2016 in combat sports

2016 Summer Olympics (AIBA)

 * August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro
 * Men
 * Men's Light Flyweight: 🇺🇿 Hasanboy Dusmatov;  🇨🇴 Yuberjén Martínez;  🇨🇺 Joahnys Argilagos;  🇺🇸 Nico Hernández
 * Men's Flyweight: 🇺🇿 Shakhobidin Zoirov;  🇷🇺 Mikhail Aloyan;  🇻🇪 Yoel Finol;  🇨🇳 Hu Jianguan
 * Men's Bantamweight: 🇨🇺 Robeisy Ramírez;  🇺🇸 Shakur Stevenson;  🇷🇺 Vladimir Nikitin;  🇺🇿 Murodjon Akhmadaliev
 * Men's Lightweight: 🇧🇷 Robson Conceição;  🇫🇷 Sofiane Oumiha;  🇨🇺 Lázaro Álvarez;   Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai
 * Men's Light Welterweight: 🇺🇿 Fazliddin Gaibnazarov;  🇦🇿 Lorenzo Sotomayor;  🇷🇺 Vitaly Dunaytsev;  🇩🇪 Artem Harutyunyan
 * Men's Welterweight: 🇰🇿 Daniyar Yeleussinov;  🇺🇿 Shakhram Giyasov;  🇲🇦 Mohammed Rabii;  🇫🇷 Souleymane Cissokho
 * Men's Middleweight: 🇨🇺 Arlen López;  🇺🇿 Bektemir Melikuziev;  🇲🇽 Misael Rodríguez;  🇦🇿 Kamran Shakhsuvarly
 * Men's Light Heavyweight: 🇨🇺 Julio César La Cruz;  🇰🇿 Adilbek Niyazymbetov;  🇫🇷 Mathieu Bauderlique;  🇬🇧 Joshua Buatsi
 * Men's Heavyweight: 🇷🇺 Evgeny Tishchenko;  🇰🇿 Vassiliy Levit;  🇺🇿 Rustam Tulaganov;  🇨🇺 Erislandy Savón
 * Men's Super Heavyweight: 🇫🇷 Tony Yoka;  🇬🇧 Joe Joyce;   Filip Hrgović;  🇰🇿 Ivan Dychko
 * Women
 * Women's Flyweight: 🇬🇧 Nicola Adams;  🇫🇷 Sarah Ourahmoune;  🇨🇳 Ren Cancan;  🇨🇴 Ingrit Valencia
 * Women's Lightweight: 🇫🇷 Estelle Mossely;  🇨🇳 Yin Junhua;  🇫🇮 Mira Potkonen;  🇷🇺 Anastasia Belyakova
 * Women's Middleweight: 🇺🇸 Claressa Shields;   Nouchka Fontijn;  🇰🇿 Dariga Shakimova;  🇨🇳 Li Qian

World and continental boxing championships

 * March 11 – 19: 2016 AIBA American Continental Championships in 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires
 * The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 11 – 19: 2016 AIBA African Continental Championships in 🇨🇲 Yaoundé
 * 🇲🇦 won the gold medal tally. Morocco and won 7 overall medals each.
 * March 25 – April 2: 2016 AIBA Asia/Oceania Continental Championships in 🇨🇳 Qian'an, Hebei
 * 🇺🇿 won the gold medal tally. 🇨🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * April 9 – 17: 2016 AIBA European Continental Championships in 🇹🇷 Samsun
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 19 – 27: 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in 🇰🇿 Astana
 * 🇰🇿 won the gold medal tally. Kazakhstan and 🇨🇳 won 6 overall medals each.
 * June 14 – 26: AIBA's Final World Olympic Qualification Event in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * 🇦🇿 won the gold medal tally. The 🇺🇸 and 🇮🇳 won 3 overall medals each.
 * July 3 – 8: AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) / WSB Olympic Qualification Tournament 2016 in 🇻🇪 Vargas
 * Men's 49 kg winner: 🇲🇽 Joselito Velazquez Altamirano
 * Men's 52 kg winner: 🇻🇪 Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas
 * Men's 56 kg winner:
 * Men's 60 kg winner: 🇲🇽 Lindolfo Delgado Garza
 * Men's 64 kg winner: 🇦🇲 Hovhannes Bachkov
 * Men's 69 kg winner: 🇲🇽 Juan Pablo Romero Marin
 * Men's 75 kg winner: 🇪🇨 Marlo Delgado
 * Men's 81 kg winner: 🇨🇴 Juan Carlos Carrillo Palacio
 * Men's 91 kg winner: 🇪🇨 Julio Castillo
 * Men's +91 kg winner: 🇻🇪 Edgar Muñoz
 * October 3 – 8: 2016 World University Boxing Championships in 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai
 * 🇹🇭 won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * November 14 – 26: 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg
 * 🇨🇺 and the 🇺🇸 won 2 gold medals each. Cuba, the United States, 🇰🇿, and 🇺🇿 won 4 overall medals each.

Fencing

 * September 19, 2015 – August 14, 2016: 2015–16 FIE Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (FIE)

 * August 6 – 14: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
 * Men's individual épée: 🇰🇷 Park Sang-young;  🇭🇺 Géza Imre;  🇫🇷 Gauthier Grumier
 * Men's individual foil: 🇮🇹 Daniele Garozzo;  🇺🇸 Alexander Massialas;  🇷🇺 Timur Safin
 * Men's individual sabre: 🇭🇺 Áron Szilágyi;  🇺🇸 Daryl Homer;  🇰🇷 Kim Jung-hwan
 * Women's individual épée: 🇭🇺 Emese Szász;  🇮🇹 Rossella Fiamingo;  🇨🇳 Sun Yiwen
 * Women's individual foil: 🇷🇺 Inna Deriglazova;  🇮🇹 Elisa Di Francisca;  🇹🇳 Inès Boubakri
 * Women's individual sabre: 🇷🇺 Yana Egorian;  🇷🇺 Sofiya Velikaya;  🇺🇦 Olha Kharlan
 * Men's team épée: ;  ;
 * Men's team foil: ;  ;
 * Women's team épée: ;  ;
 * Women's team sabre: ;  ;

