Men's freestyle 96 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 12 August at ExCeL London.[1] This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved 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.
| Men's freestyle 96 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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 Men's freestyle 96 kg victory ceremony | |||||||||||||||||
| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 12 August 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).
Schedule edit
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2012 | 08:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 12:45 | Repechage | |
| 13:45 | Finals |
Results edit
- Legend
- R — Retired
- WO — Won by walkover
Final edit
| Final | |||||
 Jake Varner (USA)
| 1 | 1 | |||
 Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 0 | 0 | |||
Top half edit
| Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Saleh Emara (EGY)
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 Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
| W | O | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Nicolae Ceban (MDA)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicolae Ceban (MDA)
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Sinivie Boltic (NGR)
| 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
| 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jake Varner (USA)
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Khetag Pliev (CAN)
| 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Javier Cortina (CUB)
| 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Khetag Pliev (CAN)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jake Varner (USA)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jake Varner (USA)
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)
| 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half edit
| Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Rustam Iskandari (TJK)
| 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Reza Yazdani (IRI)
| 0R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reza Yazdani (IRI)
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)
| 1 | 1 | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)
| 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)
| 1 | 0 | Reza Yazdani (IRI)
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Serhat Balcı (TUR)
| 1 | 0 | 0 |  Magomed Musaev (KGZ)
| 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Magomed Musaev (KGZ)
| 0 | 1 | 2 | Magomed Musaev (KGZ)
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Nathaniel Tuamoheloa (ASA)
|  Takao Isokawa (JPN)
| 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Takao Isokawa (JPN)
| W | O | |||||||||||||||||||||
Repechage edit
| Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | |||||||||
| Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 1 | 4 | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Khetag Pliev (CAN) | 0 | 1 | Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 1 | 0 | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | W | O | |||||
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 3 | 3 | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | |||||||
Final standing edit
| Rank | Athlete |
|---|---|
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Jake Varner (USA)
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Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
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Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
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Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
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| 5 | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)
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| 5 | Reza Yazdani (IRI)
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| 7 | Magomed Musaev (KGZ)
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| 8 | Takao Isokawa (JPN)
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| 9 | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)
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| 10 | Khetag Pliev (CAN)
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| 11 | Nicolae Ceban (MDA)
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| 12 | Rustam Iskandari (TJK)
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| 13 | Javier Cortina (CUB)
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| 14 | Sinivie Boltic (NGR)
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| 14 | Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)
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| 16 | Serhat Balcı (TUR)
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| 17 | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)
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| 18 | Nathaniel Tuamoheloa (ASA)
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| 19 | Saleh Emara (EGY)
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References edit
- ^ "Men's 96kg Freestyle". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 19 August 2012.