Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18 gold medals being contested in all. This was the first Olympic Games that included women's wrestling events on the program.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

## Medalists

### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 55 kg details | Mavlet Batirov Russia | Stephen Abas United States | Chikara Tanabe Japan |
| 60 kg details | Yandro Quintana Cuba | Masoud Mostafa-Jokar Iran | Kenji Inoue Japan |
| 66 kg details | Elbrus Tedeyev Ukraine | Jamill Kelly United States | Makhach Murtazaliev Russia |
| 74 kg details | Buvaisar Saitiev Russia | Gennadiy Laliyev Kazakhstan | Iván Fundora Cuba |
| 84 kg details | Cael Sanderson United States | Moon Eui-jae South Korea | Sazhid Sazhidov Russia |
| 96 kg details | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia | Magomed Ibragimov Uzbekistan | Alireza Heidari Iran |
| 120 kg details | Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan | Alireza Rezaei Iran | Aydın Polatçı Turkey |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 55 kg details | István Majoros Hungary | Geidar Mamedaliyev Russia | Artiom Kiouregkian Greece |
| 60 kg details | Jung Ji-hyun South Korea | Roberto Monzón Cuba | Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria |
| 66 kg details | Farid Mansurov Azerbaijan | Şeref Eroğlu Turkey | Mkhitar Manukyan Kazakhstan |
| 74 kg details | Aleksandr Dokturishvili Uzbekistan | Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland | Varteres Samurgashev Russia |
| 84 kg details | Aleksey Mishin Russia | Ara Abrahamian Sweden | Viachaslau Makaranka Belarus |
| 96 kg details | Karam Gaber Egypt | Ramaz Nozadze Georgia | Mehmet Özal Turkey |
| 120 kg details | Khasan Baroev Russia | Georgiy Tsurtsumia Kazakhstan | Rulon Gardner United States |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg details | Iryna Merleni Ukraine | Chiharu Icho Japan | Patricia Miranda United States |
| 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Tonya Verbeek Canada | Anna Gomis France |
| 63 kg details | Kaori Icho Japan | Sara McMann United States | Lise Legrand France |
| 72 kg details | Wang Xu China | Guzel Manyurova Russia | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan |

## Participating nations

A total of 342 wrestlers from 66 nations competed at the Athens Games:

* Afghanistan (1)
* Albania (1)
* Algeria (1)
* Armenia (7)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (7)
* Belarus (10)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (13)
* Canada (7)
* China (9)
* Colombia (1)
* Cuba (12)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Denmark (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Egypt (3)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (6)
* Georgia (12)
* Germany (9)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (18)
* Guam (1)
* Guinea-Bissau (1)
* Hungary (9)
* India (7)
* Iran (13)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (13)
* Kazakhstan (12)
* Kyrgyzstan (8)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (3)
* Macedonia (2)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (6)
* Namibia (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* North Korea (1)
* Norway (1)
* Palau (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (9)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (18)
* Senegal (1)
* Serbia and Montenegro (1)
* Slovakia (3)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (9)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (7)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tajikistan (4)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (12)
* Ukraine (16)
* United States (17)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Venezuela (2)
