Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg

Men's freestyle 55 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	10 August
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Dzhamal Otarsultanov  Russia Vladimer Khinchegashvili  Georgia Yang Kyong-il  North Korea Shinichi Yumoto  Japan

Wrestling at the 2012 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 55 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 10 August at ExCeL London. 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).

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
10 August 2012	13:00	Qualification rounds
	17:45	Repechage
	18:45	Finals

Results

Final

	Final
	Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)		1	4
	Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)		0	3

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Sam Hazewinkel (USA)		1	0
								Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ)		3	2
															Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ)		0	1	2
															Ahmet Peker (TUR)		1	0	0
								Ahmet Peker (TUR)		1	1
								David Tremblay (CAN)		0	1
																						Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ)		2	0
																						Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)		3	3
								Yang Kyong-il (PRK)		0	1	2
								Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)		1	1	0
															Yang Kyong-il (PRK)		1	1
															Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)		3	3
								Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)		3	7
								Sem Shilimela (NAM)		0	0

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Kim Jin-cheol (KOR)		1	2	0
								Shinichi Yumoto (JPN)		0	4	1
															Shinichi Yumoto (JPN)		4	6
															Mihran Jaburyan (ARM)		1	0
								Mihran Jaburyan (ARM)		6	6
								22x20px Brandon Escobar (HON)		3	0
																						Shinichi Yumoto (JPN)		0	4	0
																						Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)		1	0	2
								Amit Kumar (IND)		0	1	1
	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)		0	0				Hassan Rahimi (IRI)		1	0	1
	Hassan Rahimi (IRI)		2	3											Amit Kumar (IND)		0	1
	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)		1	1											Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)		4	3
	Nikolay Noev (TJK)		0	0				Radoslav Velikov (BUL)		3	1	0
	Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)		1	5	2			Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)		0	1	4
	Ibrahim Farag (EGY)		1	2	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medal match
							Sem Shilimela (NAM)		2	0			Yang Kyong-il (PRK)		2	6
							Yang Kyong-il (PRK)		7	6			Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ)		2	0
	Ibrahim Farag (EGY)		0	0			Radoslav Velikov (BUL)		1	1			Radoslav Velikov (BUL)		1	1
	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)		3	3			Amit Kumar (IND)		0	0			Shinichi Yumoto (JPN)		1	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)
	Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)
	Yang Kyong-il (PRK)
	Shinichi Yumoto (JPN)
5	Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ)
5	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)
7	Mihran Jaburyan (ARM)
8	Hassan Rahimi (IRI)
9	Ahmet Peker (TUR)
10	Amit Kumar (IND)
11	Kim Jin-cheol (KOR)
12	22x20px Brandon Escobar (HON)
13	Ibrahim Farag (EGY)
14	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)
15	Sem Shilimela (NAM)
16	David Tremblay (CAN)
17	Sam Hazewinkel (USA)
18	Nikolay Noev (TJK)
19	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)

References

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