Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg

Men's freestyle 96 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	28–29 August
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov  Russia Magomed Ibragimov  Uzbekistan Alireza Heidari  Iran

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 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 28 to August 29.

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	TB1	TB2
Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	2	1	1	4	5	4	3
Peter Pecha (SVK)	2	1	1	4	5	4	1
Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)	2	1	1	4	4	4

	Score		CP
Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	2–3	Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)	1–3 PP
Peter Pecha (SVK)	1–3	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	1–3 PP
Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)	1–4	Peter Pecha (SVK)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	2	2	0	6	7
Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	2	1	1	3	3
Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	0–3	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	0–3 PO
Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2–3	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	1–3 PP
Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	4–0	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	2	2	0	7	18
Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	2	1	1	4	9
Nico Jacobs (NAM)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	7–2	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Nico Jacobs (NAM)	0–11	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	0–4 ST
Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	7–1	Nico Jacobs (NAM)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	2	0	7	13
Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	1	1	5	8
Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2–3	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1–3 PP
Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	0–6	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	0–4 TO
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	10–0	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	4–0 ST

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	2	2	0	6	6
Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	1	1	3	6
Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	1–6	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	1–3 PP
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	3–1	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	3–1 PP
Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	0–3	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	0–3 PO

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2	2	0	6	8
Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	2	1	1	5	5
Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	4–0	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	4–0 TO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	3–1	Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	3–1 PP
Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	0–5	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	0–3 PO

Pool 7

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Daniel Cormier (USA)	2	2	0	6	19
Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	2	1	1	4	5
Radovan Valach (AUT)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Radovan Valach (AUT)	0–9	Daniel Cormier (USA)	0–3 PO
Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	4–1	Radovan Valach (AUT)	3–1 PP
Daniel Cormier (USA)	10–1	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)		1
	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)		4			Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)		6
	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)		0			Alireza Heidari (IRI)		4
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)		5								Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)		1
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		3								Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		4
	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)		0			Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		5
						Daniel Cormier (USA)		0			Bronze medal match
											Alireza Heidari (IRI)		3
											Daniel Cormier (USA)		2

	5th place match
	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	3
	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	3 F

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
4	Daniel Cormier (USA)
5	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)
6	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)
7	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)
8	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
9	Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)
10	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)
11	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)
12	Peter Pecha (SVK)
13	Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)
14	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)
15	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)
16	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)
17	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)
18	Nico Jacobs (NAM)
19	Radovan Valach (AUT)
20	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)
21	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)

References

• Official Report