2019 World champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev of Russia. Photo by Tony Rotundo, UWWNUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – USA Wrestling is keeping a running score of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualification process, as the 2019 World Championships continue in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan this week.
The 2019 World Championships serves as the first qualifying event for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in the 18 Olympic weight classes. The top six place winners in each of the Olympic weights will qualify their nation for the Olympic Games at that weight.
Sunday was the last day of wrestling, with two Olympic weight classes contested in men’s freestyle: 86 kg/189 lbs. and 97 kg/213.75 lbs.
Russia had the most combined qualifiers of any nation for Tokyo with nine. It included five men’s freestyle, three Greco-Roman and one women’s freestyle berth.
Placing second in the race for Tokyo, based on Nur-Sultan results, was Japan and Kazakhstan with eight.
The United States finalized its four Olympic qualifications, when Kyle Snyder took the bronze at 97kg
Russia had the most men’s freestyle qualifiers with five. Japan had the most women’s freestyle qualifiers with five. Tied with the most Greco-Roman qualifiers, with three, were Germany, Iran, Russia and Uzbekistan.
The next phase of Olympic qualifying comes in 2020, at the continental Olympic qualifying tournaments.
Updated Olympic Qualification by nation, all styles
(as of September 22, 2019)
Russia, 9 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 97kgGR, 50kgW, 57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS, 86kgFS, 97kgFS)
Japan, 8 (60kgGR, 50kgW, 57kgW, 62kgW, 68kgW, 76kgW, 65kgFS, 74kgFS)
Kazakhstan, 8 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 50kgW, 76kgW, 57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS, 97kgFS)
Germany, 5 (67kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR, 68 kgW, 76kgW)
Iran, 4 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 130kgGR, 57kgFS, 86kgFS)
China, 5 (50kgW, 53kgW, 57kgW, 76kgW, 125kgFS)
Ukraine, 5 (60kgGR, 87kgGR, 50kgW, 68kgW, 125kgFS)
Hungary, 4 (77kgGR, 87kgGR, 62kgW, 65kgFS)
India, 4 (53kgW, 57kgFS, 65kgFS, 86kgFS)
Georgia, 4 (97kgGR, 130kgGR, 97kgFS, 125kgFS)
Turkey, 4 (97kgGR, 130kgGR, 57kgFS, 125kgFS)
United States, 4 (68kgW, 76kgW, 74kgFS, 97kgFS)
Uzbekistan, 4 (60 kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR, 125kgFS)
Poland, 3 (97kgGR, 53 kgW, 57kgW)
Serbia, 3 (67kgGR, 97kgGR, 57kgFS)
Sweden, 3 (77kgGR, 63kgW, 68kgW)
Azerbaijan, 2 (50kgW, 97kgFS)
Armenia, 2 (77kgGR, 97kgGR)
Belarus, 2 (87kgGR, 57kgW)
Cuba, 2 (67kgGR, 130kgGR)
Estonia, 2 (130kgGR, 76kgW
Kyrgyzstan, 2 (87kgGR, 62kgW)
Mongolia, 2 (68kgW, 65kgFS)
North Korea, 2 (53kgW, 62kgW)
Bulgaria, 1 (62kgW)
Colombia, 1 (86kgFS)
Denmark, 1 (67kgGR)
Egypt, 1 (67kgGR)
France, 1 (74kgFS)
Greece, 1 (53kgW)
Italy, 1 (74kgFS
Moldova, 1 (57kgW)
Nigeria, 1 (57kgW)
North Macedonia, 1 (97kgFS)
Romania, 1 (50kgW)
San Marino, 1 (86kgFS
Switzerland, 1 (86kgFS)
Syria, 1 (125kgFS)
Need repechage
Olympic qualification in men’s freestyle on Sunday
86 kg/189 lbs.
2019 World champion – Iran (Hassan Yazdanicharati)
2019 World silver medalist – India (Deepak Punia)
2019 World bronze medalist – Switzerland (Stefan Reichmuth)
2019 World bronze medalist – Russia (Artur Naifonov)
2019 World fifth place – Colombia (Carlos Izquierdo Mendez)
2019 World fifth place – San Marino (Myles Amine)
97 kg/213.75 lbs.
