The 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 was the second of two worldwide qualification tournaments for the
2016 Olympics
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, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
. Competitors at this tournament failed to qualify for the Olympics at the
2015 World Wrestling Championships
The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
M ...
, at their respective regional qualifier, or at the
2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1. The top two competitors in each weight class qualified.
It was held between 6–8 May 2016 in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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.
Men's freestyle
57 kg
8 May
65 kg
8 May
* Following the disqualification of
Andriy Kviatkovskyi
Andriy Kvyatkovskyi ( uk, Андрій Квятковський, also transliterated Andrii Kviatkovskyi, born 2 February 1990 in Kalush) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the 66 kg event at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics ...
at the
European Qualification Tournament, his spot went to
Zurabi Iakobishvili
Zurabi Iakobishvili ( ka, ზურაბ იაკობიშვილი; born February 4, 1992) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler. He won a gold medal at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Wrest ...
from Georgia.
Borislav Novachkov
Borislav Novachkov ( bg, Борислав Новачков; born 29 November 1989) is a Bulgarian American freestyle wrestler. Competing for Bulgaria in the 65 kg division he won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships. He was elim ...
earns the Olympic quota won by Georgia in Mongolia. Following this adjustment, as Novachkov takes his license from the
1st World Qualifier his quota transferred to
Frank Molinaro.
74 kg
8 May
86 kg
8 May
97 kg
8 May
125 kg
8 May
Men's Greco-Roman
59 kg
6 May
66 kg
6 May
75 kg
6 May
85 kg
6 May
98 kg
6 May
130 kg
6 May
Women's freestyle
48 kg
7 May
53 kg
7 May
58 kg
7 May
63 kg
7 May
69 kg
7 May
75 kg
7 May
References
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External links
United World Wrestling
Qualification
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Olympic Qualification Tournament
Wrestling
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Wrestling
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Sport in Istanbul