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- Event dates: August 12-21, 2008
- Event venue: China Agricultural University Gymnasium
- Men's free style coaches: Kevin Jackson, Kerry McCoy, Lee Kemp
- Men's freestyle team leader: Steve Silver
- Women's freestyle coaches: Terry Steiner, Tadaaki Hatta
- Women's freestyle team leader: Stan Zeamer
- Greco-Roman coaches: Steve Fraser, Rich Estrella, Jay Antonelli
- Greco-Roman team leader: John Bardis
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The United States sent a 16-member wrestling team to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Athletes competed for a total of 16 medals within three categories, men's freestyle, women's freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Henry Cejudo won a gold medal in the men's freestyle under 55 kg (121 lbs) weight class. Adam Wheeler took home bronze in the men's Greco-Roman 84-96 kg (185-211.5 lbs) class, while Randi Miller won bronze in the women's freestyle 55-63 kg (121-138.5 lbs) event.NBC Olympics: Wrestling - 2008 Medals Standings By Nation Teams were selected following the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling, which was held from June 13-15, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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US Olympic Wrestling 2008 Questions
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2008 Olympic Wrestling Medal Winners
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 55 kg (121 lbs) Nazyr Mankiev - Russia Rovshan Bayramov - Azerbaijan Roman Amoyan - Armenia and Park Eun-Chul - South Korea 55-60 kg (121-132 lbs) Islam-Beka Albiev - Russia Vitaliy Rahimov - Azerbaijan Nurbakyt Tengizbayev - Kazakhstan and Ruslan Tiumenbaev - Kyrgyzstan 60-66 kg (132-145.5 lbs) Steeve Guenot - France Kanatbek Begaliev - Kyrgyzstan Armen Vardanyan - Ukraine and Mikhail Siamionau - Belarus 66-74 kg (145.5-163 lbs) Manuchar Kvirkelia - Georgia Yongxiang Chang - China Yavor Yanakiev - Bulgaria and Christophe Guenot - France 74-84 kg (163-185 lbs) Andrea Minguzzi - Italy Zoltan Fodor - Hungary Nazmi Avluca - Turkey* 84-96 kg (185-211.5 lbs) Aslanbek Khushtov - Russia Mirko Englich - Germany Asset Mambetov - Kazakhstan and Adam Wheeler - United States 96-120 kg (211.5-264.5 lbs) Mijail Lopez - Cuba Khasan Baroev - Russia Mindaugas Mizgaitis - Lithuania and Yuri Patrikeev - Armenia
- *Ara Abrahamian of Sweden had won a bronze medal in the 74-84 kg (163-185 lbs) weight class. His medal was stripped by the International Olympic Committee after he protested and threw his medal.
Men's Freestyle Wrestling Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 55 kg (121 lbs) Henry Cejudo - United States Tomohiro Matsynaga - Japan Besik Kudukhov - Russia and Radoslav Velikov - Bulgaria 55-60 kg (121-132 lbs) Mavlet Batirov - Russia Vasyl Fedoryshyn - Ukraine Seyedmorad Mohammadi - Iran and Kenichi Yumoto - Japan 60-66 kg (132-145.5 lbs) Ramazan Sahin - Turkey Andriy Stadnik - Ukraine Sushil Kumar - India and Otar Tushishvili - Georgia 66-74 kg (145.5-163 lbs) Buvaysa Saytiev - Russia Soslan Tigiev - Uzbekistan Murad Gaidarov - Belarus and Kiril Terziev - Bulgaria 74-84 kg (163-185 lbs) Revazi Mindorashvili - Georgia Yusup Abdusalomov - Tajikistan Taras Danko - Ukraine and Georgy Ketoev - Russia 84-96 kg (185-211.5 lbs) Shirvani Muradov - Russia Taimuraz Tigiyev - Kazakhstan George Gogshelidze - Georgia and Khetag Gazyumov - Azerbaijan 96-120 kg (211.5-264.5 lbs) Artur Taymazov - Uzbekistan Bakhtiyar Akhmedov - Russia David Musulbes - Slovakia and Marid Mutalimov - Kazakhstan
Women's Freestyle Wrestling Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 48 kg (105.5 lbs) Carol Huynh - Canada Chiharu Icho - Japan Mariya Stadnik - Azerbaijan and Irini Merleni - Ukraine 48-55 kg (105.5-121 lbs) Saori Yoshida - Japan Xu Li - China Tonya Verbeek - Canada and Jackeline Renteria - Colombia 55-63 kg (121-138.5 lbs) Kaori Icho - Japan Alyona Kartashova - Russia Yelena Shalygina - Kazakhstan and Randi Miller - United States 63-72 kg (138.5-158.5 lbs) Wang Jiao - China Stanka Zlateva - Bulgaria Kyoko Hamaguchi - Japan and Agnieszka Wieszczek - Poland
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US Olympic Wrestling Rosters
- United States Olympic Committee: Wrestling: Roster for 2008 United States... (July 9, 2008)
Roster Name Weight Event Henry Cejudo 121 lbs. Men's Freestyle Doug Schwab 145 lbs. Men's Freestyle Ben Askren 163 lbs. Men's Freestyle Andy Hrovat 185 lbs. Men's Freestyle Daniel Cormier 211.5 lbs. Men's Freestyle Steve Mocco 264.5 lbs. Men's Freestyle Clarissa Chun 105.5 lbs. Women's Freestyle Marcie Van Dusen 121 lbs. Women's Freestyle Randi Miller 138.75 lbs. Women's Freestyle Ali Bernard 158.5 lbs. Women's Freestyle Spenser Mango 121 lbs. Greco-Roman Jake Deitchler 145.5 lbs. Greco-Roman T.C. Dantzler 163 lbs. Greco-Roman Brad Vering 185 lbs. Greco-Roman Adam Wheeler 211 lbs. Greco-Roman Dremiel Byers 264.5 lbs. Greco-Roman
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