Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Men			Women
	55 kg			48 kg
	60 kg			55 kg
	66 kg			63 kg
	74 kg			72 kg
	84 kg
	96 kg
	120 kg
Greco-Roman
	55 kg			84 kg
	60 kg			96 kg
	66 kg			120 kg
	74 kg

The Men's Freestyle 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 27 to August 28.

Medalists

Gold	Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan (UZB)
Silver	Alireza Rezaei Iran (IRI)
Bronze	Aydın Polatçı Turkey (TUR)

Tournament results

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualified for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Legend

• TO — Won by Fall
• SP — Won by Superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Won by Superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• PP — Won by Points, the loser with technical points
• PO — Won by Points, the loser without technical points
• PA — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Forfeit, the loser not being classified
• CP — Classification Points
• TP — Technical Points

Elimination pools

All matches held on August 27.

Pool 1

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	2	0	8	20
Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	1	1	3	6
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	0	2	1	4

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Artur Taymazov	Marek Garmulewicz	4-0 ST	10-0
Palwinder Singh Cheema	Artur Taymazov	0-4 ST	0-10
Marek Garmulewicz	Palwinder Singh Cheema	3-1 PP	6-4

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	2	0	6	11
Alex Modebadze (GEO)	1	1	3	5
Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Ottó Aubéli	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov	0-3 PO	0-6
Alex Modebadze	Ottó Aubéli	3-0 PO	5-0
Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov	Alex Modebadze	3-0 PO	5-0

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	2	0	7	18
Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)	1	1	3	5
Serhii Priadun (UKR)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Alexis Rodríguez	Nestoras Batzelas	4-0 ST	10-0
Serhii Priadun	Alexis Rodríguez	0-3 PO	0-8
Nestoras Batzelas	Serhii Priadun	3-0 PO	5-0

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	2	0	7	15
Sven Thiele (GER)	1	1	4	5
Rareş Chintoan (ROU)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Rareş Chintoan	Sven Thiele	0-3 PO	0-4
Aydın Polatçı	Rareş Chintoan	4-0 ST	10-0
Sven Thiele	Aydın Polatçı	1-3 PP	1-5

Pool 5

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	3	0	9	10
Kerry McCoy (USA)	2	1	7	12
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	1	2	4	0
Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	0	3	2	1

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Francesco Miano-Petta	Kerry McCoy	0-3 PO	0-7
Marid Mutalimov	Yury Mildzihov	3-1 PP	3-2
Francesco Miano-Petta	Marid Mutalimov	0-3 PO	0-3
Kerry McCoy	Yury Mildzihov	3-0 PO	4-0
Francesco Miano-Petta	Yury Mildzihov	4-0 PA
Kerry McCoy	Marid Mutalimov	1-3 PP	1-4

Pool 6

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	3	0	9	15
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	2	1	7	9
Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	1	2	3	6
Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	0	3	1	1

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Alireza Rezaei	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev	3-0 PO	5-0
Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar	Barys Hrynkevich	3-0 PO	6-0
Alireza Rezaei	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar	3-0 PO	3-0
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev	Barys Hrynkevich	3-1 PP	5-1
Alireza Rezaei	Barys Hrynkevich	3-0 PO	7-0
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar	4-0 TO	3:22

Knock-Out round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 27
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	7
					August 28
	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	3
					Artur Taymazov (UZB)	3
					Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	0
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	1
									August 28
	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	3
									Artur Taymazov (UZB)	TO
									Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	4:33
	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)
	Bye
					Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	1			Third place
					Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	4
	Alireza Rezaei (IRI)								Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	3
	Bye								Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	1

	5th place
	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	PA

Final standings

1.  Artur Taymazov (UZB)
2.  Alireza Rezaei (IRI)
3.  Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
4.  Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)
5.  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)
6.  Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)
7.  Kerry McCoy (USA)
8.  Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)
9.  Sven Thiele (GER)
10.  Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)
11.  Marek Garmulewicz (POL)
12.  Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)
13.  Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)
14.  Alex Modebadze (GEO)
15.  Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)
16.  Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)
17.  Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)
18.  Ottó Aubéli (HUN)
19.  Rareş Chintoan (ROU)
20.  Serhii Priadun (UKR)

References

• Official Report