Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg

Men's freestyle 96 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, took place on 21 August at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's freestyle 96 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueChina Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date21 August 2008
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Shirvani Muradov Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Michel Batista Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Khetag Gazyumov Azerbaijan
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This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
21 August 200809:30Qualification rounds
16:00Repechage
17:00Finals

Results

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Legend
  • F — Won by fall
  • WO — Won by walkover

Final

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Final
 Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)00 
 Shirvani Muradov (RUS)11 

Top half

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Qualifications1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinals
 Saleh Emara (EGY)32 
 Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)42 
 Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)00 
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)31 
 Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)00 
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)11 
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)110
 Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)102
 Luis Vivenes (VEN)00 
 Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)63 
 Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)21 
 Michel Batista (CUB)00 
 Michel Batista (CUB)WO 
 Daniel Cormier (USA)   

Bottom half

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Qualifications1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinals
 Stefan Kehrer (GER)01 
 Hakan Koç (TUR)11 
 Hakan Koç (TUR)00 
 Shirvani Muradov (RUS)12 
 Georgii Tibilov (UKR)100
 Shirvani Muradov (RUS)011
 Shirvani Muradov (RUS)021
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)100
 Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)00 
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)33   Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)44 
 Mateusz Gucman (POL)00   Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)46 
 Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)31   Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)00 
 David Zilberman (CAN)10   Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)135
 Gergely Kiss (HUN)55   Gergely Kiss (HUN)104
 Nicolae Ceban (MDA)30 

Repechage

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Repechage round 2Bronze medals
 Luis Vivenes (VEN)10   Michel Batista (CUB)00 
 Michel Batista (CUB)12   Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)14F 
 Georgii Tibilov (UKR)13   Georgii Tibilov (UKR)00 
 Hakan Koç (TUR)01   Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)52 

Final standing

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RankAthlete
 Shirvani Muradov (RUS)
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
 Michel Batista (CUB)
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
5  Georgii Tibilov (UKR)
6  Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)
7  Gergely Kiss (HUN)
8  Hakan Koç (TUR)
9  Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)
10  Saleh Emara (EGY)
11  Nicolae Ceban (MDA)
12  Stefan Kehrer (GER)
13  David Zilberman (CAN)
14  Luis Vivenes (VEN)
15  Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)
16  Mateusz Gucman (POL)
17  Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)
18  Daniel Cormier (USA)
DQ  Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)

References

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  1. ^ "IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ^ "IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". FILA. Retrieved 22 November 2016.