News The wrestling world championships, which came to an end on 12 September in Las Vegas, have decided the first 108 places to be awarded for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, United World Wrestling has confirmed The top six wrestlers in each of the 18 weight categories earned slots for their National Olympic Commitees (NOCs), who will decide whether to use the quota places and which athletes to send  There were 36 places awarded in both the men's and women's freestyle wrestling events, and a futher 36 awarded in Greco-Roman wrestling events, which are currently only contested by men   Russia, with 12 slots, and Azerbaijan, with 11, were the most successful nations in Las Vegas, while Japan won five slots in women's events  Follow the race to qualify for the Olympic Games here  Check out the full list of Olympic qualifiers from the wrestling world championships:Women's freestyle48kg Japan Azerbaijan Netherlands Canada China Russia53kg Japan Sweden Democratic People's Republic of Korea Nigeria Azerbaijan China58kg Japan Finland Turkey Azerbaijan Colombia Sweden63kg Mongolia Japan Ukraine Bulgaria Canada Latvia69kg Russia China Japan Germany Mongolia Sweden75kg United States China Estonia Belarus Colombia Brazil Men's Greco-Roman59kg Cuba Azerbaijan Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Belarus66kg Germany Republic of Korea Serbia Russian Algeria Armenia75kg Russia Denmark United States Kazakhstan Iran Azerbaijan85kg Ukraine Uzbekistan Iran Azerbaijan Finland Hungary98kg Armenia Iran Russia Ukraine Bulgaria Romania130kg Turkey Cuba Ukraine Russia Azerbaijan United States Men's Freestyle 57kg Georgia Iran Mongolia Russia Kazakhstan Democratic People's Republic of Korea65kg Italy Uzebekistan Russia Iran Mongolia Azerbaijan74kg United States Mongolia India Russia France Iran86kg Russia Turkey Georgia Iran Azerbaijan Bulgaria97kg United States Russia Azerbaijan Ukraine Ukraine Iran125kg Turkey Azerbaijan Georgia Russia Mongolia Armenia  Rio2016 com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games) The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC) Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota