Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	25–26 August
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Karam Gaber   Egypt   Ramaz Nozadze   Georgia   Mehmet Özal   Turkey

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 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 25 to August 26.

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
25 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
26 August 2004	09:30	Quarterfinals
	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
Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	2	2	0	6	8
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	2	1	1	4	0
Martin Lidberg (SWE)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	3–1	Martin Lidberg (SWE)	3–1 PP
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	0–5	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	0–3 PO
Martin Lidberg (SWE)		Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	0–4 PA

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	6
Mirko Englich (GER)	2	1	1	4	4
Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)	3–1	Mirko Englich (GER)	3–1 PP
Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	1–3	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)	1–3 PP
Mirko Englich (GER)	3–1	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)	2	2	0	7	15
Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)	2	1	1	5	13
John Tarkong (PLW)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
John Tarkong (PLW)	0–10	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)	0–4 ST
Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)	11–0	John Tarkong (PLW)	4–0 ST
Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)	5–2	Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)	2	2	0	7	7
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	2	1	1	3	6
Petru Sudureac (ROU)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Petru Sudureac (ROU)	2–2	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)	1–3 PP
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	3–1	Petru Sudureac (ROU)	3–1 PP
Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)	5–3	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	4–0 TO

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Mehmet Özal (TUR)	2	2	0	6	7
Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)	2	1	1	3	3
Igors Kostins (LAT)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)	3–2	Igors Kostins (LAT)	3–1 PP
Mehmet Özal (TUR)	3–0	Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)	3–0 PO
Igors Kostins (LAT)	0–5	Mehmet Özal (TUR)	0–3 PO

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Ernesto Peña (CUB)	2	2	0	6	8
Lajos Virág (HUN)	2	1	1	4	5
Garrett Lowney (USA)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Garrett Lowney (USA)	1–3	Ernesto Peña (CUB)	1–3 PP
Lajos Virág (HUN)	4–0	Garrett Lowney (USA)	3–0 PO
Ernesto Peña (CUB)	5–1	Lajos Virág (HUN)	3–1 PP

Pool 7

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Karam Gaber (EGY)	3	3	0	10	20
Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	3	2	1	7	13
Marek Sitnik (POL)	3	1	2	4	5
Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	4–0	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	3–0 PO
Karam Gaber (EGY)	6–0	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–0 PO
Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	6–11	Karam Gaber (EGY)	1–3 PP
Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	0–3	Marek Sitnik (POL)	0–3 PO
Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	3–2	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–1 PP
Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	0–3	Karam Gaber (EGY)	0–4 TO

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)		0
	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		3			Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		4
	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)		1			Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)		2
	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)		3								Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		1
	Mehmet Özal (TUR)		4								Karam Gaber (EGY)		12
	Ernesto Peña (CUB)		1			Mehmet Özal (TUR)		0
						Karam Gaber (EGY)		11			Bronze medal match
											Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)		2
											Mehmet Özal (TUR)		3

	5th place match
	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)		0
	Ernesto Peña (CUB)		4

• Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for protesting after the bronze medal match.

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Karam Gaber (EGY)
	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)
	Mehmet Özal (TUR)
4	Ernesto Peña (CUB)
5	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)
6	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
7	Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)
8	Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)
9	Lajos Virág (HUN)
10	Marek Sitnik (POL)
11	Mirko Englich (GER)
12	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
13	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)
14	Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)
15	Petru Sudureac (ROU)
16	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
17	Igors Kostins (LAT)
18	Martin Lidberg (SWE)
19	Garrett Lowney (USA)
20	John Tarkong (PLW)
21	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)
DQ	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)

References

• Official Report