Wrestling News and UpdatesMay 21, 2015 by Ryan Holmes
UWW Releases Olympic Qualifier Dates And Locations
UWW Releases Olympic Qualifier Dates And Locations
The official Olympic qualifying dates and locations have finally been released. As we all know, the 2016 Olympic Games will be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. But to get there you have to make it through one of the qualifiers.
Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling will each get 114 qualifiers, which will be spread equally across each Olympic weight class. The women will receive 108 qualifiers spread across their six weight classes. A total of 336 qualifying spots are up for grabs in order to make it to the games.
Below is the list of qualifying locations as well as dates with the first qualifier being the 2015 Wrestling World Championships in Las Vegas on September 7-12.
2015
September 7-12: World Championships (Las Vegas, USA)
2016
March 4-6: Pan-American Olympic Qualification (Dallas, USA)
March 18-20: Asian Olympic Qualification (Astana, KAZ)
April 1-3: Africa/Oceania Olympic Qualification (Alger, ALG)
April 15-17: European Olympic Qualification (Zrenjanin, SRB)
April 22-24: First “Last-Chance” Qualification Tournament (Ulaanbaatar, MGL)
May 6-8: Second “Last-Chance” Qualification Tournament (Istanbul, TUR)
Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling will each get 114 qualifiers, which will be spread equally across each Olympic weight class. The women will receive 108 qualifiers spread across their six weight classes. A total of 336 qualifying spots are up for grabs in order to make it to the games.
Below is the list of qualifying locations as well as dates with the first qualifier being the 2015 Wrestling World Championships in Las Vegas on September 7-12.
2015
September 7-12: World Championships (Las Vegas, USA)
2016
March 4-6: Pan-American Olympic Qualification (Dallas, USA)
March 18-20: Asian Olympic Qualification (Astana, KAZ)
April 1-3: Africa/Oceania Olympic Qualification (Alger, ALG)
April 15-17: European Olympic Qualification (Zrenjanin, SRB)
April 22-24: First “Last-Chance” Qualification Tournament (Ulaanbaatar, MGL)
May 6-8: Second “Last-Chance” Qualification Tournament (Istanbul, TUR)
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