International fencing championships

 * April 1 – 10: 2016 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships in 🇫🇷 Bourges


 * Junior: 🇫🇷 and 🇷🇺 won 3 gold medals each. Russia and 🇮🇹 won 9 overall medals each.
 * Cadet: 🇮🇹 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 13 – 18: 2016 Asian Fencing Championships in 🇨🇳 Wuxi
 * 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 15 – 19: 2016 African Fencing Championships in Algiers


 * 🇹🇳 won the gold medal tally. Tunisia and 🇪🇬 won 13 overall medals each.
 * April 25 – 27: 2016 World Fencing Championships in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
 * Men's team sabre winners: 🇷🇺
 * Women's team foil winners: 🇷🇺
 * June 20 – 25: 2016 European Fencing Championships in 🇵🇱 Toruń


 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 20 – 26: 2016 Pan American Fencing Championships in 🇵🇦 Panama City


 * The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2015–16 Fencing Grand Prix

 * Épée Grand Prix
 * December 4 – 6, 2015: Qatari Grand Prix in 🇶🇦 Doha
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇷🇺 Vadim Anokhin
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇮🇹 Mara Navarria
 * March 18 – 20: Hungarian Grand Prix in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇫🇷 Gauthier Grumier
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇨🇳 Xu Anqi
 * April 22 – 24: Brazilian Grand Prix in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇺🇦 Bohdan Nikishyn
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇷🇺 Tatiana Logunova
 * Foil Grand Prix
 * November 27 – 29, 2015: Italian Grand Prix in 🇮🇹 Turin
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇨🇳 Ma Jianfei
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇮🇹 Alice Volpi
 * March 11 – 13: Cuban Grand Prix in 🇨🇺 Havana
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇬🇧 Richard Kruse
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇮🇹 Arianna Errigo
 * June 3 – 5: Chinese Grand Prix in 🇨🇳 Shanghai
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇺🇸 Alexander Massialas
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇮🇹 Arianna Errigo
 * Sabre Grand Prix
 * December 12 & 13, 2015: American Grand Prix in 🇺🇸 Boston
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇮🇹 Aldo Montano
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇨🇳 Shen Chen
 * March 25 & 26: Korean Grand Prix in 🇰🇷 Seoul
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇺🇸 Eli Dershwitz
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇷🇺 Yana Egorian
 * May 27 – 29: Russian Grand Prix in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * Men's Individual winner: 🇰🇷 Kim Jung-hwan
 * Women's Individual winner: 🇺🇦 Olha Kharlan

2015–16 Fencing World Cup

 * Men's Épée World Cup
 * October 23 – 25, 2015: Swiss World Cup in Bern
 * Individual: Bas Verwijlen
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * November 13 – 15, 2015: Estonian World Cup in 🇪🇪 Tallinn
 * Individual: 🇯🇵 Kazuyasu Minobe
 * Team: 🇫🇷
 * January 21 – 23: German Épée World Cup in 🇩🇪 Heidenheim an der Brenz
 * Individual: 🇫🇷 Gauthier Grumier
 * Team: 🇮🇹
 * February 12 – 14: Canadian World Cup in 🇨🇦 Vancouver
 * Individual: 🇮🇹 Enrico Garozzo
 * Team: 🇭🇺
 * May 20 – 22: French Épée World Cup in 🇫🇷 Paris
 * Individual: 🇫🇷 Gauthier Grumier
 * Team: 🇺🇦
 * Women's Épée World Cup
 * October 23 – 25, 2015: Italian Épée World Cup #1 in 🇮🇹 Legnano
 * Individual: 🇨🇳 SUN Yiwen
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * November 13 – 15, 2015: Chinese Épée World Cup in 🇨🇳 Nanjing
 * Individual: 🇷🇴 Ana Maria Brânză
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * January 22 – 24: Spanish Épée World Cup in 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * Individual: 🇮🇹 Mara Navarria
 * Team: 🇪🇪
 * February 12 – 14: Argentinian World Cup in 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires
 * Individual: 🇷🇺 Violetta Kolobova
 * Team: 🇷🇴
 * May 20 – 22: Italian Épée World Cup #2 in 🇮🇹 Legnano
 * Individual: 🇪🇪 Erika Kirpu
 * Team: 🇨🇳
 * Men's Foil World Cup
 * October 16 – 18, 2015: American World Cup in 🇺🇸 San Jose, California
 * Individual: 🇷🇺 Timur Safin
 * Team: 🇫🇷
 * November 6 – 8, 2015: Japanese World Cup in 🇯🇵 Tokyo
 * Individual: 🇺🇸 Alexander Massialas
 * Team: 🇺🇸
 * January 15 – 17: French Men's Foil World Cup in 🇫🇷 Paris
 * Individual: 🇺🇸 Race Imboden
 * Team: 🇺🇸
 * February 5 – 7: German Men's Foil World Cup in 🇩🇪 Bonn
 * Individual: 🇬🇧 James Davis
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * May 13 – 15: Russian World Cup in 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg
 * Individual: 🇷🇺 Dmitry Zherebchenko
 * Team: 🇮🇹
 * Women's Foil World Cup
 * October 16 – 18, 2015: Mexican World Cup in 🇲🇽 Cancún
 * Individual: 🇫🇷 Ysaora Thibus
 * Team: 🇮🇹
 * November 6 – 8, 2015: French Women's Foil World Cup in 🇫🇷 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
 * Individual: 🇮🇹 Arianna Errigo
 * Team: 🇮🇹
 * January 15 – 17: Polish Foil World Cup in 🇵🇱 Gdańsk
 * Individual: 🇮🇹 Arianna Errigo
 * Team: 🇮🇹
 * February 5 – 7: Algerian World Cup in Algiers
 * Individual: 🇮🇹 Elisa Di Francisca
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * May 20 – 22: German Women's Foil World Cup in 🇩🇪 Tauberbischofsheim
 * Individual: 🇷🇺 Inna Deriglazova
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * Men's Sabre World Cup
 * October 9 – 11, 2015: Georgian World Cup in Tbilisi
 * Individual: 🇷🇺 Aleksey Yakimenko
 * Team: 🇺🇸
 * October 30 – November 1, 2015: Hungarian World Cup in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * Individual: 🇷🇺 Aleksey Yakimenko
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * January 29 – 31: Italian Sabre World Cup in 🇮🇹 Padua
 * Individual: 🇮🇹 Aldo Montano
 * Team: 🇭🇺
 * February 19 – 21: Polish Sabre World Cup in 🇵🇱 Warsaw
 * Individual: 🇰🇷 Gu Bon-gil
 * Team: 🇺🇸
 * May 13 – 15: Spanish Sabre World Cup in 🇪🇸 Madrid
 * Individual: 🇫🇷 Vincent Anstett
 * Team: 🇩🇪
 * Women's Sabre World Cup
 * October 9 – 11, 2015: Venezuelan World Cup in 🇻🇪 Caracas
 * Individual: 🇺🇸 Mariel Zagunis
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * October 30 – November 1, 2015: French Sabre World Cup in 🇫🇷 Orléans
 * Individual: 🇷🇺 Yana Egorian
 * Team: 🇺🇦
 * January 29 – 31: Greek World Cup in Athens
 * Individual: 🇺🇸 Mariel Zagunis
 * Team: 🇺🇦
 * February 19 – 21: Belgian World Cup in 🇧🇪 Ghent
 * Individual: 🇺🇦 Olha Kharlan
 * Team: 🇷🇺
 * May 13 – 15: Chinese Sabre World Cup in 🇨🇳 Foshan
 * Individual: 🇺🇦 Olha Kharlan
 * Team: 🇫🇷

