Who are the officials in a wrestling bout?

• The referee wears a red band on the left wrist and a blue band on the right, and raises the arm of the scoring wrestler's colour with the fingers showing the points. The referee's whistle starts, interrupts and ends the bout.
• The judge follows the bout from the edge, records the points and must give an opinion in every situation. A judge who sees something the referee missed raises a bat in that wrestler's colour.
• The mat chairman co-ordinates the other two and is never the first to give an opinion on a score.
• If the referee and judge agree, the decision stands. The exceptions need the chairman as well: a fall, a caution, passivity and technical superiority.
• If they disagree, the chairman must vote for one of the two opinions. The majority of the three decides.
• The chairman may stop the bout and call a consultation over a serious mistake.
• The chairman's score sheet is the official record, and the scoreboard must match it.
• A third caution and a disqualification for brutality need all three officials.
• No two of the three may share a nationality, and none may officiate a wrestler from their own country.
• A challenge is decided by the refereeing delegate, who is not one of the three.

Holds happen quickly and are seen differently from different sides. Three independent views and a majority reduce the chance that one bad angle decides a bout.