Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Wrestling at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games

Venue	Asia Pavilion
Dates	12–14 October
No. of events	15 (10 boys, 5 girls)
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Wrestling was a big part of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. This exciting event happened from October 12th to 14th. Athletes from all over the world gathered to compete. The wrestling matches took place at the Asia Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

How Athletes Qualified
- Qualification Events Timeline
Medal Winners
See also

How Athletes Qualified

To wrestle at the Youth Olympics, athletes had to qualify first. Each country's Olympic team could send up to six wrestlers. This included two boys for Freestyle, two boys for Greco-Roman, and two girls for Freestyle.

Since Argentina was the host country, they automatically got three spots. These spots were for one wrestler in each style, if they competed in a special championship. Also, 12 more athletes (8 boys and 4 girls) were chosen by a special committee.

Most of the other 95 athletes (50 boys and 45 girls) earned their spots through five big competitions. These were held in different parts of the world. For boys, one athlete from each continent qualified. For girls, the top three from Europe, top two from Asia and the Americas, and the top one from Africa and Oceania qualified.

To be old enough to compete, wrestlers had to be born between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2003.

Qualification Events Timeline

Here's when and where the main qualification events happened:

Event	Location	Date
2018 Africa Cadet Championships	Port Harcourt	7–11 February 2018
2018 Asia Cadet Championships	Tashkent	10–13 May 2018
2018 Europe Cadet Championships	Skopje	14–20 May 2018
2018 Oceania Cadet Championships	Yigo	18-20 May 2018
2018 Pan America Cadet Championships	Guatemala City	25–27 May 2018

Medal Winners

Many talented young wrestlers won medals at the 2018 Youth Olympics. Here's a summary of which countries won the most medals, followed by details of the winners in each event.

Medal Table

* Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	2	2	0	4
2	Russia	2	1	1	4
3	Japan	2	0	2	4
4	United States	2	0	0	2
5	Georgia	1	2	0	3
6	Uzbekistan	1	1	1	3
7	Azerbaijan	1	0	1	2
8	China	1	0	0	1
	Cuba	1	0	0	1
	Moldova	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
12	Argentina*	0	2	0	2
13	Turkey	0	1	1	2
13	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
15	Algeria	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	India	0	1	0	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	0	1
20	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		15	15	15	45

Boy's Events

Freestyle Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Umidjon Jalolov Uzbekistan	Giorgi Gegelashvili Georgia	Halil Gökdeniz Turkey
55 kg details	Robert Howard United States	Hernán Almendra Argentina	Vladyslav Ostapenko Ukraine
65 kg details	Turan Bayramov Azerbaijan	Mohammad Karimi Iran	Inayat Ullah Pakistan
80 kg details	Akhmedkhan Tembotov Russia	Fateh Benferdjallah Algeria	Mukhammadrasul Rakhimov Uzbekistan
110 kg details	Sergey Kozyrev Russia	Amir Hossein Zare Iran	Ahmed Mahmoud Khalil Egypt

48 kg
55 kg
65 kg
80 kg
110 kg

Greco-Roman Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
45 kg details	Amir Reza Dehbozorgi Iran	Jeremy Peralta Ecuador	Edmond Nazaryan Bulgaria
51 kg details	Wataru Sasaki Japan	Giorgi Tokhadze Georgia	Axel Salas Mexico
60 kg details	Giorgi Chkhikvadze Georgia	Elmirbek Sadyrov Kyrgyzstan	Sahak Hovhannisyan Armenia
71 kg details	Alexandrin Guţu Moldova	Stepan Starodubtsev Russia	Shu Yamada Japan
92 kg details	Mohammad Nosrati Iran	Osman Ayaydın Turkey	Mukhammad Evloev Russia

45 kg
51 kg
60 kg
71 kg
92 kg

Girl's Events

Freestyle Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
43 kg details	Emily Shilson United States	Simran Kaur India	Shahana Nazarova Azerbaijan
49 kg details	Jonna Malmgren Sweden	Shokhida Akhmedova Uzbekistan	Natallia Varakina Belarus
57 kg details	Nonoka Ozaki Japan	Anna Szél Hungary	Anastasia Blayvas Germany
65 kg details	Zhou Xinru China	Oksana Chudyk Ukraine	Oyun-Erdene Tamir Mongolia
73 kg details	Milaimys Marín Cuba	Linda Machuca Argentina	Yuka Kagami Japan