follow their own rules of fair play.
* $^{Men'sGreco-Roman96kg}$ Asset Mambetov of Kazakhstan originally won one of the two bronze medals, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.
* $^{Men'sGreco-Roman120kg}$ Khasan Baroev of Russia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after failing an anti-doping retest. United World Wrestling has reallocated medals accordingly.

## Participating nations

A total of 344 wrestlers from 59 nations competed at the Beijing Games:
* Albania (2)
* Algeria (3)
* Armenia (9)
* Australia (4)
* Azerbaijan (16)
* Belarus (9)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (12)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (10)
* China (16)
* Colombia (3)
* Cuba (12)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (2)
* Egypt (7)
* El Salvador (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (9)
* Georgia (10)
* Germany (7)
* Greece (3)
* Guam (1)
* Guinea-Bissau (1)
* Hungary (9)
* India (3)
* Iran (12)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (10)
* Kazakhstan (16)
* Kyrgyzstan (5)
* Lithuania (4)
* Macedonia (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (6)
* Nigeria (2)
* North Korea (3)
* Norway (1)
* Palau (2)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (9)
* Romania (8)
* Russia (18)
* Senegal (1)
* Serbia (2)
* Slovakia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (11)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (13)
* Ukraine (16)
* United States (17)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Venezuela (3)