2016 Summer Olympics (IJF)

 * March 8 & 9: Aquece Rio International Judo Tournament 2016 in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
 * Men's U66 winner: 🇯🇵 Joshiro Maruyama
 * Men's U81 winner: 🇧🇷 Eduardo Yudi Santos
 * Women's U52 winner: 🇯🇵 Chishima Maeda
 * Women's U63 winner: 🇯🇵 Kaho Yonezawa
 * August 6 – 12: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
 * Men
 * Men's 60 kg: 🇷🇺 Beslan Mudranov;  🇰🇿 Yeldos Smetov;  🇯🇵 Naohisa Takato;  🇺🇿 Diyorbek Urozboev
 * Men's 66 kg: 🇮🇹 Fabio Basile;  🇰🇷 An Baul;  🇺🇿 Rishod Sobirov;  🇯🇵 Masashi Ebinuma
 * Men's 73 kg: 🇯🇵 Shohei Ono;  🇦🇿 Rustam Orujov;   Lasha Shavdatuashvili;  🇧🇪 Dirk Van Tichelt
 * Men's 81 kg: 🇷🇺 Khasan Khalmurzaev;  🇺🇸 Travis Stevens;   Sergiu Toma;  🇯🇵 Takanori Nagase
 * Men's 90 kg: 🇯🇵 Mashu Baker;   Varlam Liparteliani;  🇰🇷 Gwak Dong-han;  🇨🇳 Cheng Xunzhao
 * Men's 100 kg: 🇨🇿 Lukáš Krpálek;  🇦🇿 Elmar Gasimov;  🇫🇷 Cyrille Maret;  🇯🇵 Ryunosuke Haga
 * Men's +100 kg: 🇫🇷 Teddy Riner;  🇯🇵 Hisayoshi Harasawa;  🇧🇷 Rafael Silva;  🇮🇱 Or Sasson
 * Women
 * Women's 48 kg: 🇦🇷 Paula Pareto;  🇰🇷 Jeong Bo-kyeong;  🇯🇵 Ami Kondo;  🇰🇿 Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg
 * Women's 52 kg:  Majlinda Kelmendi;  🇮🇹 Odette Giuffrida;  🇯🇵 Misato Nakamura;  🇷🇺 Natalia Kuziutina
 * Women's 57 kg: 🇧🇷 Rafaela Silva;   Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa;   Telma Monteiro;  🇯🇵 Kaori Matsumoto
 * Women's 63 kg:  Tina Trstenjak;  🇫🇷 Clarisse Agbegnenou;  🇮🇱 Yarden Gerbi;   Anicka van Emden
 * Women's 70 kg: 🇯🇵 Haruka Tachimoto;  🇨🇴 Yuri Alvear;  🇬🇧 Sally Conway;  🇩🇪 Laura Vargas Koch
 * Women's 78 kg: 🇺🇸 Kayla Harrison;  🇫🇷 Audrey Tcheuméo;  🇧🇷 Mayra Aguiar;   Anamari Velenšek
 * Women's +78 kg: 🇫🇷 Émilie Andéol;  🇨🇺 Idalys Ortiz;  🇯🇵 Kanae Yamabe;  🇨🇳 Yu Song

International judo events

 * April 8 – 10: 2016 African Judo Championships in 🇹🇳 Tunis
 * 🇹🇳 won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * April 8 – 10: 2016 Oceania Judo Championships in 🇦🇺 Canberra
 * Seniors: 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet: 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior: 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 15 – 17: 2016 Asian Judo Championships in 🇺🇿 Tashkent
 * 🇯🇵 and won 4 gold and 11 overall medals each.
 * April 21 – 24: 2016 European Judo Championships in 🇷🇺 Kazan
 * 🇫🇷 won the gold medal tally. France and won 7 overall medals each.
 * April 29 & 30: 2016 Pan American Judo Championships in 🇨🇺 Havana
 * 🇧🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 27 – 29: 2016 Judo World Masters in 🇲🇽 Guadalajara
 * 🇯🇵 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 3 & 4: 2016 Asian Open in Taipei
 * 🇯🇵 won the gold medal tally. 🇰🇷 won the overall medal tally.

