Wrestling
The United States qualified in all weight classes except 60 kg men's Greco-Roman. A total of sixteen wrestlers represented the U.S. in Beijing, winning a total of three medals: two bronze and one gold. Henry Cejudo became the first American wrestler to win a freestyle gold medal in four years.
- Men's freestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Henry Cejudo | −55 kg | Velikov (BUL) W 3–1 PP |
Gochashvili (GEO) W 3–1 PP |
Sevdimov (AZE) W 3–1 PP |
Matsunaga (JPN) W 3–1 PP |
01 ! | |||
Mike Zadick | −60 kg | Fedoryshyn (UKR) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | Bazarguruev (KGZ) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 19 | |||
Doug Schwab | −66 kg | Stadnik (UKR) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 14 | |||||
Ben Askren | −74 kg | Veréb (HUN) W 5–0 VT |
Fundora (CUB) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 7 | ||||
Andy Hrovat | −84 kg | Salas (CUB) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 12 | |||||
Daniel Cormier | −96 kg | Batista (CUB) L 0–5 VB |
Did not advance | 19 | |||||
Steve Mocco | −120 kg | Tomar (IND) W 3–0 PO |
Liang L (CHN) W 3–0 PO |
Akhmedov (RUS) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | Masoumi (IRI) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 7 |
- Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Opposition Result |
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Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Spenser Mango | −55 kg | Munteanu (ROU) W 3–1 PP |
Park E-C (KOR) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 8 | ||||
Jake Deitchler | −66 kg | Begaliev (KGZ) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | Vardanyan (UKR) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 12 | |||
T. C. Dantzler | −74 kg | Bácsi (HUN) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 16 | |||||
Brad Vering | −84 kg | Michalkiewicz (POL) W 3–1 PP |
Forov (ARM) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 12 | ||||
Adam Wheeler | −96 kg | Virág (HUN) W 3–1 PP |
Jiang Hc (CHN) W 3–1 PP |
Englich (GER) L 1–3 PP |
Han T-Y (KOR) W 3–1 PP |
03 ! | |||
Dremiel Byers | −120 kg | Chernetskyi (UKR) W 3–1 PP |
Liu Dl (CHN) W 3–1 PP |
Sjöberg (SWE) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 7 |
- Women's freestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Clarissa Chun | −48 kg | Mattsson (SWE) W 3–1 PP |
Boubryemm (FRA) W 3–1 PP |
Icho (JPN) L 1–3 PP |
Merleni (UKR) L 1–3 PP |
5 | |||
Marcie Van Dusen | −55 kg | Synyshyn (UKR) W 3–1 PP |
Rentería (COL) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 9 | ||||
Randi Miller | −63 kg | Farac (EGY) W 3–0 PO |
Ostapchuk (UKR) W 3–1 PP |
Icho (JPN) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | Zamula (AZE) W 3–0 PO |
Dugrenier (CAN) W 3–1 PP |
03 ! | |
Ali Bernard | −72 kg | Obiajunwa (NGR) W 5–0 VT |
Wang J (CHN) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | Fransson (SWE) W 3–1 PP |
Hamaguchi (JPN) L 1–3 PP |
5 |
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Famous quotes containing the word wrestling:
“There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque.”
—Roland Barthes (19151980)
“We laugh at him who steps out of his room at the very moment when the sun steps out, and says: I will the sun to rise; and at him who cannot stop the wheel, and says: I will it to roll; and at him who is taken down in a wrestling match, and says: I lie here, but I will that I lie here! And yet, all laughter aside, do we ever do anything other than one of these three things when we use the expression, I will?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)