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2016 Olympics wrestling schedule and Team USA
August 1st, 2016| Written by: Editor

 

 

The United States qualified 14 wrestlers to participate in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.  Two are veterans of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.  Tervel Dlagnev placed fifth in men's freestyle competition and Jordan Burroughs won a freestyle gold medal.  A complete list of Team USA wrestlers, along with their wrestling biographies, may be found at NBC's Website at Meet Team USA.

Wrestling will begin with the Greco-Roman competition (men only) from August 14th to August 16th, followed by Women's Freestyle event from August 17th and 18th, and then the Men's Freestyle tournament from August 19th to August 21st.

According to NBC all American matches can be streamed live from the NBC Olympics Website.  Televised matches are scheduled to be aired around 12:30 a.m. on the morning after the day's competition.

2016 Olympics Team USA

Greco-Roman
(Men only)
Freestyle
Women
Freestyle
Men
59kg (130 lbs) Jesse Thielke
75kg (165 lbs) Andy Bisek
85kg (187 lbs) Ben Provisor
130kg (286.5 lbs) Robby Smith
No Americans qualified for the
66 kg and 98 kg weight classes
48kg (106 lbs) Haley Augello
53kg (117 lbs) Helen Maroulis
63kg (139 lbs) Elena Pirozhkova
75kg (165 lbs) Adeline Gray
57kg (125.5 lbs) Daniel Dennis
65kg (143 lbs) Frank Molinaro
74kg (163 lbs) Jordan Burroughs (1st)
86kg (189.5 lbs) J'Den Cox
97kg (214 lbs) Kyle Snyder
125kg (275.5 lbs) Tervel Dlagnev (5th)

2016 Olympics Wrestling Schedule

(All times are Central Standard Time)

Sunday
August 14th
Monday
August 15th
Tuesday
August 16th
Wednesday
August 17th
Thursday
August 18th
Friday
August 19th
Saturday
August 20th
Sunday
August 21st
Greco-Roman
Men
59 kg & 75 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches
Greco-Roman
Men
85 kg & 130 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches
Greco-Roman
Men
66 kg & 98 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches
Freestyle
Women
48 kg, 58 kg & 69 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches
Freestyle
Women
53 kg, 63 kg & 75 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches
Freestyle
Men
57 kg & 74 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches
Freestyle
Men
86 kg & 125 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches
Freestyle
Men
65 kg & 97 kg
8:00 a.m.
Elimination Matches
2:00 p.m.
Medal Matches

Printable Schedule and Team USA Members in PDF

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