Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	28–29 August
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Buvaisar Saitiev   Russia   Gennadiy Laliyev   Kazakhstan   Iván Fundora   Cuba

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 74 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 28 to August 29.

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
28 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
29 August 2004	09:30	Quarterfinals
	09:30	Semifinals
	14:00	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
Iván Fundora (CUB)	2	2	0	6	14
Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	2	1	1	3	8
Sujeet Maan (IND)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Sujeet Maan (IND)	0–8	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	0–3 PO
Iván Fundora (CUB)	6–0	Sujeet Maan (IND)	3–0 PO
Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	0–8	Iván Fundora (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	2	0	6	12
Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	2	1	1	4	9
Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	2	0	2	2	4

	Score		CP
Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	7–3	Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	3–1 PP
Daniel Igali (CAN)	5–2	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	3–1 PP
Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	1–7	Daniel Igali (CAN)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	8	16
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	2	1	1	4	11
Nate Ackerman (GBR)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Nate Ackerman (GBR)	0–11	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	0–4 ST
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	11–0	Nate Ackerman (GBR)	4–0 ST
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	0–5	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	0–4 TO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Joe Williams (USA)	2	2	0	6	9
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	2	1	1	3	7
Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	2	0	2	2	6

	Score		CP
Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	1–6	Joe Williams (USA)	1–3 PP
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	7–5	Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	3–1 PP
Joe Williams (USA)	3–0	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	3–0 PO

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2	2	0	7	14
Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	2	1	1	5	13
Ali Abdo (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Ali Abdo (AUS)	0–10	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	0–4 ST
Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	11–0	Ali Abdo (AUS)	4–0 ST
Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	4–2	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	3–1 PP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	14
Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	2	1	1	4	6
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2–8	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	5–1	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	3–1 PP
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	6–1	Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	3–1 PP

Pool 7

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	2	2	0	6	7
Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	2	1	1	4	6
Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	3–3	Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	1–3 PP
Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	1–3	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	1–3 PP
Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	4–0	Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	3–0 PO

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Iván Fundora (CUB)		3
	Daniel Igali (CAN)		1			Iván Fundora (CUB)		4
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)		3			Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)		5
	Joe Williams (USA)		2								Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)		0
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)		2								Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)		7
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)		3			Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)		8
						Krystian Brzozowski (POL)		0			Bronze medal match
											Iván Fundora (CUB)		3
											Krystian Brzozowski (POL)		1

	5th place match
	Joe Williams (USA)
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)		EV

• Murad Gaidarov fought off the arena floor with Buvaisar Saitiev minutes after their quarterfinal match and were therefore disqualified from the competition.^[1]

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)
	Iván Fundora (CUB)
4	Krystian Brzozowski (POL)
5	Joe Williams (USA)
6	Daniel Igali (CAN)
7	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)
8	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
9	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)
10	Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)
11	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)
12	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)
13	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)
14	Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)
15	Elnur Aslanov (AZE)
16	Árpád Ritter (HUN)
17	Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)
18	Sujeet Maan (IND)
19	Nate Ackerman (GBR)
20	Ali Abdo (AUS)
DQ	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)

References

1. "Wrestling Match Turns Into Off-Mat Fraces". NBC Sports. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

• Official Report