Judo Grand Slam

 * February 6 & 7: Grand Slam #1 in 🇫🇷 Paris
 * 🇯🇵 won the gold medal tally. Japan and 🇫🇷 won 9 overall medals each.
 * May 6 – 8: Grand Slam #2 in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * 🇯🇵 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 16 & 17: Grand Slam #3 in 🇷🇺 Tyumen
 * 🇯🇵 won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * October 28 – 30: Grand Slam #4 in Abu Dhabi
 * 🇫🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇧🇷 won the overall medal tally.
 * December 2 – 4: Grand Slam #5 (final) in 🇯🇵 Tokyo
 * 🇯🇵 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Judo Grand Prix

 * January 22 – 24: Grand Prix #1 in 🇨🇺 Havana
 * 🇷🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇭🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * February 19 & 20: Grand Prix #2 in 🇩🇪 Düsseldorf
 * 🇯🇵 and 🇰🇷 won 3 gold medals each. South Korea won the overall medal tally.
 * March 25 – 27: Grand Prix #3 in Tbilisi
 * The won the gold medal tally.  won the overall medal tally.
 * April 1 – 4: Grand Prix #4 in 🇹🇷 Samsun
 * 🇫🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 13 – 15: Grand Prix #5 in 🇰🇿 Almaty
 * 🇫🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇰🇿 won the overall medal tally.
 * June 25 & 26: Grand Prix #6 in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * 🇯🇵 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 1 – 3: Grand Prix #7 in Ulaanbaatar
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 23 – 25: Grand Prix #8 in Zagreb
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 6 – 8: Grand Prix #9 in 🇺🇿 Tashkent
 * 🇺🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 18 – 20: Grand Prix #10 (final) in 🇨🇳 Qingdao
 * 🇷🇺 and 🇯🇵 won 4 gold medals each. 🇨🇳 won the overall medal tally.

European Judo Union (EJU)

 * January 30 – October 30: 2016 EJU Open and Cup events

EJU Open

 * January 30 & 31: EJU Open #1 in 🇧🇬 Sofia
 * 🇷🇺 and won 2 gold medals each. 🇧🇾 won the overall medal tally.
 * February 13 & 14: EJU Open #2 in 🇦🇹 Oberwart (men only)
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇧🇷 won the overall medal tally.
 * February 13 & 14: EJU Open #3 in 🇮🇹 Rome (women only)
 * Seven different nations won a gold medal each. 🇨🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * February 27 & 28: EJU Open #4 in 🇨🇿 Prague (men only)
 * The 🇨🇿 won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * February 27 & 28: EJU Open #5 in 🇵🇱 Warsaw (women only)
 * 🇵🇱 won the gold medal tally. and 🇷🇺 won 5 overall medals each.
 * June 4 & 5: EJU Open #6 in 🇪🇸 Madrid
 * 🇷🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇫🇷 won the overall medal tally.
 * September 10 & 11: EJU Open #7 in 🇪🇪 Tallinn
 * 🇧🇷 and 🇩🇪 won 2 gold medals each. 🇵🇱 won the overall medal tally.
 * October 15 & 16: EJU Open #8 (final) in 🇬🇧 Glasgow
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇫🇷 won the overall medal tally.

EJU Cup

 * March 5 & 6: EJU Cup #1 in Uster
 * 🇩🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 19 & 20: EJU Cup #2 in 🇧🇦 Sarajevo
 * Five different nations won 2 gold medals each. 🇹🇷 won the overall medal tally.
 * April 2 & 3: EJU Cup #3 in Dubrovnik
 * won the gold medal tally. Croatia and 🇫🇷 won 9 overall medals each.
 * May 14 & 15: EJU Cup #4 in 🇷🇺 Orenburg
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 11 & 12: EJU Cup #5 in Celje-Podčetrtek
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 9 & 10: EJU Cup #6 in 🇸🇰 Bratislava
 * 🇩🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 27 & 28: EJU Cup #7 in 🇩🇪 Saarbrücken
 * 🇩🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 1 & 2: EJU Cup #8 in 🇫🇮 Tampere
 * 🇫🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 8 & 9: EJU Cup #9 in 🇷🇸 Belgrade
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 29 & 30: EJU Cup #10 (final) in 🇪🇸 Málaga
 * 🇫🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Pan American Judo Confederation (CPJ)

 * March 5 & 6: CPJ Open #1 in 🇵🇪 Lima
 * 🇧🇷 and 🇷🇺 won 2 gold medals each. Brazil won the overall medal tally.
 * March 12 & 13: CPJ Open #2 in 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires
 * 🇨🇺 and 🇷🇺 won 3 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
 * March 19 & 20: CPJ Open #3 in Santiago
 * 🇫🇷 won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * July 2 & 3: CPJ Open #4 (final) in San Salvador
 * The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

African Judo Union (AJU)

 * January 16 & 17: AJU Open #1 in 🇹🇳 Tunis


 * 🇫🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 12 & 13: AJU Open #2 (final) in 🇲🇦 Casablanca
 * 14 nations won a gold medal each. 🇫🇷 won the overall medal tally.

