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
VenueExCeL London
Date11 August 2012
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Komeil Ghasemi  Iran
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bilyal Makhov  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tervel Dlagnev  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daulet Shabanbay  Kazakhstan
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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

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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

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Legend

Final

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Final
  Artur Taymazov (UZB) 1 1  
  Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO) 0 0  

Top half

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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

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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

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Repechage round 2Bronze medals
  Nick Matuhin (GER)00   Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)401
  Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)11   Tervel Dlagnev (USA)010
  Jesse Ruíz (MEX)00   Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)030
  Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)53F   Bilyal Makhov (RUS)503

Final standing

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Rank Athlete
    Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)
    Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
    Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
    Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)
5   Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)
6   Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)
7   Taha Akgül (TUR)
8   Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
9   El-Desoky Ismail (EGY)
10   Dániel Ligeti (HUN)
11   Arjan Bhullar (CAN)
12   Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
12   Malal Ndiaye (SEN)
14   Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE)
15   Nick Matuhin (GER)
16   Jesse Ruíz (MEX)
DQ   Artur Taymazov (UZB)
DQ   Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)

References

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  1. ^ "Men's 120kg Freestyle". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Artur Taymazov stripped of London 2012 gold for doping offence". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ "IOC Determines Taymazov Fails London Re-Test". UWW. 2019-07-26.
  6. ^ "London 2012 Wrestling Freestyle 120kg Men Results". International Olympic Committee. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
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