Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 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 74 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 28 to August 29.

Medalists

Gold	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia (RUS)
Silver	Gennadiy Laliyev Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Bronze	Iván Fundora Cuba (CUB)

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 28.

Pool 1

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Iván Fundora (CUB)	2	0	6	14
Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	1	1	3	8
Sujeet Maan (IND)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Sujeet Maan	Kunihiko Obata	0-3 PO	0-8
Iván Fundora	Sujeet Maan	3-0 PO	6-0
Kunihiko Obata	Iván Fundora	0-3 PO	0-8

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	0	6	12
Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	1	1	4	9
Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	0	2	2	4

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Yusup Abdusalomov	Elnur Aslanov	3-1 PP	7-3
Daniel Igali	Yusup Abdusalomov	3-1 PP	5-2
Elnur Aslanov	Daniel Igali	1-3 PP	1-7

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	0	8	16
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	1	1	4	11
Nate Ackerman (GBR)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Nate Ackerman	Arayik Gevorgyan	0-4 ST	0-11
Gennadiy Laliyev	Nate Ackerman	4-0 ST	11-0
Arayik Gevorgyan	Gennadiy Laliyev	0-4 TO	2:08

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Joe Williams (USA)	2	0	6	9
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	1	1	3	7
Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	0	2	2	6

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Gela Saghirashvili	Joe Williams	1-3 PP	1-6
Mehdi Hajizadeh	Gela Saghirashvili	3-1 PP	7-5
Joe Williams	Mehdi Hajizadeh	3-0 PO	3-0

Pool 5

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2	0	7	14
Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	1	1	5	13
Ali Abdo (AUS)	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Ali Abdo	Murad Gaidarov	0-4 ST	0-10
Salvatore Rinella	Ali Abdo	4-0 ST	11-0
Murad Gaidarov	Salvatore Rinella	3-1 PP	4-2

Pool 6

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	0	6	14
Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	1	1	4	6
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	0	2	2	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Árpád Ritter	Buvaisar Saitiev	1-3 PP	2-8
Emzarios Bentinidis	Árpád Ritter	3-1 PP	5-1
Buvaisar Saitiev	Emzarios Bentinidis	3-1 PP	6-1

Pool 7

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	2	0	6	7
Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	1	1	4	6
Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	0	2	1	1

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Nikolay Paslar	Krystian Brzozowski	1-3 PP	3-3
Sihamir Osmanov	Nikolay Paslar	1-3 PP	1-3
Krystian Brzozowski	Sihamir Osmanov	3-0 PO	4-0

Knock-Out round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 28
	Iván Fundora (CUB)	3
					August 29
	Daniel Igali (CAN)	1
					Iván Fundora (CUB)	4
					Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	5
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	3
									August 29
	Joe Williams (USA)	2
									Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	0
									Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	7
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3
					Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	8			Third place
					Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	0
	Krystian Brzozowski (POL)								Iván Fundora (CUB)	3
	Bye								Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	1

	5th place
	Joe Williams (USA)	DQ
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)

Final standings

1.  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
2.  Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)
3.  Iván Fundora (CUB)
4.  Krystian Brzozowski (POL)
5.  Joe Williams (USA)
6.  Daniel Igali (CAN)
7.  Salvatore Rinella (ITA)
8.  Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
9.  Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)
10.  Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)
11.  Nikolay Paslar (BUL)
12.  Kunihiko Obata (JPN)
13.  Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)
14.  Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)
15.  Elnur Aslanov (AZE)
16.  Árpád Ritter (HUN)
17.  Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)
18.  Sujeet Maan (IND)
19.  Nate Ackerman (GBR)
20.  Ali Abdo (AUS)

DSQ:  Murad Gaidarov (BLR)

References

• Official Report