Taekwondo

 * January 16 – TBD: 2016 WTF Calendar of Events

2016 Summer Olympics (WTF)

 * February 20 & 21: Aquece Rio International Taekwondo Tournament 2016 in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
 * Four different nations won a gold medal each. won the overall medal tally.
 * August 17 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
 * Men
 * Men's 58 kg: 🇨🇳 Zhao Shuai;  🇹🇭 Tawin Hanprab;  🇩🇴 Luisito Pie;  🇰🇷 Kim Tae-hun
 * Men's 68 kg: 🇯🇴 Ahmad Abughaush;  🇷🇺 Alexey Denisenko;  🇰🇷 Lee Dae-hoon;  🇪🇸 Joel González
 * Men's 80 kg: 🇨🇮 Cheick Sallah Cisse;  🇬🇧 Lutalo Muhammad;  🇦🇿 Milad Beigi;  🇹🇳 Oussama Oueslati
 * Men's +80 kg: 🇦🇿 Radik Isayev;   Abdoul Razak Issoufou;  🇧🇷 Maicon de Andrade;  🇰🇷 Cha Dong-min
 * Women
 * Women's 49 kg: 🇰🇷 Kim So-hui;  🇷🇸 Tijana Bogdanović;  🇦🇿 Patimat Abakarova;  🇹🇭 Panipak Wongpattanakit
 * Women's 57 kg: 🇬🇧 Jade Jones;  🇪🇸 Eva Calvo;   Kimia Alizadeh;  🇪🇬 Hedaya Malak
 * Women's 67 kg: 🇰🇷 Oh Hye-ri;  🇫🇷 Haby Niaré;  🇨🇮 Ruth Gbagbi;  🇹🇷 Nur Tatar
 * Women's +67 kg: 🇨🇳 Zheng Shuyin;  🇲🇽 María Espinoza;  🇬🇧 Bianca Walkden;  🇺🇸 Jackie Galloway

International taekwondo championships

 * January 16 & 17: 2016 WTF European Olympic Qualification Tournament in 🇹🇷 Istanbul
 * 🇦🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * February 6 & 7: 2016 WTF African Olympic Qualification Tournament in 🇲🇦 Agadir
 * 🇨🇮, 🇲🇦, and 🇹🇳 won 2 gold medals each. Morocco and Tunisia won 3 overall medals each.
 * February 18 – 20: 2016 Asian Club Taekwondo Championships in Dubai
 * Men's winners: Shahrdari Varamin
 * Women's winners: Team Kan
 * February 27: 2016 WTF Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in 🇵🇬 Port Moresby
 * Men's 58 kg winner: 🇦🇺 Safwan Khalil
 * Men's 68 kg winner: 🇵🇬 Maxemillion Kassman
 * Men's 80 kg winner: 🇦🇺 Hayder Shkara
 * Men's +80 kg winner: 🇹🇴 Pita Taufatofua
 * Women's 49 kg winner: 🇳🇿 Andrea Kilday
 * Women's 57 kg winner: 🇦🇺 Caroline Marton
 * Women's 67 kg winner: 🇦🇺 Carmen Marton
 * Women's +67 kg winner: 🇵🇬 Samantha Kassman
 * March 10 & 11: 2016 WTF Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in 🇲🇽 Aguascalientes City
 * The 🇩🇴 and the 🇺🇸 won 2 gold medals each. The Dominican Republic, 🇨🇴, and 🇨🇺 won 4 overall medals each.
 * April 7 – 9: 2016 World Taekwondo President's Cup (European Region) in 🇩🇪 Bonn (debut event)
 * 🇹🇷 won the gold medal tally., 🇷🇺, and Turkey won 9 overall medals each.
 * April 16 & 17: 2016 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Pasay
 * 🇨🇳 won the gold medal tally. 🇯🇴, 🇹🇭, and won 3 overall medals each.
 * April 19 & 20: 2016 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Pasay
 * Men: and 🇰🇷 won 3 gold medals each. Iran won the overall medal tally.
 * Women: 🇰🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 19 – 22: 2016 European Taekwondo Championships in Montreux
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * May 20 & 21: 2016 African Taekwondo Championships in 🇪🇬 Port Said
 * Men's 58 kg winner: Yousef Shriha
 * Men's 68 kg winner: 🇪🇬 Ghofran Zaki
 * Men's 87 kg winner: 🇹🇳 Yassine Trabelsi
 * Men's +87 kg winner: Abdoul Issoufou
 * Women's 49 kg winner: 🇪🇬 Nour Abdelsalam
 * Women's 57 kg winner: 🇪🇬 Hedaya Malak
 * Women's 67 kg winner: 🇪🇬 Seham El-Sawalhy
 * Women's 73 kg winner: 🇪🇬 Maisoun Farouk
 * June 10 – 11: 2016 Pan American Taekwondo Championships in 🇲🇽 Querétaro City
 * 🇲🇽 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 16 & 17: 2016 WTF President's Cup (Oceania Region) in 🇦🇺 Canberra
 * 🇰🇷 won all the gold medals here. South Korea also won the overall medal tally.
 * July 23 & 24: 2016 WTF World Beach Taekwondo Championships in Bali (debut event)
 * Event cancelled, due to financial problems.
 * September 29 – October 2: 2016 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships 🇵🇪 Lima
 * 🇰🇷 won the gold medal tally. The 🇺🇸 won the overall medal tally.
 * October 28 – 30: 2016 WTF President's Cup (Pan American) in 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon
 * 🇨🇦 won the gold medal tally. The 🇺🇸 won the overall medal tally.
 * November 16 – 20: 2016 WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships in 🇨🇦 Burnaby
 * 🇰🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * November 26 – 28: 2016 WTF Oceania Taekwondo Championships in Suva
 * 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * December 9 & 10: 2016 WTF Grand Prix Final in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇰🇷 and 🇷🇺 won 5 overall medals each.
 * December 12 & 13: 2016 WTF World Taekwondo Team Championships in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * Men: 🇦🇿; Women: 🇨🇳; Mixed: 🇰🇷

