Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Wrestling Event

Wrestling
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Venue| Coventry Arena
Dates| 5–6 August 2022
Competitors| 119 from 26 nations

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Wrestling at the
2022 Commonwealth Games

| Men| Women
| 57 kg| 50 kg
| 65 kg| 53 kg
| 74 kg| 57 kg
| 86 kg| 62 kg
| 97 kg| 68 kg
| 125 kg| 76 kg

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Wrestling competitions at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, were held on 5 and 6 August 2022. The sport was one of six original sports at the Games and was all editions except 1998 and 2006 (the third time within England specifically), spread across twelve weight categories in the freestyle discipline.[1]

## Schedule

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The competition schedule was as follows:[1]

| Preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals & repechages  |  | Medal matches

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Men

Date

Event

| Fri 5 | Sat 6

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Session → | M | E | M | E
57 kg |  |  |  |
65 kg |  |  |  |
74 kg |  |  |  |
86 kg |  |  |  |
97 kg |  |  |  |
125 kg |  |  |  |
Women

Date

Event

| Fri 5 | Sat 6

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Session → | M | E | M | E
50 kg |  |  |  |
53 kg |  |  |  |
57 kg |  |  |  |
62 kg |  |  |  |
68 kg |  |  |  |
76 kg |  |  |  |

## Venue

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The wrestling competitions were held at the Coventry Arena in Coventry.[2] The judo competitions also took place there, whilst the adjacent Coventry Stadium was host to rugby sevens.[3]

## Medal summary

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* Host nation (England)

Rank| CGA| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  India| 6| 1| 5| 12
2|  Canada| 3| 5| 4| 12
3|  Nigeria| 3| 2| 2| 7
4|  Pakistan| 0| 3| 1| 4
5|  South Africa| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  England*| 0| 0| 3| 3
7|  Australia| 0| 0| 2| 2
8|  Cameroon| 0| 0| 1| 1
New Zealand| 0| 0| 1| 1
Sri Lanka| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 12| 12| 20| 44

### Medalists

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#### Men's freestyle

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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57 kg
details | Ravi Kumar Dahiya
India | Ebikewenimo Welson
Nigeria | Darthe Capellan
Canada
Suraj Singh
New Zealand
65 kg
details | Bajrang Punia
India | Lachlan McNeil
Canada | Inayat Ullah
Pakistan
George Ramm
England
74 kg
details | Naveen Malik
India | Muhammad Sharif Tahir
Pakistan | Ogbonna John
Nigeria
Jasmit Phulka
Canada
86 kg
details | Deepak Punia
India | Muhammad Inam
Pakistan | Alex Moore
Canada
Jayden Lawrence
Australia
97 kg
details | Nishan Randhawa
Canada | Nicolaas de Lange
South Africa | Deepak Nehra
India
Thomas Barns
Australia
125 kg
details | Amar Dhesi
Canada | Zaman Anwar
Pakistan | Mandhir Kooner
England
Mohit Grewal
India

#### Women's freestyle

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 kg
details | Mercy Genesis
Nigeria | Madison Parks
Canada | Pooja Gehlot
India
Not awarded
(only six entries)
53 kg
details | Vinesh Phogat
India | Samantha Stewart
Canada | Not awarded
(only four entries)
Not awarded
(only four entries)
57 kg
details | Odunayo Adekuoroye
Nigeria | Anshu Malik
India | Hannah Taylor
Canada
Nethmi Poruthotage
Sri Lanka
62 kg
details | Sakshi Malik
India | Ana Godinez
Canada | Esther Kolawole
Nigeria
Berthe Etane Ngolle
Cameroon
68 kg
details | Blessing Oborududu
Nigeria | Linda Morais
Canada | Divya Kakran
India
Tayla Ford
New Zealand
76 kg
details | Justina Di Stasio
Canada | Hannah Rueben
Nigeria | Georgina Nelthorpe
England
Pooja Sihag
India

## Participating nations

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There were 26 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in wrestling with a total of 119 (73 men and 46 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[4][5]

* Australia (6)
* Bahamas (2)
* Bangladesh (4)
* Cameroon (4)
* Canada (12)
* Cyprus (2)
* England (8)
* India (12)
* Jamaica (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Malta (2)
* Mauritius (5)
* Namibia (2)
* Nauru (1)
* New Zealand (6)
* Nigeria (10)
* Pakistan (6)
* Samoa (2)
* Scotland (6)
* Singapore (3)
* Sierra Leone (5)
* South Africa (4)
* Sri Lanka (6)
* Tonga (4)
* Uganda (2)
* Wales (2)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
2. ^ "Wasps to host Rugby Sevens, Judo and Wrestling at 2022 Commonwealth Games". Wasps RFC. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
3. ^ "Venues | COVENTRY ARENA". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. ^ "Wrestling Men's Freestyle Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
5. ^ "Wrestling Women's Freestyle Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

## External links

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* Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Wrestling
* Wrestling – Results Book

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