Wrestling
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueCoventry Arena
Dates5–6 August 2022
Competitors119 from 26 nations

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

The competition schedule was as follows:[1]

Preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals & repechages Medal matches
Men
Date
Event
Fri 5Sat 6
Session →MEME
57 kg
65 kg
74 kg
86 kg
97 kg
125 kg
Women
Date
Event
Fri 5Sat 6
Session →MEME
50 kg
53 kg
57 kg
62 kg
68 kg
76 kg

Venue

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

  *   Host nation (England)

RankCGAGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India61512
2 Canada35412
3 Nigeria3227
4 Pakistan0314
5 South Africa0101
6 England*0033
7 Australia0022
8 Cameroon0011
 New Zealand0011
 Sri Lanka0011
Totals (10 entries)12122044

Medalists

Men's freestyle

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

Women's freestyle

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

Participating nations

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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