Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	11 August
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan Davit Modzmanashvili  Georgia Komeil Ghasemi  Iran Bilyal Makhov  Russia

Wrestling at the 2012 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 freestyle 120 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 11 August at ExCeL London.^[1] This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners 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 rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

China's Liang Lei was on the start list but did not compete.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	1	1
	Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)	0	0

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Tervel Dlagnev (USA)		6	1
								El-Desoky Ismail (EGY)		2	0
															Tervel Dlagnev (USA)		2	3
															Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)		0	1
								Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)		2	2
								Dániel Ligeti (HUN)		0	1
																						Tervel Dlagnev (USA)		0
																						Artur Taymazov (UZB)		3F
								Nick Matuhin (GER)		0	0
								Artur Taymazov (UZB)		4	2
															Artur Taymazov (UZB)		1	1
															Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)		0	0
								Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)		1	1
								Arjan Bhullar (CAN)		0	0

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)		4	7
								Jesse Ruíz (MEX)		0	0
															Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)		4	1
															Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)		0	0
								Rareș Chintoan (ROU)		3	2	0
								Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)		0	5	1
																						Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)		1	1
																						Bilyal Makhov (RUS)		0	1
								Malal Ndiaye (SEN)		0	0
								Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)		1	2
															Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)		6	1	0
	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)		0	0											Bilyal Makhov (RUS)		0	2	1
	Taha Akgül (TUR)		1	2				Taha Akgül (TUR)		0	0
	Bilyal Makhov (RUS)		1	4				Bilyal Makhov (RUS)		1	3
	Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE)		0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Bronze medal bout
	Nick Matuhin (GER)		0	0			Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)		4	0	1
	Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)		1	1			Tervel Dlagnev (USA)		0	1	0
	Jesse Ruíz (MEX)		0	0			Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)		0	3	0
	Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)		5	3F			Bilyal Makhov (RUS)		5	0	3

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
	Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)
	Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)
	Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
5	Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
5	Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)
7	Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)
8	Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)
9	Taha Akgül (TUR)
10	Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
11	El-Desoky Ismail (EGY)
12	Dániel Ligeti (HUN)
13	Arjan Bhullar (CAN)
14	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
14	Malal Ndiaye (SEN)
16	Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE)
17	Nick Matuhin (GER)
18	Jesse Ruíz (MEX)

References

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