2016 United States Olympic trials (wrestling)

The 2016 United States Olympic Team Trials for wrestling were held at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena of Iowa City, Iowa, on April 8–10, 2016.[1] This event determined the representative of the United States of America for the 2016 Summer Olympics at each Olympic weight class.[2]

2016 US Olympic Wrestling Team Trials
Host cityIowa City, Iowa, United States
DatesApril 8–10, 2016
StadiumCarver-Hawkeye Arena
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Tournament format

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  1. Challenge tournament (single elimination) – The first part of the trials determined who advanced over to the best–of–three finale and it took place in the first day of competition.
  2. Championship series (best-of-3 match final wrestle-off) – In the second part of the trials, the finals which determined the ultimate winner took place, in the second day of competition.[3]

Medal summary

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Men's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
57 kg   Daniel Dennis   Tony Ramos   Tyler Graff
65 kg   Frank Molinaro   Aaron Pico   Zain Retherford
74 kg   Jordan Burroughs   Andrew Howe   Alex Dieringer
86 kg   J'den Cox   Kyle Dake   David Taylor
97 kg   Kyle Snyder   Jake Varner   Dustin Kilgore
125 kg   Tervel Dlagnev   Zach Rey   Dom Bradley

Women's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg   Haley Augello   Victoria Anthony   Clarissa Chun
53 kg   Helen Maroulis   Whitney Conder   Katherine Fulp-Allen
58 kg   Kelsey Campbell   Alli Ragan   Randyll Beltz
63 kg   Elena Pirozhkova   Erin Clodgo   Mallory Velte
69 kg   Tamyra Mensah-Stock   Brittney Roberts   Randi Miller
76 kg   Adeline Gray   Victoria Francis   Forrest Molinari

Men's Greco–Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
59 kg   Ildar Hafizov   Jesse Thielke   Ryan Mango
66 kg   RaVaughn Perkins   Pat Smith   Alejandro Sancho
75 kg   Geordan Speiller   Cheney Haight   Corey Hope
85 kg   Ben Provisor   Jake Clark   Hayden Zillmer
98 kg   Joe Rau   Caylor Williams   G'Angelo Hancock
130 kg   Robby Smith   Adam Coon   Toby Erickson

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References

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  1. ^ Guillotine1 (2016-04-07). "2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials". The Guillotine. Retrieved 2021-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "US Olympic wrestling trials 2020: Preview". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. ^ Goodwin, Cody. "2020 Tokyo Olympics: Kyle Snyder wins silver, final Team USA results for Olympic wrestling". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  4. ^ Warsinskey, Tim (2016-04-10). "Olympic Wrestling Trials 2016 results (photos)". The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2021-08-18.