For the first time in Olympic history, United World Wrestling will seed the top eight wrestlers in each weight class.

Paris, (July 12) – For the first time, the top eight wrestlers in each weight category will be seeded at the Olympic Games. Wrestlers competing at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 Continental Championships, 2024 Zagreb Open Ranking Series and 2024 Hungarian Ranking Series events have earned points towards their seeds at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

UWW Ranking Rulebook

In addition to the seeded eight wrestlers, the remaining eight wrestlers, who are outside the 16-person bracket, will be randomly added to the bracket the day before each style begins in Paris.

The bracket will be structured as follows:

– The top side will include the No. 1, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 8 seeded wrestlers.
– On the bottom there will be No. 2, No. 3, No. 6 and No. 7 seeded wrestlers.

If the seeds remain correct until the finals, the bracket will be played as follows:

quarter finals:
– Top sides: No. 1 vs. No. 8; number 4 vs number 5
– Underside: No. 2 vs. No. 7; No. 3 vs. No. 6

Semifinals:
– Top sides: No. 1 vs. No. 4
– Underside: No. 2 vs. No. 3

Final:
– Number 1 vs Number 2

Here are the top eight seeded athletes in all three styles for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games:

free style
57 kg
No.1 Stevan Micic (SRB)
No. 2 Rie Higuchi (JPN)
No. 3 Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)
No. 4 Mirambek Cartbay (Kaz)
No. 5 Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)
No.6 Aman Aman (IND)
No.7 Wanhao Zoo (CHN)
No. 8 Gulomjon Abdulaev (UZB)

65 kg
No. 1 Vazgen Tevyanyan (ARM)
No. 2 Rahman Amouzad (IRI)
No. 3 Ismail Musukaev (Hun)
No. 4 Sebastian Rivera (PUR)
No. 5 Shamil Mamedov (AIN)
No. 6 Haji Aliyev (AZE)
No.7 Islam Dudev (ALB)
No. 8 Tulga Tumor Ochir (MGL)

74 kg
No. 1 Kyle Deck (USA)
No. 2 Turan Bayramov (AZ)
No. 3 Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)
No. 4 Daichi Takatani (JPN)
No.5 Feng Lu (CHN)
No. 6 Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)
No.7 BAKAR NDUM (GBS)
No. 8 Yones Emamichoghai

86 kg
No. 1 Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ)
No. 2 Hasan Yazdanicharati (IRI)
No. 3 Miles Amin (SMR)
No. 4 Javrail Shapiev (UZB)
No. 5 Magomed Ramazanov (BUL)
No.6 Bat Byambasuren (MGL)
No. 7 Daureen Kurugliv (GRE)
No. 8 Hayato Ishiguro (JPN)

97 kg
No. 1 Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE)
No. 2 Akhmed Tajhudinov (BRN)
No. 3 Kyle Snyder (USA)
No.4 IBRAHIM CIFTCI (TUR)
No. 5 Givi Macharashvili (GEO)
No. 6 Eric Thiele (GER)
No.7 Alisher Yergali (Kaz)
No. 8 Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)

125 kg
No.1 Ameer Zare (IRI)
No. 2 Geno Petriashvili (GEO)
No. 3 Mason Parris (USA)
No. 4 Taha Akgul (TUR)
No. 5 Daniel Ligety (HUN)
No. 6 Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZ)
No. 7 Robert Baran (POL)
No. 8 Zhiwei Deng (CHN)

women’s wrestling
50 kg
No. 1 Yui Susaki (JPN)
No. 2 Otgonjargal Dolgorzav (MGL)
No.3 Ziqi Feng (CHN)
No.4 Evin Demirhan (TUR)
No. 5 Alison Cardozo Rey (Colonel)
No. 6 Sarah Hildebrandt (USA)
No. 7 Maria Stadnik (AZ)
No. 8 Oksana Livach (UKR)

53 kg
No. 1 Lucia Yepez Guzman (ECU)
No. 2 Emma Malmgren (SWE)
No. 3 Akari Fujinami (JPN)
No.4 Antim (IND)
No. 5 Maria Prevolaraki (GRE)
No. 6 Christiana Ogunsanya (NGR)
No. 7 Qianyu Pang (CHN)
No. 8 Andrea Ana (ROU)

