Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg
| Men's freestyle 66 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | China Agricultural University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 20 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | Women | |
| 55 kg | 55 kg | 48 kg | |
| 60 kg | 60 kg | 55 kg | |
| 66 kg | 66 kg | 63 kg | |
| 74 kg | 74 kg | 72 kg | |
| 84 kg | 84 kg | ||
| 96 kg | 96 kg | ||
| 120 kg | 120 kg | ||
Men's freestyle 66 kg competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 20 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.
This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner 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.
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 round; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 20 August 2008 | 09:30–13:00 | Qualification rounds |
| 16:00–17:00 | Repechage | |
| 17:00–18:50 | Finals |
Results
- Legend
- F — Won by fall
Final
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Top half
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Bottom half
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Repechage
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medal bout | ||||||||
 Geandry Garzón (CUB) | 1 | Geandry Garzón (CUB) | 0 | |||||||
 Mehdi Taghavi (IRI) | 4 |  Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | 3 | |||||||
 Doug Schwab (USA) | 1 |  Sushil Kumar (IND) | 1 | Sushil Kumar (IND) | 2 | |||||
| Sushil Kumar (IND) | 4 |  Albert Batyrov (BLR) | 0 |  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) | 1 | |||||
Final standing
| Rank | Athlete |
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 Ramazan Şahin (TUR)
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 Andriy Stadnik (UKR)
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Otar Tushishvili (GEO)
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Sushil Kumar (IND)
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| 5 | Geandry Garzón (CUB)
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| 5 | Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)
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| 7 |  Irbek Farniev (RUS)
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| 8 |  Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL)
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| 9 | Albert Batyrov (BLR)
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| 10 | Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)
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| 11 |  Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
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| 12 |  Emin Azizov (AZE)
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| 13 |  Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)
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| 14 | Doug Schwab (USA)
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| 15 |  Yang Chun-song (PRK)
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| 16 |  Haislan Garcia (CAN)
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| 17 |  Jung Young-ho (KOR)
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| 18 |  Suren Markosyan (ARM)
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| 19 |  Heinrich Barnes (RSA)
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| 20 |  Wang Qiang (CHN)
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| 21 |  Grégory Sarrasin (SUI)
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