Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg

Men's freestyle 55 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	27–28 August
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Mavlet Batirov  Russia Stephen Abas  United States Chikara Tanabe  Japan

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

The men's freestyle 55 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.

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

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Results

Legend

• EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
• E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
• EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
• EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Stephen Abas (USA)	2	2	0	6	10
René Montero (CUB)	2	1	1	4	8
Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	0–5	René Montero (CUB)	0–3 PO
Stephen Abas (USA)	6–1	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	3–1 PP
René Montero (CUB)	3–4	Stephen Abas (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Li Zhengyu (CHN)	2	2	0	6	13
Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	2	1	1	5	19
Shaun Williams (RSA)	2	0	2	2	6

	Score		CP
Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	13–2	Shaun Williams (RSA)	4–1 SP
Li Zhengyu (CHN)	8–6	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	3–1 PP
Shaun Williams (RSA)	4–5	Li Zhengyu (CHN)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TB
Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	2	1	1	4	8	3
Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	2	1	1	4	9	1
Babak Nourzad (IRI)	2	1	1	3	6

	Score		CP
Babak Nourzad (IRI)	0–6	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	0–3 PO
Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	4–6	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	1–3 PP
Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	3–4	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	2	2	0	6	9
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	2	1	1	4	8
Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)	2	0	2	2	5

	Score		CP
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	5–2	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	3–1 PP
Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)	3–4	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	1–3 PP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	6–2	Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2	2	0	6	7
Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	2	1	1	4	7
Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	3–1	Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	3–4	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	1–3 PP
Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)	1–4	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	2	2	0	7	23
Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	2	1	1	5	12
Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)	0–11	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	20–0	Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)	4–0 ST
Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	1–3	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	1–3 PP

Pool 7

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3	3	0	10	17
O Song-nam (PRK)	3	2	1	8	8
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3	1	2	5	9
Harun Doğan (TUR)	3	0	3	1	3

	Score		CP
O Song-nam (PRK)	3–4	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–3 PP
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	5–3	Harun Doğan (TUR)	3–1 PP
O Song-nam (PRK)	5–2	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3–1 PP
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	10–0	Harun Doğan (TUR)	4–0 ST
O Song-nam (PRK)		Harun Doğan (TUR)	4–0 PA
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3–2	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Stephen Abas (USA)		6
	Li Zhengyu (CHN)		1			Stephen Abas (USA)		3
	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)		0			Chikara Tanabe (JPN)		0
	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)		10								Stephen Abas (USA)		1
	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)		0								Mavlet Batirov (RUS)		9
	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)		4			Mavlet Batirov (RUS)		7
						Amiran Kardanov (GRE)		1			Bronze medal match
											Chikara Tanabe (JPN)		7
											Amiran Kardanov (GRE)		0

	5th place match
	Li Zhengyu (CHN)	6
	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	4

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
	Stephen Abas (USA)
	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)
4	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)
5	Li Zhengyu (CHN)
6	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)
7	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)
8	O Song-nam (PRK)
9	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)
10	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)
11	Martin Berberyan (ARM)
12	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)
13	René Montero (CUB)
14	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
15	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)
16	Babak Nourzad (IRI)
17	Shaun Williams (RSA)
18	Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)
19	Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)
20	Harun Doğan (TUR)
21	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)
22	Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)

References

• Official Report