Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg
Men's freestyle 120 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 11 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 120 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 11 August 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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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).
China's Liang Lei was on the start list but did not compete due to injury.
In January 2019, Georgia's Davit Modzmanashvili, who originally won the silver medal, was disqualified after testing positive for banned substances.[2] On 23 July 2019, it was announced that as a result of retesting samples, original gold medalist Artur Taymazov was also disqualified.[3][4][5]
Consequently, the original bronze medalists, Komeil Ghasemi of Iran and Bilyal Makhov of Russia, were declared joint Olympic champions, while Tervel Dlagnev of the United States and Daulet Shabanbay of Kazakhstan, who Ghasemi and Makhov had defeated in the repechage, were awarded the bronze medals.[6]
Schedule edit
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2012 | 13:00 | Qualification rounds |
| 17:45 | Repechage | |
| 18:30 | Finals |
Results edit
- Legend
- F — Won by fall
Final edit
| Final | |||||
 Artur Taymazov (UZB)
| 1 | 1 | |||
 Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)
| 0 | 0 | |||
Top half edit
| Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
| 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 El-Desoky Ismail (EGY)
| 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Dániel Ligeti (HUN)
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Artur Taymazov (UZB)
| 3F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Nick Matuhin (GER)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Artur Taymazov (UZB)
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Artur Taymazov (UZB)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Arjan Bhullar (CAN)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half edit
| Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)
| 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Jesse Ruíz (MEX)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
| 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)
| 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
| 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Malal Ndiaye (SEN)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)
| 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
| 0 | 0 | Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
| 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Taha Akgül (TUR)
| 1 | 2 | Taha Akgül (TUR)
| 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
| 1 | 4 | Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Repechage edit
| Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | |||||||||
| Nick Matuhin (GER) | 0 | 0 | Komeil Ghasemi (IRI) | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Komeil Ghasemi (IRI) | 1 | 1 | Tervel Dlagnev (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jesse Ruíz (MEX) | 0 | 0 | Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ) | 5 | 3F | Bilyal Makhov (RUS) | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Final standing edit
| Rank | Athlete |
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Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)
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Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
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Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
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Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)
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| 5 | Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)
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| 6 | Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)
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| 7 | Taha Akgül (TUR)
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| 8 | Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
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| 9 | El-Desoky Ismail (EGY)
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| 10 | Dániel Ligeti (HUN)
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| 11 | Arjan Bhullar (CAN)
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| 12 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
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| 12 | Malal Ndiaye (SEN)
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| 14 | Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE)
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| 15 | Nick Matuhin (GER)
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| 16 | Jesse Ruíz (MEX)
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| DQ | Artur Taymazov (UZB)
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| DQ | Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)
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- Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone.
- Davit Modzmanashvili of Georgia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone.
References edit
- ^ "Men's 120kg Freestyle". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012 IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
- ^ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-3 IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
- ^ "Artur Taymazov stripped of London 2012 gold for doping offence". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "IOC Determines Taymazov Fails London Re-Test". UWW. 2019-07-26.
- ^ "London 2012 Wrestling Freestyle 120kg Men Results". International Olympic Committee. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.