What are the weight categories in wrestling?
Mia Phillips
Updated on May 02, 2026
The weight classes Men’s Freestyle: 57kg, 65kg, 74kg, 86kg, 97kg, 125kg. Women’s Freestyle: 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 62kg, 68kg, 76kg. Greco-Roman (Men’s): 60kg, 67kg, 77kg, 87kg, 97kg, 130kg.
What are the levels of wrestling?
Three are Olympic disciplines: Greco-Roman wrestling, men’s freestyle wrestling and female wrestling (i.e. women’s freestyle wrestling). The other three are amateur pankration, belt wrestling alysh and beach wrestling.
What wrestling category is Deepak Punia?
freestyle wrestler
Naib Subedar Deepak Punia, is an Indian freestyle wrestler and Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army who won a silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the freestyle 86 kg category and secured a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Which weight class is the hardest?
Ranking The Toughest UFC Weight Classes (2020)
- Light Heavyweight (205lb)
- Heavyweight (206-265 lb)
- Middleweight division (185lb)
- Strawweight (115lb)
- Bantamweight (135lb)
- Featherweight (145lb)
- Welterweight (170lb)
- Lightweight (155lb)
How tall are Olympic wrestlers?
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
| Age (years) | height (m) | |
|---|---|---|
| AVERAGE (all sports) | 26.8 | 1.77 |
| Wrestling (all) | 27.1 | 1.72 |
| Wrestling (females) | 26.1 | 1.65 |
| Wrestling (males) | 27.5 | 1.76 |
What is the heaviest weight class in wrestling?
The minimum weight is 205lb
How many weight classes are there in college wrestling?
There are currently eight weight classes that are contested in women’s collegiate wrestling: 105 lbs, 112 lbs, 121 lbs, 130 lbs, 139 lbs, 148 lbs, 159 lbs, 176 lbs.
How are wrestling weight classes determined?
The lowest weight class at which a wrestler may compete will be determined as follows: If the predicted weight, at 7% body fat, is exactly that of one of the weight classes, that weight shall be the wrestler’s minimum weight class. If the predicted weight falls between two weight classes the wrestler must wrestle at the higher weight class.
What is all weight classes for middle school wrestling?
Wrestling weight classes for middle (junior high) school in the United States vary from state to state and are not regulated by the NFHS. The weight classes regulated by the OHSAA are the following: 80 lbs 86 lbs