2019 World champion – Russia (Abdulrashid Sadulaev)
2019 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan (Sharif Sharifov)
2019 World bronze medalist – United States (Kyle Snyder)
2019 World bronze medalist – North Macedonia (Magomedgadji Nurov)
2019 World fifth place – Georgia (Elizbar Odikadze)
2019 World fifth place –Kazakhstan (Alisher Yergali)
Updated Olympic Qualification in men’s freestyle
Russia, 5 (57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS, 86kgFS, 97kgFS)
Kazakhstan, 4 (57kgFS, 65kgFS, 74kgFS, 97kgFS)
India, 3 (57kgFS, 65kgFS, 86kgFS)
Iran, 2 (57kgFS, 86kgFS)
Georgia, 2 (97kgFS, 125kgFS)
Japan, 2 (65kgFS, 74kgFS
Turkey, 2 (57kgFS, 125kgFS)
United States, 1 (74kgFS, 97kgFS)
Azerbaijan, 1 (97kgFS
China, 1 (125kgFS)
Colombia, 1 (86kgFS)
France, 1 (74kgFS
Hungary, 1 (65kgFS
Italy, 1 (74kgFS
Mongolia, 1 (65kgFS)
North Macedonia, 1 (97kgFS)
San Marino, 1 (86kgFS)
Serbia, 1 (57kgFS)
Switzerland, 1 (86kgFS)
Syria, 1 (125kgFS)
Ukraine, 1 (125kgFS)
Uzbekistan, 1 (125kgFS)
Previous Olympic qualification in men’s freestyle
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – Russia (Zavur Uguev)
2019 World silver medalist – Turkey (Suleyman Atli)
2019 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Nurislam Sanayev)
2019 World bronze medalist – India (Kumar Ravi)
2019 World fifth place – Serbia (Stevan Micic)
2019 World fifth place –Iran (Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi)
65 kg/143 lbs.
2019 World champion – Russia (Gadzhimurad Rashidov)
2019 World silver medalist – Kazakhstan (Daulet Niyazbekov)
2019 World bronze medalist – India (Bajrang)
2019 World bronze medalist – Hungary (Iszmail Muszukajev)
2019 World fifth place – Japan (Takuto Otoguro)
2019 World fifth place – Mongolia (Tulga Tumur Ochir)
74 kg/163 lbs.
2019 World champion – Russia (Zaurbek Sidakov)
2019 World silver medalist – Italy (Frank Chamizo Marquez)
2019 World bronze medalist – United States (Jordan Burroughs)
2019 World bronze medalist – France (Zelimkhan Khadjiev)
2019 World fifth place – Kazakhstan (Daniyar Kaisanov)
2019 World fifth place – Japan (Mao Okui)
125 kg/275 lbs.
2019 World champion – Georgia (Geno Petriashvili)
2019 World silver medalist – Turkey (Taha Akgul)
2019 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi)
2019 World bronze medalist – Uzbekistan (Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi)
2019 World fifth place – Syria (Badzha Khutaba)
2019 World fifth place – China (Zhiwei Deng)
Olympic qualification in women’s freestyle
50 kg/110 lbs.
2019 World champion – Azerbaijan (Mariya Stadnik)
2019 World silver medalist – Romania (Emilia Vuc)
2019 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Valentina Islamova Brik)
2019 World bronze medalist – Russia (Ekaterina Poleschuk)
2019 World fifth place – Ukraine (Oksana Livach)
2019 World fifth place –China (Sun Yanan)
57 kg/125.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – Japan (Risako Kawai)
2019 World silver medalist – China (Ningning Rong)
2019 World bronze medalist – Nigeria (Odunayo Adekuoroye)
2019 World bronze medalist – Belarus (Iryna Kurachkina)
2019 World fifth place – Poland (Jowita Maria Wrzesien)
2019 World fifth place – Moldova (Anastasia Nichita (Moldova)
53 kg/116.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – North Korea (Yong Mi Pak)
2019 World silver medalist – Japan (Mayu Mukaida)
2019 World bronze medalist – India (Vinesh)
2019 World bronze medalist – China (Qianyu Pang)
2019 World fifth place – Greece (Maria Prevolaraki)
2019 World fifth place – Poland (Roksana Zasina)
62 kg/136.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Aisuluu Tynbekova)
2019 World silver medalist – Bulgaria (Taybe Mustafa Yusein)
2019 World bronze medalist – Japan (Yukako Kawai)
2019 World bronze medalist – Sweden (Henna Johansson)
2019 World fifth place – North Korea (Jong Sim Rim)
2019 World fifth place – Hungary (Marianna Sastin)
68 kg/149.75 lbs.
