This article details the qualifying phase for wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
The competition at these Games comprised a total of 289 athletes coming from the different nations; each had been allowed to enter a maximum of 18 (1 per event).
[2] Two places had been reserved for the host nation, Japan.
Each NOC could only send one wrestler per weight class.
[2] Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.