Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	14 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Aslanbek Khushtov  Russia Mirko Englich  Germany Adam Wheeler  United States Marek Švec  Czech Republic

Wrestling at the 2008 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

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 14 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves 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 consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Mirko Englich (GER)	0	0
	Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)	6	3

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Han Tae-young (KOR)		1	2
								Mirko Englich (GER)		2	2
															Mirko Englich (GER)		1	6	1
															Elis Guri (ALB)		1	0	1
								Elis Guri (ALB)		2	2	1
								Karam Gaber (EGY)		4	1	1
																						Mirko Englich (GER)		2	2
																						Adam Wheeler (USA)		1	1
								Lajos Virág (HUN)		1	1	1
								Adam Wheeler (USA)		1	1	1
															Adam Wheeler (USA)		0	4	1
															Jiang Huachen (CHN)		7	2	1
								Samir Bouguerra (ALG)		0	0
								Jiang Huachen (CHN)		5	3

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		1	2
								Theodoros Tounousidis (GRE)		1	2
															Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		1	1	1
															Marek Švec (CZE)		1	1	2
								Marek Švec (CZE)		4	1	1
								Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)		1	3	1
																						Marek Švec (CZE)		0
	Daigoro Timoncini (ITA)		2	6																		Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)		5F
	Kenzo Kato (JPN)		0	0				Daigoro Timoncini (ITA)		0	0
	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)		0	0				Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)		4	4
	Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)		5	5											Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)		4	5
	Ghasem Rezaei (IRI)		1	2	1										Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)		0	0
	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)		1	1	1			Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)		2	2	3
	Oleg Kryoka (UKR)		2	2	1			Mehmet Özal (TUR)		2	1	1
	Mehmet Özal (TUR)		4	1	1

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medal bout
							Han Tae-young (KOR)		1	1	3		Han Tae-young (KOR)		1	1
							Elis Guri (ALB)		1	1	1		Adam Wheeler (USA)		3	4
	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)		2	2			Asset Mambetov (KAZ)		1	1	3		Asset Mambetov (KAZ)		1	6
	Daigoro Timoncini (ITA)		1	0			Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)		2	1	1		Marek Švec (CZE)		1	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS)
	Mirko Englich (GER)
	Adam Wheeler (USA)
DSQ	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)
	Marek Švec (CZE)
5	Han Tae-Young (KOR)
7	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)
8	Elis Guri (ALB)
9	Jiang Huachen (CHN)
10	Mehmet Özal (TUR)
11	Daigoro Timoncini (ITA)
12	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)
13	Karam Gaber (EGY)
14	Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)
14	Oleg Kryoka (UKR)
16	Ghasem Rezaei (IRI)
17	Theodoros Tounousidis (GRE)
17	Lajos Virág (HUN)
19	Samir Bouguerra (ALG)
19	Kenzo Kato (JPN)

• Asset Mambetov of Kazakhstan originally finished third, but in November 2016, it was announced that he tested positive for stanozolol.^[1]

The medals were reawarded by FILA following this decision^[2]

References

• Results Book, Page 11