2019 World champion – United States (Tamyra Mensah-Stock)
2019 World silver medalist – Sweden (Anna Jenny Fransson)
2019 World bronze medalist – Mongolia (Battsetseg Soronzonbold)
2019 World bronze medalist – Germany (Anna Carmen Schell)
2019 World fifth place – Ukraine (Alla Cherkasova)
2019 World fifth place – Japan (Sara Dosho)
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
2019 World champion – United States (Adeline Gray)
2019 World silver medalist – Japan (Hiroe Minagawa Suzuki)
2019 World bronze medalist – Germany (Aline Rotter Focken)
2019 World bronze medalist – Estonia (Epp Maee)
2019 World fifth place – China (Qian Zhou)
2019 World fifth place – Kazakhstan (Elmira Syzdykova)
Updated Olympic Qualification in women’s freestyle
Japan, 5 (50kgW, 57 kgW, 62kgW, 68kg, 76kgW)
China, 4 (50kgW, 53kgW, 57kgW, 76 kgW)
Germany, 2 (68kgW, 76kgW
Kazakhstan, 2 (50kgW, 76 kgW)
North Korea, 2 (53kgW, 62kgW)
Poland, 2 (53 kgW, 57kgW)
Sweden, 2 (63kgW, 68kgW
Ukraine, 2 (50kgW, 68kgW)
United States, 2 (68kgW, 76kgW)
Azerbaijan, 1 (50kgW)
Belarus, 1 (57kgW)
Bulgaria, 1 (62kgW
Estonia, 1 (76kgW
Greece, 1 (53kgW)
Hungary, 1 (62kgW)
India, 1 (53kgW)
Kyrgyzstan, 1 (62kgW
Moldova, 1 (57kgW)
Mongolia, 1 (68kgW)
Nigeria, 1 (57kgW
Romania, 1 (50kgW)
Russia, 1 (50kgW)
Updated Greco-Roman Olympic qualifications
(with athlete who qualified the weight)
Greco-Roman 60 kg/132 lbs.
2019 World champion - Japan (Kenichiro Fumita)
2019 World silver medalist - Russia (Sergey Emelin)
2019 World bronze medalist - Kazakhstan (Mirambek Ainagulov)
2019 World bronze medalist - Iran (Ali Reza Ayat Ollah Nejati)
2019 World fifth place - Ukraine (Lenur Temirov)
2019 World fifth place - Uzbekistan (Elmurat Tasmuradov)
Greco-Roman 67 kg/147.5 lbs.
2019 World champion - Cuba (Ismael Borrero Molina)
2019 World silver medalist - Russia (Artem Surkov)
2019 World bronze medalist - Serbia (Mate Nemes)
2019 World bronze medalist - Germany (Frank Staebler)
2019 World fifth place - Denmark (Fredrik Bjerrehuus)
2019 World fifth place - Egypt (Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed)
Greco-Roman 77 kg/169.5 lbs.
2019 World champion - Hungary (Tamas Lorincz)
2019 World silver medalist - Sweden (Alex Bjurberg Kessidis)
2019 World bronze medalist - Iran (Mohammadali Abdolhamid Geraei)
2019 World bronze medalist - Uzbekistan (Jalgasbay Berdimuratov)
2019 World fifth place - Armenia (Karapet Chalyan)
2019 World fifth place - Kazakhstan (Askhat Dilmukhamedov)
Greco-Roman 87 kg/191.5 lbs.
2019 World champion - Ukraine (Zhan Beleniuk)
2019 World silver medalist - Hungary (Viktor Lorincz)
2019 World bronze medalist - Germany (Denis Kudla)
2019 World bronze medalist - Uzbekistan (Rustam Assakalov)
2019 World fifth place - Belarus (Mikalai Stadub)
2019 World fifth place - Kyrgyzstan (Atabek Azisbekov)
Greco-Roman 97 kg/213.75 lbs.
2019 World champion - Russia (Musa Evloev)
2019 World silver medalist - Armenia (Artur Aleksanyan)
2019 World bronze medalist - Serbia (Mihail Kajaia)
2019 World bronze medalist - Turkey (Cenk Ildem)
2019 World fifth place - Poland (Tadeusz Michalik)
2019 World fifth place - Georgia (Giorgi Melia)
Greco-Roman 130 kg/286 lbs.
2019 World champion - Turkey (Riza Kayaalp)
2019 World silver medalist - Cuba (Oscar Pino Hinds)
2019 World bronze medalist - Estonia (Heiki Nabi)
2019 World bronze medalist - Georgia (Iakobi Kajaia)
2019 World fifth place - Iran (Amir Mohammadali Ghasemimonjezi)
2019 World fifth place - Germany (Eduard Popp)
Olympic Qualification in Greco-Roman wrestling by nation
Germany, 3 (67kgGR, 87kgGR, 130kgGR)
Iran, 3 (60kgGR, 77kgGR, 130kgGR)
Russia, 3 (60kgGR, 67kgGR, 97kgGR)
Uzbekistan, 3 (60 kgGR, 77kgGR, 87kgGR)
Armenia, 2 (77kgGR, 97kgGR)
Cuba, 2 (67kgGR, 130kgGR)
Georgia, 2 (97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Hungary, 2 (77kgGR, 87kgGR)
Kazakhstan, 2 (60kgGR, 77kgGR
Serbia, 2 (67kgGR, 97kgGR)
Turkey, 2 (97kgGR, 130kgGR)
Ukraine, 2 (60kgGR, 87kgGR)
Belarus, 1 (87kgGR)
Denmark, 1 (67kgGR)
Estonia, 1 (130kgGR
Egypt, 1 (67kgGR)
Japan, 1 (60kgGR)
Kyrgyzstan, 1 (87kgGR)
Poland, 1 (97kgGR)
Sweden, 1 (77kgGR)