57 kg
No. 1 Tsugumi Sakurai (JPN)
No. 2 Anastasia Nichita (MDA)
No.3 Odunayo Adekuoroye (NGR)
No. 4 Angelina Lisak (POL)
No. 5 Helen Maroulis (USA)
No.6 Kexin Hong (CHN)
No. 7 Giulia Penalbar (BRA)
No. 8 Luis Valverde (ECU)

62 kg
No. 1 Aisulu Tynybekova (KGZ)
No. 2 Sakura Motoki (JPN)
No. 3 Grace Bullen (NOR)
No. 4 Irina Kolyadenko (UKR)
No. 5 Biliana Dudova (BUL)
No. 6 Luisa Nemesh (GER)
No. 7 Ana Godinez (CAN)
No. 8 Kayla Miracle (USA)

68 kg
No. 1 Bus Cavusoglu Tosun (TUR)
No.2 Delgerma Enkhsaikhan (MGL)
No. 3 Koumba Laroque (FRA)
No. 4 Irina Ringasi (MDA)
No. 5 Tetiana Sova Rizko (UKR)
No.6 Blessing Oborududu (NGR)
No. 7 Solemy Caraballo Hernandez (VEN)
No.8 Feng Zhou (CHN)

76 kg
No.1 Aiperi Medet KYZY (KGZ)
No. 2 Yuka Kagami (JPN)
No. 3 Tatiana Renteria (COL)
No. 4 Catalina Accente (ROU)
No. 5 Milamis Marin (Cubs)
No. 6 Hannah Reuben (NGR)
No. 7 Justina Di Stasio (Can)
No.8 Bernadette NAGY (HUN)

Greco Roman
60 kg
No. 1 Zholaman Sharshenbekov (KGZ)
No. 2 LIGUO CAO (CHN)
No. 3 Victor Ciobanu (MDA)
No. 4 Kenichiro Fumita (JPN)
No.5 Mehdi Mohsen Nejad (IRI)
No. 6 Islamjon Bakhramov (UZB)
No. 7 Raybar Rodriguez (VEN)
No.8 Razwan Arnaut (ROU)

67 kg
No. 1 Hasrat Jafarov (AZE)
No. 2 Luis Orta (Cubs)
No. 3 Slavik Galustyan (ARM)
Number 4 Mate Names (SRB)
No. 5 Amantur Ismailov (KGZ)
No.6 Mamadasa Silla (FRA)
No.7 Saeed Esmaili (IRI)
No. 8 Valentin Petić (MDA)

77 kg
No. 1 Nao Kusaka (JPN)
No. 2 Sanan Suleimanov (AZ)
No. 3 Akzhol Makhmudov (KGZ)
No.4 Malkhas Amoyan (ARM)
No. 5 Yosvanis Pena Flores (Cubs)
No. 6 Demeu Zadrayev (KAZ)
No. 7 Zoltan Levi (HUN)
No. 8 Aram Vardanyan (UZB)

87 kg
No. 1 Ali Cengiz (TUR)
No. 2 David Losonzi (HUN)
No. 3 Semen Novikov (BUL)
No. 4 Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)
No. 5 Nursultan Tursinov (Kaz)
No.6 Bachir Sid Azara (ALG)
No.7 Aleksandr Komarov (SRB)
No. 8 Carlos Munoz (COL)

97 kg
No. 1 Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
No.2 Abubakar Khaslaknau (AIN)
No.3 Mohammadhadi Sarawi (IRI)
No. 4 Gabriel Rosillo (Cubs)
No. 5 Artur Omarov (CZE)
No. 6 Arvi Savolainen (FIN)
No. 7 Mindaugas Venkaitis (LTU)
No. 8 Kevin Mejia (Hon.)

130 kg
No.1 Amin Mirzazadeh (IRI)
No. 2 Abdellatif Mohammed (EGY)
No.3 Lingze Meng(CHN)
No. 4 Elin Alexieu Ciurariu (ROU)
No. 5 Heiki Nabi (EST)
No. 6 Yasmani Acosta (CHI)
No. 7 Seungchan Lee (KOR)
No. 8 Adam Coon (USA)

Note: These seeds are subject to change. NOCs have up to 24 hours before the start of the competition to make changes to their entries.