Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	21 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan Bakhtiyar Akhmedov  Russia David Musuľbes  Slovakia Marid Mutalimov  Kazakhstan

Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on 21 August at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

This freestyle 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)

Date	Time	Event
21 August 2008	09:30–13:00	Qualification rounds
	16:00–17:00	Repechage
	17:00–19:45	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)		3	1
	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)		0	0

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Ali Isayev (AZE)		0	3
								Artur Taymazov (UZB)		2	4
															Artur Taymazov (UZB)		3	4
															Disney Rodríguez (CUB)		1	0
								Rareș Chintoan (ROU)		0	0
								Disney Rodríguez (CUB)		5	4
																						Artur Taymazov (UZB)		1	1
																						David Musuľbes (SVK)		0	0
								David Musuľbes (SVK)		3	6
								Wilson Siewari (NGR)		0	0
															David Musuľbes (SVK)		2	2
															Ottó Aubéli (HUN)		1	0
								Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)		0	1
								Ottó Aubéli (HUN)		4	7

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								22x20px Kim Jae-gang (KOR)		1	0
								Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)		1	2
															Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)		1	1	2
															Aydın Polatçı (TUR)		0	2	0
								Ivan Ishchenko (UKR)		3	0	0
								Aydın Polatçı (TUR)		0	1	1
																						Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)		0	0
	Steve Mocco (USA)		1	3																		Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)		6	1
	Rajiv Tomar (IND)		0	0				Steve Mocco (USA)		1	3
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)		1	2				Liang Lei (CHN)		0	0
	Liang Lei (CHN)		1	2											Steve Mocco (USA)		1	0	0
	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)		0	0											Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)		0	1	2
	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)		2	2				Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)		4F
	Lawrence Langowski (MEX)		0	0				Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		0
	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		6	6

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medal bout
							Ali Isayev (AZE)		0	0			Disney Rodríguez (CUB)		0	2
							Disney Rodríguez (CUB)		1	4F			David Musuľbes (SVK)		4	4
	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)		1	0	2		Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		3	4			Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		3	1
	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		0	2	4		Steve Mocco (USA)		1	1			Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)		8	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)
	David Musuľbes (SVK)
	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)
5	Disney Rodríguez (CUB)
5	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)
7	Steve Mocco (USA)
8	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)
9	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
10	Liang Lei (CHN)
11	Ivan Ishchenko (UKR)
12	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)
13	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)
14	Ali Isayev (AZE)
15	22x20px Kim Jae-gang (KOR)
16	Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)
17	Rajiv Tomar (IND)
18	Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
19	Wilson Siewari (NGR)
20	Lawrence Langowski (MEX)

References

• Results Book, Page 38