USA qualifies the most


wrestlers for Olympics The United States has qualified the most wrestlers to com- pete in the 2012 Olympic Games of any nation in the world. The qualification process for wrestling for the London Olympics has now concluded.


In wrestling, a nation may have only one athlete in each weight class at the Olympic Games. The USA has qualified to compete in 17 of the 18 Olympic weight classes in wrestling. USA Wrestling has qualified to com- pete in all seven men’s freestyle weights, all four women’s freestyle weights and six of the seven Greco-Roman weight classes.


Russia is second with 16 qualified weight classes, with all seven men’s freestyle weights, six of the seven Greco-Roman weight classes and three of the four women’s freestyle weight classes.


Kazakhstan is third with 15 qualifiers, with all seven men’s freestyle weights, five of the seven Greco-Roman weight class- es and three of the four women’s freestyle weight classes. In fourth is Egypt, with 14 qualified weight classes, including all seven in Greco-Roman, six of the seven men’s freestyle weight classes and one of the four women’s freestyle weight classes. Tied in fifth are six nations with 13 qualifiers each: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Turkey and Ukraine.


Other nations with more than 10 qualified weight classes are Cuba with 12 qualifiers and Belarus with 11 qualifiers. The Olympic wrestling competition is scheduled for Aug. 5-12 at the Excel Center in London, England.


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