Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	27–28 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Artur Taymazov   Uzbekistan   Alireza Rezaei   Iran   Aydın Polatçı   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 freestyle 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 27 to August 28.

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
27 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
	17:30	Quarterfinals
28 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
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	2	2	0	8	20
Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	2	1	1	3	6
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	2	0	2	1	4

	Score		CP
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	10–0	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	4–0 ST
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	0–10	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	6–4	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	2	2	0	6	11
Alex Modebadze (GEO)	2	1	1	3	5
Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	0–6	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	0–3 PO
Alex Modebadze (GEO)	5–0	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	3–0 PO
Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	5–0	Alex Modebadze (GEO)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	2	2	0	7	18
Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)	2	1	1	3	5
Serhii Priadun (UKR)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	10–0	Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)	4–0 ST
Serhii Priadun (UKR)	0–8	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	0–3 PO
Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)	5–0	Serhii Priadun (UKR)	3–0 PO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	2	2	0	7	15
Sven Thiele (GER)	2	1	1	4	5
Rareș Chintoan (ROU)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Rareș Chintoan (ROU)	0–4	Sven Thiele (GER)	0–3 PO
Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	10–0	Rareș Chintoan (ROU)	4–0 ST
Sven Thiele (GER)	1–5	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	3	3	0	9	10
Kerry McCoy (USA)	3	2	1	7	12
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	3	1	2	4	0
Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	3	0	3	2	1

	Score		CP
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	0–7	Kerry McCoy (USA)	0–3 PO
Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	3–2	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	3–1 PP
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	0–3	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Kerry McCoy (USA)	4–0	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	3–0 PO
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)		Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	4–0 PA
Kerry McCoy (USA)	1–4	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	3	3	0	9	15
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	3	2	1	7	9
Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	3	1	2	3	6
Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3	0	3	1	1

	Score		CP
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	5–0	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	3–0 PO
Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	6–0	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3–0 PO
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	3–0	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	3–0 PO
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	5–1	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3–1 PP
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	7–0	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3–0 PO
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	4–0	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	4–0 TO

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

7

Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)

3

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

3

Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)

1

Aydın Polatçı (TUR)

0

Aydın Polatçı (TUR)

3

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

4 F

Alireza Rezaei (IRI)

0

Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)

1

Alireza Rezaei (IRI)

4

Bronze medal match

Aydın Polatçı (TUR)

3

Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)

1

	5th place match
	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)		PA

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
	Alireza Rezaei (IRI)
	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
4	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)
5	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)
6	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)
7	Kerry McCoy (USA)
8	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)
9	Sven Thiele (GER)
10	Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)
11	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)
12	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)
13	Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)
14	Alex Modebadze (GEO)
15	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)
16	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)
17	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)
18	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)
19	Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
20	Serhii Priadun (UKR)

References

• Official Report