This article details the Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held between August 5th and 12th, the final day of the Games, at ExCeL London. It will be split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men will compete in both disciplines whereas...

 qualifying phase.

The Wrestling competition at the 2012 Games will include 344 athletes. Each competing nation will be allowed to enter a maximum of 18 competitors. 3 places are reserved for Great Britain as host nation, and a further 3 invitational places shall be decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 338 places shall be allocated through a qualification process, in which athletes win quota places for their respective nation. For each place obtained by the host country in the qualification phase, one of these three reserved places will be allocated to the tripartite commission.

Qualification timeline

Event	|Date	|Venue
2011 World Championships 2011 World Wrestling Championships The 2011 FILA Wrestling World Championships was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey. The event took place between September 12 to September 18, 2011.-Medal table:-Team ranking:-Men's freestyle:-Men's Greco-Roman:-Women's freestyle:...	September 12–18, 2011	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	March 16–18, 2012	Casablanca Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture... , Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	March 23–25, 2012	Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Asian Qualification Tournament	March 28 – April 1, 2012	Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... , Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
European Qualification Tournament	April 18–22, 2012	Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
1st World Qualification Tournament	April 25–29, 2012	Taiyuan Taiyuan Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
2nd World Qualification Tournament	May 2–6, 2012	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

Men's freestyle events

• Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

55 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

60 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

66 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

74 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

84 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

96 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

120 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

Men's Greco-Roman events

• Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

55 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

60 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

66 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

74 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

84 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

96 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

120 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	3
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+19

Women's freestyle events

• Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

48 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	2
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+18

55 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	2
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+18

63 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	2
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+18

72 kg

Competition	|Vacancies	|Qualified
2011 World Championships	6
African & Oceania Qualification Tournament	2
Pan-American Qualification Tournament	2
Asian Qualification Tournament	2
European Qualification Tournament	2
1st World Qualification Tournament	2
2nd World Qualification Tournament	2
Invitational / Host Nation	+
Total	+18

External links

• International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles