Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 68 kg

Women's freestyle 68 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais Éphémère
Date	5–6 August 2024
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Amit Elor  United States Meerim Zhumanazarova  Kyrgyzstan Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu  Turkey Nonoka Ozaki  Japan

Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Women's freestyle 68 kilograms competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 5–6 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars.

Background

This is the third appearance of women's light heavyweight category, debut in 2016 as 69 kg, from 2020, 68 kg as a current weight limit.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock was a defending Olympic champion, but she turned professional and did not qualify, Blessing Oborududu, but lost to potentially silver medalist Meerim Zhumanazarova, Oborududu lost to Nonoka Ozaki in the bronze medal match, Alla Cherkasova did not qualify, Zhumanazarova lost to Amit Elor as an eventual champion.

Format

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Rules

A typical bout consists of two halves of three minutes each separated by a 30-second break. The two competitors compete on a mat, which is nine meters in diameter. Wrestlers try to score points by executing various legal maneuvers. Points ranging from one to five are awarded by the mat referee depending on the degree of difficulty of the maneuvers. Points are also awarded to the opponent in case of infractions such as illegal holds, passivity etc. A wrestler is automatically disqualified if three cautions are awarded during a bout. Forcing an opponent's shoulders to the mat results in an instant victory by fall.

During the course of a match, if a wrestler builds a 10-point advantage over the opponent, the bout is stopped and the leader is declared as the winner by technical superiority. The total scores are totaled at the end of the stipulated six-minute period, and the wrestler with the maximum points wins. In case of a tie, the wrestler who has scored the last point is declared the winner. A competitor might also be declared a winner if the opponent does not turn up or is medically unfit to compete.

Qualification

Main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sixteen quota places were available with each nation restricted to a maximum of one spot. Five quota places were awarded at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, which took place from 16 to 24 September in Belgrade, Serbia. The finalists of each category in the four continental qualification tournaments (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the joint Africa & Oceania) were awarded quota places. The remainder of the total quota was allocated at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, offering a minimum of three quota places.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+02:00)

Date	Time	Event
5 August 2024	15:00	Qualification rounds
	21:00	Semifinals
6 August 2024	11:00	Repechage
	20:50	Finals

Results

Sixteen athletes qualified for the competition.

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Main bracket

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu (TUR)	2
	Amit Elor (USA)	10			Amit Elor (USA)	8
	Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)	10			Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)	0
	Zhou Feng (CHN)	3							Amit Elor (USA)	10
	Tetiana Rizhko (UKR)	4							Pak Sol-gum (PRK)	0
	Nisha Dahiya (IND)	6			Nisha Dahiya (IND)	8
	Pak Sol-gum (PRK)	10			Pak Sol-gum (PRK)	10
	Irina Rîngaci (MDA)	6											Amit Elor (USA)	3
	Koumba Larroque (FRA)	6											Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ)	0
	Tayla Ford (NZL)	0			Koumba Larroque (FRA)	2
	Linda Morais (CAN)	2			Blessing Oborududu (NGR)	6
	Blessing Oborududu (NGR)	8							Blessing Oborududu (NGR)	1
	Soleymi Caraballo (VEN)	0							Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ)	3
	Nonoka Ozaki (JPN)	10			Nonoka Ozaki (JPN)	6
	Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ)	8			Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ)	8
	Enkhsaikhan Delgermaa (MGL)	3

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
	Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu (TUR)	4			Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu (TUR)	4
	Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)	3			Pak Sol-gum (PRK)	2
	Enkhsaikhan Delgermaa (MGL)	0			Nonoka Ozaki (JPN)	3
	Nonoka Ozaki (JPN)	6			Blessing Oborududu (NGR)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Amit Elor (USA)
	Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ)
	Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu (TUR)
	Nonoka Ozaki (JPN)
5	Pak Sol-gum (PRK)
5	Blessing Oborududu (NGR)
7	Nisha Dahiya (IND)
8	Wiktoria Chołuj (POL)
9	Koumba Larroque (FRA)
10	Irina Rîngaci (MDA)
11	Tetiana Rizhko (UKR)
12	Zhou Feng (CHN)
13	Enkhsaikhan Delgermaa (MGL)
14	Linda Morais (CAN)
15	Tayla Ford (NZL)
16	Soleymi Caraballo (VEN)

External links

• Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 68kg olympics.com