Men's freestyle 74 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 20 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.
| Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | China Agricultural University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 20 August 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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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 rounds; 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 |
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| 20 August 2008 | 09:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 16:00 | Repechage | |
| 17:00 | Finals |
Results edit
- Legend
- F — Won by fall
Final edit
| Final | |||||
 Soslan Tigiev (UZB)
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
| 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Top half edit
| Qualifications | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Augusto Midana (GBS)
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Murad Gaidarov (BLR)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Murad Gaidarov (BLR)
| 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev (AZE)
| 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Murad Gaidarov (BLR)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Soslan Tigiev (UZB)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROU)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Soslan Tigiev (UZB)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Soslan Tigiev (UZB)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Matt Gentry (CAN)
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half edit
| Qualifications | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Kiril Terziev (BUL)
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Meisam Mostafa-Jokar (IRI)
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kiril Terziev (BUL)
| 6 | 9F | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Arsen Gitinov (KGZ)
| 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)
| 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arsen Gitinov (KGZ)
| 1 | 3 | 1 | Arsen Gitinov (KGZ)
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Krystian Brzozowski (POL)
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Kiril Terziev (BUL)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ben Askren (USA)
| 0 | 4F | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
| 8F | |||||||||||||||||||
 István Veréb (HUN)
| 2 | 0 | Ben Askren (USA)
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Si Riguleng (CHN)
| 5 | 2 |  Iván Fundora (CUB)
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iván Fundora (CUB)
| 7 | 4 | Iván Fundora (CUB)
| 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ali Abdo (AUS)
| 0 | 0 | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)
| 1 | 2 | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)
| 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
| 1 | 7 | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)
| 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Repechage edit
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | ||||||||||||||
| Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROU) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Cho Byung-kwan (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | Cho Byung-kwan (KOR) | 0 | 0 | Iván Fundora (CUB) | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | Iván Fundora (CUB) | 2 | 4 | Kiril Terziev (BUL) | 6 | 5F | |||||||
Final standing edit
| Rank | Athlete |
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Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
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Murad Gaidarov (BLR)
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Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROU)
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Kiril Terziev (BUL)
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| 5 | Iván Fundora (CUB)
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| 6 | Ben Askren (USA)
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| 7 | Arsen Gitinov (KGZ)
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| 8 | Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)
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| 9 | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)
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| 10 | Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)
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| 11 | Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)
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| 12 | Si Riguleng (CHN)
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| 13 | Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)
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| 14 | Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev (AZE)
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| 15 | Krystian Brzozowski (POL)
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| 16 | Augusto Midana (GBS)
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| 17 | Matt Gentry (CAN)
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| 18 | Meisam Mostafa-Jokar (IRI)
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| 19 | István Veréb (HUN)
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| 20 | Ali Abdo (AUS)
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| DQ | Soslan Tigiev (UZB)
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- Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified in November 2016 after a retest of his sample tested positive for anabolic steroids.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ "IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". FILA. Retrieved 22 November 2016.