2008 Olympic Games

Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, will be held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 9-19, 2008. 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 women will only take part in the freestyle events with 14 gold medals being awarded. This is the second Olympics with women’s wrestling as an event.

18 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:

• Men’s Freestyle 00-55 kg
• Men’s Freestyle 55-60 kg
• Men’s Freestyle 60-66 kg
• Men’s Freestyle 66-74 kg
• Men’s Freestyle 74-84 kg
• Men’s Freestyle 84-96 kg
• Men’s Freestyle 96-120 kg
• Men’s Greco-Roman 00-55 kg
• Men’s Greco-Roman 55-60 kg
• Men’s Greco-Roman 60-66 kg
• Men’s Greco-Roman 66-74 kg
• Men’s Greco-Roman 74-84 kg
• Men’s Greco-Roman 84-96 kg
• Men’s Greco-Roman 96-120 kg
• Women’s Freestyle 00-48 kg
• Women’s Freestyle 48-55 kg
• Women’s Freestyle 55-63 kg
• Women’s Freestyle 63-72 kg

The events programme for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is quite similar to that of the Athens Games held in 2004. The 2008 Olympics will see the return of 28 sports, and will hold 302 events (165 men’s events, 127 women’s events, and 10 mixed events), one more event in total than in Athens.The following are the sports to be contested at the games (The number of events to be contested in each sport is indicated in parentheses):

• Aquatics (46)
• Archery (4)
• Athletics (47)
• Badminton (5)
• Baseball (1)
• Basketball (2)
• Boxing (11)
• Canoe / kayak (16)
• Cycling (18)
• Equestrian (6)
• Fencing (10)
• Football/Soccer (2)
• Gymnastics (18)
• Handball (2)
• Hockey (2)
• Judo (14)
• Modern pentathlon (2)
• Rowing (14)
• Sailing (11)
• Shooting (15)
• Softball (1)
• Table tennis (4)
• Taekwondo (8)
• Tennis (4)
• Triathlon (2)
• Volleyball (4)
• Weightlifting (15)
• Wrestling (18)