The 2024 Paris Olympics took place in Men's Freestyle Wrestling from August 8-11. Check out the below article to see the final standings and a full breakdown of the team race.

Iran Narrowly Defeats Japan For Team Title

Iran won 4 medals and took the team title over Japan with a 5-point team victory - 83-78. Iran's team points came from silver medals by Rahman Amouzad (65 kg), Hassan Yazdani (86 kg), Amir Zare (125 kg), and a bronze medal from Amirali Azarpira (97 kg). Because of how the tournament was wrestled, Azarpira's bronze medal win over Kyle Snyder is the match that clinched the title for Iran.

Though Japan finished in second, they put together an incredible tournament with two golds from Rei Higuchi (57 kg) and Kotaro Kiyooka (65 kg) along with a silver by Daichi Takatani (74 kg). They also picked up valuable team points by Hayato Ishiguro at 86 kg who finished in 7th place.

Team USA came away from Paris with 3 medals - Spencer Lee (silver at 57 kg), Kyle Dake (bronze at 74 kg), and Aaron Brooks (bronze at 86 kg). Kyle Snyder fell just short of a medal after losing 4-1 to Azarpira in the bronze medal match. Neither Zain Retherford (65 kg) or Mason Parris (125) scored any significant points for Team USA after going 0-1 in their respective tournaments. 

Final Team Standings

Team points are calculated according to UWW’s top 10 placement points for world championship team scoring: 25, 20, 15, 15, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. At this point, only wrestlers who made the semifinals and finals at 68 kg have earned team points.