WTF Open

 * February 2 – 7: 2016 United States Open in 🇺🇸 Reno, Nevada
 * 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * February 11 – 14: 2016 Canada Open in 🇨🇦 Montreal
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇨🇦 won the overall medal tally.
 * February 12 – 14: 2016 Turkish Open in 🇹🇷 Belek
 * 🇹🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * February 23 – 25: 2016 Fujairah Open in the
 * 🇪🇬,, 🇳🇴, and 🇹🇭 won 2 gold medals each. 🇰🇿 won the overall medal tally.
 * March 4 – 6: 2016 Luxor Open in 🇪🇬
 * 🇧🇪 won the gold medal tally. 🇪🇬 and 🇩🇪 won 7 overall medals each.
 * March 11 – 13: 2016 Dutch Open in Eindhoven
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 12 & 13: 2016 Mexican Open in 🇲🇽 Aguascalientes City
 * 🇨🇦 and 🇲🇽 won 2 gold medals each. Mexico won the overall medal tally.
 * March 12 – 15: 2016 Qatar Open in 🇶🇦 Doha
 * 🇫🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇯🇴 won the overall medal tally.
 * March 18 – 20: 2016 Belgian Open in 🇧🇪 Lommel
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 25 – 27: 2016 Ukraine Open in 🇺🇦 Lviv
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇺🇦 won the overall medal tally.
 * April 15 – 17: 2016 Spanish Open in 🇪🇸 Benicàssim
 * 🇲🇽 won the gold medal tally. 🇪🇸 won the overall medal tally.
 * April 23 & 24: 2016 German Open in 🇩🇪 Hamburg
 * 🇰🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇨🇦 won the overall medal tally.
 * May 6 – 8: 2016 Fajr Open in Tehran
 * Men's 58 kg winner: Mohammad Kazemi
 * Men's 68 kg winner: Seyed Hossein Ehsani
 * Men's 80 kg winner: 🇷🇺 Arutiun Meliksetiants
 * Men's +80 kg winner: Farshad Ghiyasi
 * June 4 & 5: 2016 Austrian Open in 🇦🇹 Innsbruck
 * 🇹🇭 won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * June 10 – 12: 2016 Greek Open in Thessaloniki
 * won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * June 30 – July 5: 2016 Korean Open in 🇰🇷 Gyeongju
 * July 9 & 10: 2016 Luxembourg Open in 🇱🇺 Kirchberg, Luxembourg
 * 🇦🇿 and 🇹🇷 won 3 gold medals each. Turkey won the overall medal tally.
 * July 15 – 17: 2016 Australian Open
 * Event cancelled.
 * July 18 – 20: 2016 Palestinian Open in Ramallah
 * Men: 🇲🇦 won the gold medal tally. Morocco,, and 🇯🇴 won 7 overall medals each.
 * Women: 🇯🇴 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 26 – 28: 2016 Costa Rica Open in San José, Costa Rica
 * The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 17 & 18: 2016 Polish Open in 🇵🇱 Warsaw
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 22 – 25: 2016 Russian Open in 🇷🇺 Moscow
 * 🇰🇷 won the gold medal tally. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * October 8 & 9: 2016 Riga Open in
 * 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 29 & 30: 2016 Serbia Open in 🇷🇸 Belgrade
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 12 & 13: 2016 Croatia Open in Zagreb
 * 🇨🇳 won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * November 26 & 27: 2016 French Open in 🇫🇷 Paris
 * 🇪🇸 and 🇫🇷 won 3 gold medals each. Spain won the overall medal tally.
 * November 27 & 28: 2016 Israeli Open in 🇮🇱 Ramla
 * 🇪🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Wrestling

 * January 9 – December 9: 2016 UWW Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (UWW)

 * January 30 & 31: Aquece Rio International Women's Wrestling Tournament in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 4 – 6: 2016 Pan-American Olympic Qualifying Event in 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇨🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇨🇦 won the gold medal tally. Canada, 🇨🇺, and 🇻🇪 won 4 overall medals each.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇨🇺 and 🇻🇪 won 2 gold medals each. Venezuela won the overall medal tally.
 * March 18 – 20: 2016 Asian Olympic Qualifying Event in 🇰🇿 Astana
 * Men's Freestyle: Six nations won a gold medal each. 🇯🇵 won the overall medal tally.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇰🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇨🇳 won the gold medal tally. China and 🇺🇿 won 4 overall medals each.
 * April 1 – 3: 2016 African and Oceania Olympic Qualifying Event in Algiers
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇪🇬 and won 2 gold medals each. Egypt won the overall medal tally.
 * Women's Freestyle: and 🇹🇳 won 2 gold medals each. Nigeria won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇪🇬 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * April 15 – 17: 2016 European Olympic Qualifying Event in 🇷🇸 Zrenjanin
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇵🇱 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇧🇬 and 🇵🇱 won 2 gold medals each. 🇺🇦 won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇪🇪 and 🇷🇺 won 2 gold medals each. and 🇷🇸 won 3 overall medals each.
 * April 21 – 23: First Olympic Games World Qualifying Event in Ulaanbaatar
 * Men's Freestyle: Six nations won one gold medal each. 🇲🇩, 🇵🇱, and 🇹🇷 won 2 overall medals each.
 * Women's Freestyle: Six nations won one gold medal each. 🇷🇺 and the 🇺🇸 won 3 overall medals each.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇧🇾 won the gold medal tally. Belarus, 🇦🇲, 🇨🇳, 🇸🇪, and 🇺🇿 all won 2 overall medals each.
 * May 6 – 8: Second and Final Olympic Games World Qualifying Event in 🇹🇷 Istanbul
 * Men's Freestyle: Six nations won a gold medal each. 🇺🇿, 🇷🇴, 🇧🇾, and 🇵🇱 won 2 overall medals each.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 and 🇺🇦 won 2 gold medals each. Ukraine won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇹🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * August 14 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Training Center
 * Men's Freestyle
 * Men's 57 kg:  Vladimer Khinchegashvili;  🇯🇵 Rei Higuchi;  🇦🇿 Haji Aliyev;   Hassan Rahimi
 * Men's 65 kg: 🇷🇺 Soslan Ramonov;  🇦🇿 Toghrul Asgarov;  🇮🇹 Frank Chamizo;  🇺🇿 Ikhtiyor Navruzov
 * Men's 74 kg:  Hassan Yazdani;  🇷🇺 Aniuar Geduev;  🇦🇿 Jabrayil Hasanov;  🇹🇷 Soner Demirtaş
 * Men's 86 kg: 🇷🇺 Abdulrashid Sadulaev;  🇹🇷 Selim Yaşar;  🇦🇿 Sharif Sharifov;  🇺🇸 J'den Cox
 * Men's 97 kg: 🇺🇸 Kyle Snyder;  🇦🇿 Khetag Gazyumov;  🇷🇴 Albert Saritov;  🇺🇿 Magomed Abdulmuminovich Ibragimov
 * Men's 125 kg: 🇹🇷 Taha Akgül;   Komeil Ghasemi;  🇧🇾 Ibrahim Saidau;   Geno Petriashvili
 * Women's Freestyle
 * Women's 48 kg: 🇯🇵 Eri Tosaka;  🇦🇿 Mariya Stadnik;  🇨🇳 Sun Yanan;  🇧🇬 Elitsa Yankova
 * Women's 53 kg: 🇺🇸 Helen Maroulis;  🇯🇵 Saori Yoshida;  🇦🇿 Nataliya Synyshyn;  🇸🇪 Sofia Mattsson
 * Women's 58 kg: 🇯🇵 Kaori Icho;  🇷🇺 Valeria Koblova;  🇹🇳 Marwa Amri;  🇮🇳 Sakshi Malik
 * Women's 63 kg: 🇯🇵 Risako Kawai;  🇧🇾 Maryia Mamashuk;  🇰🇿 Yekaterina Larionova;  🇵🇱 Monika Michalik
 * Women's 69 kg: 🇯🇵 Sara Dosho;  🇷🇺 Nataliya Vorobyova;  🇰🇿 Elmira Syzdykova;  🇸🇪 Jenny Fransson
 * Women's 75 kg: 🇨🇦 Erica Wiebe;  🇰🇿 Guzel Manyurova;  🇨🇳 Zhang Fengliu;  🇷🇺 Ekaterina Bukina
 * Greco-Roman
 * Men's 59 kg: 🇨🇺 Ismael Borrero;  🇯🇵 Shinobu Ota;  🇺🇿 Elmurat Tasmuradov;  🇳🇴 Stig André Berge
 * Men's 66 kg: 🇷🇸 Davor Štefanek;  🇦🇲 Migran Arutyunyan;   Shmagi Bolkvadze;  🇦🇿 Rasul Chunayev
 * Men's 75 kg: 🇷🇺 Roman Vlasov;   Mark Madsen;  🇰🇷 Kim Hyeon-woo;   Saeid Abdevali
 * Men's 85 kg: 🇷🇺 Davit Chakvetadze;  🇺🇦 Zhan Beleniuk;  🇧🇾 Javid Hamzatau;  🇩🇪 Denis Kudla
 * Men's 98 kg: 🇦🇲 Artur Aleksanyan;  🇨🇺 Yasmany Lugo;  🇹🇷 Cenk İldem;   Ghasem Rezaei
 * Men's 130 kg: 🇨🇺 Mijaín López;  🇹🇷 Rıza Kayaalp;  🇦🇿 Sabah Shariati;  🇷🇺 Sergey Semenov

