Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg

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
Men's freestyle 96 kg victory ceremony
VenueExCeL London
Date12 August 2012
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jake Varner  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valeriy Andriytsev  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giorgi Gogshelidze  Georgia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khetag Gazyumov  Azerbaijan
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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

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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

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Legend
  • R — Retired
  • WO — Won by walkover

Final

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Final
  Jake Varner (USA) 1 1  
  Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) 0 0  

Top half

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Qualifications 1/8 finals 1/4 finals Semifinals
  Saleh Emara (EGY)      
  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

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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

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Repechage round 2Bronze medals
  Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)14   Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)100
  Khetag Pliev (CAN)01   Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)042
  Rustam Iskandari (TJK)10   Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)WO 
  Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)33   Reza Yazdani (IRI)   

Final standing

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Rank Athlete
    Jake Varner (USA)
    Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
    Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)
    Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
5   Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)
5   Reza Yazdani (IRI)
7   Magomed Musaev (KGZ)
8   Takao Isokawa (JPN)
9   Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS)
10   Khetag Pliev (CAN)
11   Nicolae Ceban (MDA)
12   Rustam Iskandari (TJK)
13   Javier Cortina (CUB)
14   Sinivie Boltic (NGR)
14   Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)
16   Serhat Balcı (TUR)
17   Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)
18   Nathaniel Tuamoheloa (ASA)
19   Saleh Emara (EGY)

References

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  1. ^ "Men's 96kg Freestyle". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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