Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg

Men's freestyle 66 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 20 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's freestyle 66 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueChina Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date20 August 2008
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ramazan Şahin  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andriy Stadnik  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otar Tushishvili  Georgia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sushil Kumar  India
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This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner 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.

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 round; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule edit

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

Date Time Event
20 August 2008 09:30 Qualification rounds
16:00 Repechage
17:00 Finals

Results edit

Legend

Final edit

Final
  Ramazan Şahin (TUR) 2 2 2
  Andriy Stadnik (UKR) 2 1 2

Top half edit

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Ramazan Şahin (TUR) 1 7  
  Geandry Garzón (CUB) 0 4  
  Ramazan Şahin (TUR) 3 1  
  Mehdi Taghavi (IRI) 0 0  
  Mehdi Taghavi (IRI) 0 1 2
  Haislan Garcia (CAN) 1 1 0
  Ramazan Şahin (TUR) 1 3  
  Otar Tushishvili (GEO) 0 1  
  Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN) 1 3 0
  Otar Tushishvili (GEO) 4 0 1
  Otar Tushishvili (GEO) 3 2  
  Serafim Barzakov (BUL) 0 0  
  Jung Young-ho (KOR) 0 2 0
  Serafim Barzakov (BUL) 1 1 2

Bottom half edit

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Albert Batyrov (BLR) 1 5  
  Yang Chun-song (PRK) 0 3  
  Albert Batyrov (BLR) 4 2 0
  Andriy Stadnik (UKR) 1 4 3F
  Sushil Kumar (IND) 1 0  
  Andriy Stadnik (UKR) 2 4     Andriy Stadnik (UKR) 2 6  
  Doug Schwab (USA) 0 0     Andriy Stadnik (UKR) 1 2  
  Heinrich Barnes (RSA) 1 1     Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) 0 0  
  Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL) 2 7     Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL) 1 0 2
  Irbek Farniev (RUS) 2 5     Irbek Farniev (RUS) 0 2 3
  Suren Markosyan (ARM) 1 1     Irbek Farniev (RUS) 3 0 0
  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) 1 4 2   Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) 0 1 1
  Wang Qiang (CHN) 1 0 0   Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) 2 1  
  Emin Azizov (AZE) 1 2     Emin Azizov (AZE) 0 0  
  Grégory Sarrasin (SUI) 0 0  

Repechage edit

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
  Geandry Garzón (CUB)122  Geandry Garzón (CUB)01 
  Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)400  Otar Tushishvili (GEO)31 
  Doug Schwab (USA)112  Sushil Kumar (IND)107  Sushil Kumar (IND)201
  Sushil Kumar (IND)403  Albert Batyrov (BLR)040  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)110

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete
    Ramazan Şahin (TUR)
    Andriy Stadnik (UKR)
    Otar Tushishvili (GEO)
    Sushil Kumar (IND)
5   Geandry Garzón (CUB)
5   Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)
7   Irbek Farniev (RUS)
8   Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL)
9   Albert Batyrov (BLR)
10   Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)
11   Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
12   Emin Azizov (AZE)
13   Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)
14   Doug Schwab (USA)
15   Yang Chun-song (PRK)
16   Haislan Garcia (CAN)
17   Jung Young-ho (KOR)
18   Suren Markosyan (ARM)
19   Heinrich Barnes (RSA)
20   Wang Qiang (CHN)
21   Grégory Sarrasin (SUI)

References edit