Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	24–25 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Khasan Baroyev   Russia   Georgiy Tsurtsumia   Kazakhstan   Rulon Gardner   United States

Wrestling at the 2004 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

The men's Greco-Roman 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 24 to August 25.

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)

Date	Time	Event
24 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
	17:30	Quarterfinals
25 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

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
Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA)	2	2	0	7	13
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	2	1	1	4	10
Rafael Barreno (VEN)	2	0	2	1	3

	Score		CP
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	1–3	Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA)	1–3 PP
Rafael Barreno (VEN)	3–9	Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	1–3 PP
Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA)	10–0	Rafael Barreno (VEN)	4–0 ST

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sajjad Barzi (IRI)	2	2	0	6	5
Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	2	1	1	4	4
Juha Ahokas (FIN)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	3–0	Juha Ahokas (FIN)	3–0 PO
Sajjad Barzi (IRI)	3–1	Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	3–1 PP
Juha Ahokas (FIN)	1–2	Sajjad Barzi (IRI)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Khasan Baroyev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	8
David Vála (CZE)	2	1	1	3	3
Andrei Chekhauskoi (BLR)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
David Vála (CZE)	0–5	Khasan Baroyev (RUS)	0–3 PO
Andrei Chekhauskoi (BLR)	0–3	David Vála (CZE)	0–3 PO
Khasan Baroyev (RUS)	3–0	Andrei Chekhauskoi (BLR)	3–0 PO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Mijaín López (CUB)	2	2	0	6	9
Yekta Yılmaz Gül (TUR)	2	1	1	3	3
Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)	0–5	Mijaín López (CUB)	0–3 PO
Yekta Yılmaz Gül (TUR)	3–0	Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)	3–0 PO
Mijaín López (CUB)	4–0	Yekta Yılmaz Gül (TUR)	3–0 PO

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TB
Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ)	3	2	1	8	11
Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE)	3	2	1	7	11
Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	3	1	2	3	4	3
Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	3	1	2	3	2	0

	Score		CP
Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ)	2–2	Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE)	3–1 PP
Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	0–3	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	0–3 PO
Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ)	2–2	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	1–3 PP
Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE)	5–0	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	3–0 PO
Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ)	7–1	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	4–0 TO
Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE)	5–0	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	3–0 PO

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Rulon Gardner (USA)	3	3	0	9	7
Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	3	2	1	7	6
Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU)	3	1	2	4	4
Marek Mikulski (POL)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Rulon Gardner (USA)	3–0	Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU)	3–0 PO
Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	3–0	Marek Mikulski (POL)	3–0 PO
Rulon Gardner (USA)	1–1	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	3–1 PP
Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU)	3–0	Marek Mikulski (POL)	3–0 PO
Rulon Gardner (USA)	3–0	Marek Mikulski (POL)	3–0 PO
Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU)	1–2	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA)		0
	Sajjad Barzi (IRI)		3			Sajjad Barzi (IRI)		0
	Khasan Baroyev (RUS)		2			Khasan Baroyev (RUS)		4
	Mijaín López (CUB)		0								Khasan Baroyev (RUS)		4
											Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ)		2
						Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ)		4
						Rulon Gardner (USA)		1			Bronze medal match
											Sajjad Barzi (IRI)		0
											Rulon Gardner (USA)		3

	5th place match
	Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA)
	Mijaín López (CUB)		PA

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Khasan Baroyev (RUS)
	Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ)
	Rulon Gardner (USA)
4	Sajjad Barzi (IRI)
5	Mijaín López (CUB)
6	Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA)
7	Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE)
8	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)
9	Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)
10	Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)
11	Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU)
12	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)
13	Yekta Yılmaz Gül (TUR)
14	David Vála (CZE)
15	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)
16	Rafael Barreno (VEN)
17	Juha Ahokas (FIN)
18	Andrei Chekhauskoi (BLR)
19	Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)
20	Marek Mikulski (POL)

References

• Official Report