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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2008 Olympic Wrestling Medal Winners
| Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | |||||||
| Event | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | ||||
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| 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)
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| Name | Weight | Event | |||||
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| 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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