Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Men's freestyle 120 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on 21 August at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	21 August 2008
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov  Russia David Musuľbes  Slovakia Disney Rodríguez  Cuba Marid Mutalimov  Kazakhstan

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves 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 consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that round; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

On 5 April 2017, Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan was stripped of the gold medal due to a positive doping test.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
21 August 2008	09:30	Qualification rounds
	16:00	Repechage
	17:00	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	3	1
	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)	0	0

Top half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Ali Isayev (AZE)	0	3
							Artur Taymazov (UZB)	2	4
													Artur Taymazov (UZB)	3	4
													Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	1	0
							Rareș Chintoan (ROU)	0	0
							Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	5	4
																			Artur Taymazov (UZB)	1	1
																			David Musuľbes (SVK)	0	0
							David Musuľbes (SVK)	3	6
							Wilson Siewari (NGR)	0	0
													David Musuľbes (SVK)	2	2
													Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	1	0
							Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)	0	1
							Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	4	7

Bottom half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Kim Jae-gang (KOR)	1	0
							Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	1	2
													Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	1	1	2
													Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	0	2	0
							Ivan Ishchenko (UKR)	3	0	0
							Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	0	1	1
																			Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	0	0
	Steve Mocco (USA)	1	3																Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)	6	1
	Rajiv Tomar (IND)	0	0				Steve Mocco (USA)	1	3
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	1	2				Liang Lei (CHN)	0	0
	Liang Lei (CHN)	1	2										Steve Mocco (USA)	1	0	0
	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	0	0										Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)	0	1	2
	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)	2	2				Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)	4F
	Lawrence Langowski (MEX)	0	0				Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	0
	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	6	6

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Ali Isayev (AZE)	0	0				Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	0	2
							Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	1	4F				David Musuľbes (SVK)	4	4
	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	1	0	2			Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	3	4				Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	3	1
	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	0	2	4			Steve Mocco (USA)	1	1				Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	8	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS)
	David Musuľbes (SVK)
	Disney Rodríguez (CUB)
	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)
5	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)
6	Steve Mocco (USA)
7	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)
8	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
9	Liang Lei (CHN)
10	Ivan Ishchenko (UKR)
11	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)
12	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)
13	Ali Isayev (AZE)
14	Kim Jae-gang (KOR)
15	Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)
16	Rajiv Tomar (IND)
17	Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
17	Wilson Siewari (NGR)
19	Lawrence Langowski (MEX)
DQ	Artur Taymazov (UZB)

• Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone and Stanozolol.

References

• Results Book, Page 38