Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 84 kg

Men's freestyle 84 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	27–28 August
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Cael Sanderson  United States Moon Eui-jae  South Korea Sazhid Sazhidov  Russia

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 84 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
Majid Khodaei (IRI)	2	2	0	6	13
Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)	2	1	1	4	12
Anuj Kumar (IND)	2	0	2	2	6

	Score		CP
Majid Khodaei (IRI)	5–1	Anuj Kumar (IND)	3–1 PP
Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)	1–8	Majid Khodaei (IRI)	1–3 PP
Anuj Kumar (IND)	5–11	Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Cael Sanderson (USA)	2	2	0	6	13
Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)	2	1	1	4	3
Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	1–2	Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)	1–3 PP
Cael Sanderson (USA)	4–2	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)	1–9	Cael Sanderson (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	2	2	0	6	6
Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	2	1	1	4	4
Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	1–3	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	1–3 PP
Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	0–3	Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	0–3 PO
Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	3–0	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	3–0 PO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Yoel Romero (CUB)	2	2	0	7	13
Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)	2	1	1	4	10
Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)	0–10	Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)	0–4 ST
Yoel Romero (CUB)	10–0	Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)	4–0 ST
Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)	0–3	Yoel Romero (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Taras Danko (UKR)	2	2	0	7	9
Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	2	1	1	4	0
Mamed Aghaev (ARM)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Taras Danko (UKR)	3–0	Mamed Aghaev (ARM)	4–0 EV
Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	0–6	Taras Danko (UKR)	0–3 PO
Mamed Aghaev (ARM)		Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	0–4 EV

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	2	2	0	6	13
Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	2	1	1	4	9
Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	0–4	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	0–3 PO
Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	4–2	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	3–1 PP
Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	9–5	Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	3–1 PP

Pool 7

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	3	3	0	11	32
Shamil Aliev (TJK)	3	2	1	6	10
Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	3	1	2	4	16
Matar Sène (SEN)	3	0	3	2	6

	Score		CP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	17–0	Matar Sène (SEN)	4–0 ST
Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	3–4	Shamil Aliev (TJK)	1–3 PP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	10–2	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	4–0 TO
Matar Sène (SEN)	3–6	Shamil Aliev (TJK)	1–3 PP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	5–0	Shamil Aliev (TJK)	3–0 PO
Matar Sène (SEN)	3–11	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Majid Khodaei (IRI)		5
	Cael Sanderson (USA)		6			Cael Sanderson (USA)		3
	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)		1			Yoel Romero (CUB)		2
	Yoel Romero (CUB)		3								Cael Sanderson (USA)		3
	Taras Danko (UKR)		1								Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		1
	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		3			Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		10
						Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)		2			Bronze medal match
											Yoel Romero (CUB)		3
											Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)		5

	5th place match
	Majid Khodaei (IRI)	3
	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Cael Sanderson (USA)
	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)
	Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
4	Yoel Romero (CUB)
5	Majid Khodaei (IRI)
6	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)
7	Taras Danko (UKR)
8	Shamil Aliev (TJK)
9	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)
10	Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)
11	Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)
12	Miroslav Gochev (BUL)
13	Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
14	Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)
15	Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)
16	Anuj Kumar (IND)
17	Matar Sène (SEN)
18	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
19	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)
20	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)
21	Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)
DQ	Mamed Aghaev (ARM)

References

• Official Report