World wrestling championships

 * August 30 – September 4: 2016 World Junior Wrestling Championships in 🇫🇷 Mâcon
 * Junior Men's Freestyle: 🇷🇺,, and the 🇺🇸 won 2 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
 * Junior Women's Freestyle: 🇯🇵 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * September 13 – 18: 2016 World Cadet Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi
 * Cadet Men's Freestyle: The 🇺🇸 won the gold medal tally. The United States and 🇷🇺 won 7 overall medals each.
 * Cadet Women's Freestyle: 🇯🇵 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Greco-Roman: and  won 2 gold medals each. 🇷🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * September 23 – 25: 2016 World Veteran Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman) in 🇫🇮 Seinäjoki
 * For results, click here and click at the Results & Videos tab.
 * October 7 – 9: 2016 World Veteran Wrestling Championships (Men's & Women's Freestyle) in 🇵🇱 Wałbrzych
 * For results, click here and click at the Results & Videos tab.
 * October 25 – 30: 2016 World University Wrestling Championships in 🇹🇷 Çorum
 * Men's Freestyle: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇦 won 3 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇭🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇧🇾 and 🇹🇷 won 6 overall medals each.
 * December 10 & 11: 2016 Non-Olympic Weight Categories World Championships in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * Men's Freestyle (61 kg) winner: 🇺🇸 Logan Stieber
 * Men's Freestyle (70 kg) winner: 🇷🇺 Magomed Kurbanaliev
 * Women's Freestyle (55 kg) winner: 🇯🇵 Mayu Mukaida
 * Women's Freestyle (60 kg) winner: 🇨🇳 PEI Xingru
 * Greco-Roman (71 kg) winner: 🇭🇺 Bálint Korpasi
 * Greco-Roman (80 kg) winner: 🇷🇺 Ramazan Abacharaev

World cup of wrestling

 * May 19 & 20: 2016 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman in Shiraz
 * won all the gold medals. 🇷🇺 won all the silver medals. 🇹🇷 won all the bronze medals.
 * June 11 & 12: 2016 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Freestyle in 🇺🇸 Los Angeles
 * won the gold medal tally. Iran and 🇷🇺 won 8 overall medals each.
 * November 30 – December 1: 2016 World Wrestling Clubs Cup for Men's Freestyle in 🇺🇦 Kharkiv
 * The 🇺🇸 won the gold medal tally. 🇺🇦 won all the bronze medals; therefore, this country won the overall medal tally.
 * December 8 & 9: 2016 World Wrestling Clubs Cup for Men's Greco-Roman in 🇭🇺 Budapest
 * won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Grand Prix of wrestling

