Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg

Men's freestyle 96 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 12 August at ExCeL London.[1]This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved 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.

Men's freestyle 96 kg
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Men's freestyle 96 kg victory ceremony
VenueExCeL London
Date12 August 2012
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jake Varner United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Valeriy Andriytsev Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Khetag Gazyumov Azerbaijan
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Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

DateTimeEvent
12 August 201208:30Qualification rounds
12:45Repechage
13:45Finals

Results

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Legend
  • R — Retired
  • WO — Won by walkover

Final

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Final
 Jake Varner (USA)11 
 Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)00 

Top half

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Qualifications1/8 finals1/4 finalsSemifinals
 Saleh Emara (EGY)   
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)WO 
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)11 
 Nicolae Ceban (MDA)00 
 Nicolae Ceban (MDA)101
 Sinivie Boltic (NGR)010
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)200
 Jake Varner (USA)011
 Khetag Pliev (CAN)021
 Javier Cortina (CUB)220
 Khetag Pliev (CAN)00 
 Jake Varner (USA)11 
 Jake Varner (USA)101
 Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)010

Bottom half

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Qualifications1/8 finals1/4 finalsSemifinals
 Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)24 
 Rustam Iskandari (TJK)10 
 Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)014
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)101
 Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)00 
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)11 
 Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)5  
 Reza Yazdani (IRI)0R  
 Reza Yazdani (IRI)033
 Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)11   Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)301
 Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)10   Reza Yazdani (IRI)24 
 Serhat Balcı (TUR)100  Magomed Musaev (KGZ)02 
 Magomed Musaev (KGZ)012  Magomed Musaev (KGZ)12 
 Nathaniel Tuamoheloa (ASA)     Takao Isokawa (JPN)01 
 Takao Isokawa (JPN)WO 

Repechage

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Repechage round 2Bronze medals
 Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)14   Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)100
 Khetag Pliev (CAN)01   Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)042
 Rustam Iskandari (TJK)10   Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)WO 
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)33   Reza Yazdani (IRI)   

Final standing

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RankAthlete
 Jake Varner (USA)
 Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
5  Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)
5  Reza Yazdani (IRI)
7  Magomed Musaev (KGZ)
8  Takao Isokawa (JPN)
9  Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)
10  Khetag Pliev (CAN)
11  Nicolae Ceban (MDA)
12  Rustam Iskandari (TJK)
13  Javier Cortina (CUB)
14  Sinivie Boltic (NGR)
14  Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)
16  Serhat Balcı (TUR)
17  Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)
18  Nathaniel Tuamoheloa (ASA)
19  Saleh Emara (EGY)

References

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  1. ^ "Men's 96kg Freestyle". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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