2024 Olympic Wrestling Rankings

65 kg - Ismail Musukaev

Ismail Musukaev takes the top spot after winning the 2023 World Championships. There, Musukaev had an incredible run to gold defeating Shamil Mamedov, Rahman Amouzad, Takuto Otoguro, and Sebastian Rivera.

Shamil Mamedov comes in at #2 after winning bronze at worlds and defeating 2022 World Champion Rahman Amouzad. Though Amouzad failed to place, his wins over Musukaev, Haji Aliyev, and Yianni Diakomihalis at 2022 Worlds give him the resume to move up to #3.

Though Sebastian Rivera won silver at 2023 worlds and defeated Vazgen Tevanyan to make the finals, he also just recently lost to Tevanyan at the Zagreb Open in January. For that reason, Tevanyan moves above Rivera in the rankings. 

Note that this is only a ranking of countries that have already qualified for the Olympics. There are still 11 more spots at each weight - 2 at the Pan-Am Qualifier (February 28-March 1), the African Qualifier (March 22-24), the European Qualifier (April 5-7), the Asian Qualifier (April 19-21),  and the World Olympic Games Qualifier (May 9-12). Once those qualifications are earned, the rankings will be updated.

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