Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 66 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 13 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueChina Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date13 August 2008
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Steeve Guénot  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kanatbek Begaliev  Kyrgyzstan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Armen Vardanyan  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mikhail Siamionau  Belarus
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This Greco-Roman 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 rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule edit

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

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

Results edit

Final edit

Final
  Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) 0 1  
  Steeve Guénot (FRA) 3 3  

Top half edit

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Jake Deitchler (USA) 0 3  
  Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) 6 3  
  Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) 3 0 2
  Armen Vardanyan (UKR) 0 2 1
  Farid Mansurov (AZE) 0 0  
  Armen Vardanyan (UKR) 3 3  
  Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ) 1 1  
  Nikolay Gergov (BUL) 1 1  
  Mohamed Serir (ALG) 0 0  
  Sergey Kovalenko (RUS) 6 6  
  Sergey Kovalenko (RUS) 1 5 1
  Nikolay Gergov (BUL) 2 2 3
  Şeref Eroğlu (TUR) 1 1  
  Nikolay Gergov (BUL) 1 2  

Bottom half edit

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Li Yanyan (CHN) 2 1  
  Ion Panait (ROU) 2 1  
  Li Yanyan (CHN) 1 4 1
  Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ) 4 2 5
  Markus Thätner (GER) 1 1  
  Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ) 2 3  
  Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ) 1 0  
  Mikhail Siamionau (BLR) 1 1     Steeve Guénot (FRA) 1 3  
  Aleksandr Kazakevič (LTU) 1 1     Mikhail Siamionau (BLR) 2 0 1
  Kim Min-chul (KOR) 1 1     Ali Mohammadi (IRI) 0 4 1
  Ali Mohammadi (IRI) 1 1     Mikhail Siamionau (BLR) 1 1  
  Alain Milián (CUB) 0 1     Steeve Guénot (FRA) 2 1  
  Steeve Guénot (FRA) 3 2     Steeve Guénot (FRA) 0 1 1
  Arman Adikyan (ARM) 2 1     Tamás Lőrincz (HUN) 2 1 1
  Tamás Lőrincz (HUN) 2 2  

Repechage edit

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
  Jake Deitchler (USA)131  Armen Vardanyan (UKR)416
  Armen Vardanyan (UKR)111  Nikolay Gergov (BUL)121
  Alain Milián (CUB)11   Alain Milián (CUB)11   Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)211
  Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)11   Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)13   Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)011

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete
    Steeve Guénot (FRA)
    Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ)
    Armen Vardanyan (UKR)
    Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)
5   Nikolay Gergov (BUL)
5   Darkhan Bayakhmetov (KAZ)
7   Sergey Kovalenko (RUS)
8   Alain Milián (CUB)
9   Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)
10   Li Yanyan (CHN)
11   Ali Mohammadi (IRI)
12   Jake Deitchler (USA)
13   Ion Panait (ROU)
14   Arman Adikyan (ARM)
15   Aleksandr Kazakevič (LTU)
15   Kim Min-chul (KOR)
17   Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)
18   Markus Thätner (GER)
19   Farid Mansurov (AZE)
20   Mohamed Serir (ALG)

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