Technical – Tactical Analysis of XXXII Summer Olympic Games and 2022 World Championship Freestyle Wrestling Competitions

XXXII. Yaz Olimpiyat Oyunları ve 2022 Dünya Şampiyonası Serbest Güreş Müsabakalarının Teknik – Taktik Analizi

Ali Kamil Güngör^1*, Ramiz Arabacı², Emre Açıkgöz²

^*Corresponding author: Ali Kamil Güngör alikamilgungor@uludag.edu.tr,

¹Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Coaching Education, E-mail: alikamilgungor@uludag.edu.tr  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5875-0742

 ²Bursa Uludag University, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Head of Elite Performance in Sport Research Group, Bursa / Turkey,  E-mail: ramizar@uludag.edu.tr  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8403-5742

²Bursa Uludag University, Institute of Education Sciences, Physical Education and Sport,  E-mail: eackgozz7@gmail.com  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9992-5541

Doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17669950

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Received / Gönderim: 02.05.2025 Accepted / Kabul: 23.06.2025 Published / Yayın: 30.06.2025

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare notational technical–tactical analysis of the XXXII Summer Olympic Games (OG) and 2022 World Championship (WC) freestyle wrestling competitions.

A total of 293 (103 OG and 190 WC) videos of bouts were watched and analyzed by the Dartfish Connect Plus 8.0 match analysis program. Bout analyses were performed according to 1) bout analysis preparation, 2) searching and tagging, 3) database creation, and 4) data usage procedures. Wrestling techniques were grouped into takedowns and throws in standing position and flips and throws in parterre position. Points were determined according to time and periods, standing and parterre position, winning types, attacks, and counter-attacks.

There is a significant difference between attacks and counter-attacks in WC and OG (p<0.05; x² = 31.689).  The types of victories in WC and OG are 63.7% and 73.8% by point, respectively. In the first and second periods, technical points are determined according to wrestling actions (WA_mean)1.74 and 1.76 (t=0.488, Cohen’s d = .031),1.66 and 1.69 (t=0.567, Cohen’s d = .048)   in WC and OG, respectively. Most wrestling techniques are performed in the standing position (WC 58.8% and OG 68.2%). Leg Attack is the most used technique in the standing position (WC 17.9% and OG 21.8%).

In conclusion, techniques that earn two points, attack movements, performed at the standing position, such as leg attack, take down, and push to out, are important in elite wrestling matches.

Keywords: wrestling, performance, match analyses, elite athlete.

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, XXXII. Yaz Olimpiyat Oyunları (OG) ile 2022 Dünya Şampiyonası (WC) serbest güreş müsabakalarının notasyonel teknik–taktik analizlerini karşılaştırmaktır.

Toplam 293 (103 OG ve 190 WC) güreş müsabakasına ait video görüntüsü Dartfish Connect Plus 8.0 maç analiz programı kullanılarak izlenmiş ve analiz edilmiştir. Müsabaka analizleri; 1) analiz ön hazırlığı, 2) arama ve etiketleme, 3) veri tabanı oluşturma ve 4) veri kullanımı aşamalarına göre gerçekleştirilmiştir. Güreş teknikleri, ayakta yapılan teknikler (dalma, itme, fırlatma) ile parter pozisyonundaki teknikler (çevirmeler ve fırlatmalar) şeklinde gruplandırılmıştır. Ayrıca zaman ve periyotlara göre puan dağılımları, ayakta ve parter pozisyonlarındaki puanlar, galibiyet türleri, atak ve kontra-ataklar analiz edilmiştir.

OG ve WC müsabakaları arasında atak ve kontrataklar bakımından anlamlı fark bulunmuştur (p<0.05; x² = 31.689). Galibiyet türü olarak WC’de %63.7, OG’de ise %73.8 oranında puanla kazanım gözlemlenmiştir. Teknik puan ortalamaları açısından, birinci ve ikinci periyotlarda güreş aksiyonlarına (WAmean) göre sırasıyla WC’de 1.74 ve 1.66; OG’de 1.76 ve 1.69 değerleri tespit edilmiştir (t=0.488, Cohen’s d = .031; t=0.567, Cohen’s d = .048). Tekniklerin büyük çoğunluğu ayak pozisyonunda uygulanmıştır (WC %58.8, OG %68.2). Ayak pozisyonunda en sık uygulanan teknik ise ayağa dalmalar olarak görülmüştür (WC %17.9, OG %21.8).

Sonuç olarak, iki puan kazandıran teknikler, ayak pozisyonunda uygulanan atak hareketleri (ayağa dalmalar, ayaktan indirmeler ve dışarı itme gibi) elit düzey güreş müsabakalarında belirleyici olmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: güreş, performans, maç analizi, elit sporcu

APA 7 Citation

Güngör, A. K., Arabacı, R., & Açıkgöz, E. (2025). Technical–tactical analysis of XXXII Summer Olympic Games and 2022 World Championship freestyle wrestling competitions. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), 2(2), 182–191.

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