| 2012 Olympic Games - London Single Elimination with Repechage Bracketing |
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| If you are new to watching Olympic Wrestling, you are likely to be confused about the type of bracket used to determine the Olympic Champion. Included on this page are links to two brackets from the 2008 Olympic Games. The 55kg Freestyle, shows Henry Cejudo’s path to the Gold Medal, and the 96kg Greco-Roman, showing Adam Wheeler’s road to the Bronze Medal. It is important to know that brackets are drawn and not seeded, making it entirely possible that two top athletes will meet early in the competition. Single Elimination and Repechage (a practice that allows participants who lose, prior to the finals, to be brought back into the tournament) are used at the Olympic Games. Repechage (a bracketing system which literally means “re-fishing”), addresses the possibility of two top competitors meeting in an early round, allowing the loser a chance to compete for a bronze medal. The single-elimination section of the bracket is used to determine the two athletes who will compete in the final match for first and second place. The repechage section of the bracket is built by selecting all of the athletes who were knocked out by the finalists and building brackets to determine third place. Anyone who loses to the first or second place competitors will be moved to the lower bracket in the order that they lost. The Semi-Final losers drop directly into the Bronze Medal Matches. |
| 2008 Olympic Bracket 55kg Freestyle - Henry Cejudo |
| 2008 Olympic Bracket Bronze 96kg Greco - Adam Wheeler |
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| Wrestling Brackets for the 2012 London Olympic Games |