 * January 23: Grand Prix Zagreb Open in
 * Greco-Roman: 🇭🇺 won the gold medal tally. Hungary and 🇷🇸 won 8 overall medals each.
 * February 5 – 7: Hungarian Grand Prix in 🇭🇺 Szombathely
 * Greco-Roman: 🇨🇳 won the gold medal tally. 🇭🇺 won the overall medal tally.
 * May 14 & 15: Grand Prix of Germany #1 in 🇩🇪 Dormagen
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇨🇦 won the gold medal tally. 🇩🇪 and 🇷🇺 won 7 overall medals each.
 * July 2 & 3: Grand Prix of Germany #2 in 🇩🇪 Dortmund
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇦🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇷🇺, 🇩🇪, and 🇹🇷 won 2 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
 * July 9 & 10: Grand Prix of Spain in 🇪🇸 Madrid
 * Men's Freestyle:, 🇨🇺, and the 🇺🇸 won 2 gold medals each. Mongolia won the overall medal tally.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 24 – 26: 2016 Golden Grand Prix Final in 🇦🇿 Baku
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇨🇳, 🇯🇵, and 🇺🇦 won 2 gold medals each. China won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇦🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Continental wrestling championships

 * February 12 – 16: 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships in 🇹🇭 Bangkok
 * Men's Freestyle: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇨🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Greco-Roman: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * February 26 – 28: 2016 Pan-American Wrestling Championships in 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas
 * Men's Freestyle: The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇨🇦 and the 🇺🇸 won 3 gold medals each. The United States won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇨🇺 won the gold medal tally. The 🇺🇸 won the overall medal tally.
 * March 4 – 6: 2016 African Wrestling Championships in 🇪🇬 Alexandria
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇹🇳 won the gold medal tally. 🇪🇬 won the overall medal tally.
 * Women's Freestyle: won the gold medal tally. Nigeria, 🇹🇳, and 🇪🇬 won 6 overall medals each.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇪🇬 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * March 8 – 13: 2016 European Wrestling Championships in Riga
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇦🇿 won the gold medal tally. 🇺🇦 won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇷🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇲 won the overall medal tally.
 * March 11 & 12: 2016 Oceania Wrestling Championships in 🇳🇿 Hamilton, New Zealand
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇳🇿 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇦🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Greco-Roman: New Zealand won the gold medal tally. New Zealand and won 7 overall medals each.
 * Beach Wrestling: New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Men's Freestyle: New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Women's Freestyle: 🇬🇺, Australia, 🇲🇭, and 🇹🇴 won a gold medal each. Guam won the overall medal tally.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: American Samoa won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Men's Freestyle: New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Women's Freestyle winners:
 * 56 kg: 🇳🇿 Millie Culshaw (default)
 * 60 kg: 🇬🇺 Rckaela Maree Ramos Aquino (default)
 * Cadet Greco-Roman: New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Beach Wrestling winner: 🇳🇿 Ronin Ainsley
 * March 29 – April 3: 2016 European U23 Championship in 🇧🇬 Ruse, Bulgaria
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇷🇺, 🇹🇷, and 🇺🇦 won 2 gold medals each. Russia and Ukraine won 6 overall medals each.
 * Greco-Roman: won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * May 28 & 29: 2016 Nordic Wrestling Championship in 🇪🇪 Tallinn
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇸🇪 won the gold medal tally. 🇫🇮 won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇸🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: 🇫🇮 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Women's Freestyle: 🇸🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Greco-Roman: 🇳🇴 won the gold medal tally. Norway and 🇸🇪 won 6 overall medals each.
 * May 31 – June 5: 2016 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships in Manila
 * Junior Men's Freestyle: won the gold medal tally. 🇮🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * Junior Women's Freestyle: 🇨🇳 won the gold medal tally. China and 🇯🇵 won 7 overall medals each.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: won the gold medal tally. 🇰🇬 won the overall medal tally.
 * June 10 – 12: 2016 Pan-American Junior Wrestling Championships in 🇻🇪 Barinas
 * Junior Men's Freestyle: 🇻🇪 and 🇨🇦 won 3 gold and 6 overall medals each.
 * Junior Women's Freestyle: 🇻🇪 won the gold medal tally. Venezuela and 🇪🇨 won 7 overall medals each.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: 🇻🇪 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * June 21 – 26: 2016 European Junior Wrestling Championships in 🇷🇴 Bucharest
 * Junior Men's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Women's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: and 🇦🇿 won 3 gold medals each. Georgia won the overall medal tally.
 * July 1 – 3: 2016 Pan-American Cadet Wrestling Championships in 🇵🇪 Lima
 * Cadet Men's Freestyle: The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Women's Freestyle: The 🇺🇸 won the gold medal tally. 🇨🇦 won the overall medal tally.
 * Cadet Greco-Roman: The 🇺🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * July 7 – 10: 2016 Asian Cadet Wrestling Championships in Taichung
 * Cadet Men's Freestyle: won the gold medal tally. 🇮🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * Cadet Women's Freestyle: 🇯🇵 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Greco-Roman: won the gold medal tally. 🇮🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * July 19 – 24: 2016 European Cadet Wrestling Championships in 🇸🇪 Stockholm
 * Cadet Men's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won the gold medal tally. 🇦🇿 won the overall medal tally.
 * Cadet Women's Freestyle: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Cadet Greco-Roman: 🇷🇺 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * October 7 – 9: 2016 Balkan Junior Wrestling Championships in 🇷🇴 Craiova
 * Junior Men's Freestyle: 🇹🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Women's Freestyle: 🇧🇬 won the gold medal tally. 🇹🇷 won the overall medal tally.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: 🇹🇷 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * November 5 & 6: 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇮🇳 won all the gold medals and won the overall medal tally, too.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇮🇳 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇮🇳 won all the gold and silver medals. 🇵🇰 won all the bronze medals.
 * November 19 & 20: 2016 Mediterranean Wrestling Championships in 🇪🇸 Madrid
 * Men's Freestyle: 🇪🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Women's Freestyle: 🇪🇸 and 🇹🇳 won 3 gold medals each. Spain won the overall medal tally.
 * Greco-Roman: 🇪🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
 * Junior Men's Freestyle: 🇪🇸 and won 3 gold medals each. Spain won the overall medal tally.
 * Junior Women's Freestyle: won the gold medal tally. 🇹🇳 won the overall medal tally.
 * Junior Greco-Roman: 🇪🇸 won both the gold and overall medal tallies.