2010 Commonwealth Games, Wrestling


Wrestling is one of the optional sports which have been recognized at the Commonwealth Games. Wrestling involves many styles like the Free-Style and Greco-Roman. It featured for the first time at the Commonwealth Games of 1930.

his particular sport event has seen a considerable rise in the number of nations participating in it. It had increased from 3 to 17 countries in the year 2002.

Wrestling did not appear at the Commonwealth Games of 2006 but has made a return at the Commonwealth Games of 2010 to be held in Delhi, India. Some of the best wrestlers from all parts of the world were a part of this exciting event.

The various categories in wrestling are as follows.

Free Style & Greco Roman

  • 55kg
  • 60kg
  • 66kg
  • 74kg
  • 84kg
  • 96kg
  • 120kg
7 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals were at stake for the wrestling event. The wrestling sport event was scheduled to take place at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex from the 5th to 10th October, 2010. The training grounds for this purpose were Games Village, Sri Ram College of Commerce for Women and Ludlow Castle. Wrestling was also a part of the Pune 2008 "Commonwealth Youth Games". With some brilliant wrestlers, who performed wonderfully well at the "Beijing Olympic", India's performance was phenomenal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Below is a list of the results of the wrestling event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Wrestling - Freestyle

Event Men Position Country
Freestyle - 120kg Arjan Bhullar 1 - Gold Canada
Freestyle - 55kg Azhar Hussain 1 - Gold Pakistan
Freestyle - 60kg Yogeshwar Dutt 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 66kg Sushil Kumar 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 74kg Narsingh Pancham YADAV 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 84kg Muhammad Inam 1 - Gold Pakistan
Freestyle - 96kg Sinivie Boltic 1 - Gold Nigeria


Event Women Position Country
Freestyle - 48 kg Carol Huynh 1 - Gold Canada
Freestyle - 51 kg Ifeoma Christiana Nwoye 1 - Gold Nigeria
Freestyle - 55 kg Geeta 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 59 kg Alka Tomar 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 63 kg Justine Bouchard 1 - Gold Canada
Freestyle - 67 kg Anita 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 72 kg Ohenewa Akuffo 1 - Gold Canada


Wrestling Greco Roman

Event Men Position Country
Freestyle - 120kg Ivan Popov 1 - Gold Australia
Freestyle - 55kg Rajender Kumar 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 60kg Ravinder Singh 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 66kg Myroslav Dykun 1 - Gold England
Freestyle - 74kg Sanjay 1 - Gold India
Freestyle - 84kg Efionayi Joe Agbonavbare 1 - Gold Nigeria
Freestyle - 96kg Anil Kumar 1 - Gold India


Last Updated on : 26 October 2010