Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	13 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Steeve Guénot  France Kanatbek Begaliev  Kyrgyzstan Armen Vardanyan  Ukraine Mikhail Siamionau  Belarus

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman 66 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 13 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves 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 consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
13 August 2008	09:30	Qualification rounds
	16:00	Repechage
	17:00	Finals

Results

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Jake Deitchler (USA)		0	3
								Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ)		6	3
															Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ)		3	0	2
															Armen Vardanyan (UKR)		0	2	1
								Farid Mansurov (AZE)		0	0
								Armen Vardanyan (UKR)		3	3
																						Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ)		1	1
																						Nikolay Gergov (BUL)		1	1
								Mohamed Serir (ALG)		0	0
								Sergey Kovalenko (RUS)		6	6
															Sergey Kovalenko (RUS)		1	5	1
															Nikolay Gergov (BUL)		2	2	3
								Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)		1	1
								Nikolay Gergov (BUL)		1	2

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Li Yanyan (CHN)		2	1
								Ion Panait (ROU)		2	1
															Li Yanyan (CHN)		1	4	1
															Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)		4	2	5
								Markus Thätner (GER)		1	1
								Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)		2	3
																						Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)		1	0
	Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)		1	1																		Steeve Guénot (FRA)		1	3
	Aleksandr Kazakevič (LTU)		1	1				Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)		2	0	1
	Kim Min-chul (KOR)		1	1				Ali Mohammadi (IRI)		0	4	1
	Ali Mohammadi (IRI)		1	1											Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)		1	1
	Alain Milián (CUB)		0	1											Steeve Guénot (FRA)		2	1
	Steeve Guénot (FRA)		3	2				Steeve Guénot (FRA)		0	1	1
	Arman Adikyan (ARM)		2	1				Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)		2	1	1
	Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)		2	2

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
					Jake Deitchler (USA)	1			Armen Vardanyan (UKR)	4
					Armen Vardanyan (UKR)	1			Nikolay Gergov (BUL)	1
	Alain Milián (CUB)	1			Alain Milián (CUB)	1			Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)	2
	Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)	1			Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)	1			Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Steeve Guénot (FRA)
	Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ)
	Armen Vardanyan (UKR)
	Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)
5	Nikolay Gergov (BUL)
5	Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)
7	Sergey Kovalenko (RUS)
8	Alain Milián (CUB)
9	Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)
10	Li Yanyan (CHN)
11	Ali Mohammadi (IRI)
12	Jake Deitchler (USA)
13	Ion Panait (ROU)
14	Arman Adikyan (ARM)
15	Aleksandr Kazakevič (LTU)
15	Kim Min-chul (KOR)
17	Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)
18	Markus Thätner (GER)
19	Farid Mansurov (AZE)
20	Mohamed Serir (ALG)

References

• Results Book, Page 5