Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg

Men's freestyle 66 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	20 August 2008
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Ramazan Şahin  Turkey Andriy Stadnik  Ukraine Otar Tushishvili  Georgia Sushil Kumar  India

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle 66 kilograms 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
20 August 2008	09:30	Qualification rounds
	16:00	Repechage
	17:00	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Ramazan Şahin (TUR)	2	2	2
	Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	2	1	2

Top half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Ramazan Şahin (TUR)	1	7
							Geandry Garzón (CUB)	0	4
													Ramazan Şahin (TUR)	3	1
													Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	0	0
							Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	0	1	2
							Haislan Garcia (CAN)	1	1	0
																			Ramazan Şahin (TUR)	1	3
																			Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	0	1
							Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)	1	3	0
							Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	4	0	1
													Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	3	2
													Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	0	0
							Jung Young-ho (KOR)	0	2	0
							Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	1	1	2

Bottom half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Albert Batyrov (BLR)	1	5
							Yang Chun-song (PRK)	0	3
													Albert Batyrov (BLR)	4	2	0
													Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	1	4	3F
							Sushil Kumar (IND)	1	0
	Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	2	4				Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	2	6
	Doug Schwab (USA)	0	0																Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	1	2
	Heinrich Barnes (RSA)	1	1																Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	0	0
	Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL)	2	7				Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL)	1	0	2
	Irbek Farniev (RUS)	2	5				Irbek Farniev (RUS)	0	2	3
	Suren Markosyan (ARM)	1	1										Irbek Farniev (RUS)	3	0	0
	Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	1	4	2									Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	0	1	1
	Wang Qiang (CHN)	1	0	0			Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	2	1
	Emin Azizov (AZE)	1	2				Emin Azizov (AZE)	0	0
	Grégory Sarrasin (SUI)	0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Geandry Garzón (CUB)	1	2	2			Geandry Garzón (CUB)	0	1
							Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	4	0	0			Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	3	1
	Doug Schwab (USA)	1	1	2			Sushil Kumar (IND)	1	0	7			Sushil Kumar (IND)	2	0	1
	Sushil Kumar (IND)	4	0	3			Albert Batyrov (BLR)	0	4	0			Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	1	1	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Ramazan Şahin (TUR)
	Andriy Stadnik (UKR)
	Otar Tushishvili (GEO)
	Sushil Kumar (IND)
5	Geandry Garzón (CUB)
5	Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)
7	Irbek Farniev (RUS)
8	Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL)
9	Albert Batyrov (BLR)
10	Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)
11	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
12	Emin Azizov (AZE)
13	Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)
14	Doug Schwab (USA)
15	Yang Chun-song (PRK)
16	Haislan Garcia (CAN)
17	Jung Young-ho (KOR)
18	Suren Markosyan (ARM)
19	Heinrich Barnes (RSA)
20	Wang Qiang (CHN)
21	Grégory Sarrasin (SUI)

References

• Results Book, Page 30