Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date14 August 2008
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andrea Minguzzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Zoltán Fodor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Nazmi Avluca Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
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Men's Greco-Roman 84 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 14 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium. Italian wrestler Andrea Minguzzi won the gold medal in this event.

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

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

DateTimeEvent
14 August 200809:30Qualification rounds
16:00Repechage
17:00Finals

Results

Final

Final
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Fodor  (HUN)11 0
Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Minguzzi  (ITA)1 14

Top half

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Daragan  (UKR)0 20
Flag of Iran.svg  Saman Tahmasebi  (IRI)41 3
Flag of Iran.svg  Saman Tahmasebi  (IRI)2 0  
Flag of Turkey.svg  Nazmi Avluca  (TUR)23 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Nazmi Avluca  (TUR)41 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Badri Khasaia  (GEO)0 1  
Flag of Turkey.svg  Nazmi Avluca  (TUR)1 1  
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Fodor  (HUN)21 
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Shalva Gadabadze  (AZE)55 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Haykel Achouri  (TUN)0 0  
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Shalva Gadabadze  (AZE)10 1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Fodor  (HUN)1 31
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Sanyi  (CHN)0 1  
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Fodor  (HUN)22 

Bottom half

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of France.svg  Mélonin Noumonvi  (FRA)1 1  
Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Minguzzi  (ITA)11 
Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Minguzzi  (ITA)10 2
Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksey Mishin  (RUS)1 31
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Andrey Samokhin  (KAZ)1 0  
Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksey Mishin  (RUS)23 
Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Minguzzi  (ITA)12 
Flag of Japan.svg  Shingo Matsumoto  (JPN)2 0  Flag of Sweden.svg  Ara Abrahamian  (SWE)1 1  
Flag of Armenia.svg  Denis Forov  (ARM)46 Flag of Armenia.svg  Denis Forov  (ARM)41 3
Flag of the United States.svg  Brad Vering  (USA)41 Flag of the United States.svg  Brad Vering  (USA)0 20
Flag of Poland.svg  Artur Michalkiewicz  (POL)0 1  Flag of Armenia.svg  Denis Forov  (ARM)1 31
Flag of Sweden.svg  Ara Abrahamian  (SWE)1 11Flag of Sweden.svg  Ara Abrahamian  (SWE)10 2
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Jung-sub  (KOR)31 1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Ara Abrahamian  (SWE)21 1
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Attila Bátky  (SVK)0 0  Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Yunior Estrada  (CUB)1 11
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Yunior Estrada  (CUB)45 

Repechage

Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Sanyi  (CHN)33 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Sanyi  (CHN)400
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Shalva Gadabadze  (AZE)32 Flag of Turkey.svg  Nazmi Avluca  (TUR)056
Flag of France.svg  Mélonin Noumonvi  (FRA)011Flag of France.svg  Mélonin Noumonvi  (FRA)01 
Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksey Mishin  (RUS)311Flag of Sweden.svg  Ara Abrahamian  (SWE)41 

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Andrea Minguzzi  (ITA)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Fodor  (HUN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Nazmi Avluca  (TUR)
Bronze medal icon.svgNone awarded
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Sanyi  (CHN)
5Flag of France.svg  Mélonin Noumonvi  (FRA)
7Flag of Armenia.svg  Denis Forov  (ARM)
8Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Shalva Gadabadze  (AZE)
9Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksey Mishin  (RUS)
10Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Yunior Estrada  (CUB)
11Flag of Iran.svg  Saman Tahmasebi  (IRI)
12Flag of the United States.svg  Brad Vering  (USA)
13Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Jung-sub  (KOR)
14Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Daragan  (UKR)
15Flag of Japan.svg  Shingo Matsumoto  (JPN)
16Flag of Georgia.svg  Badri Khasaia  (GEO)
16Flag of Poland.svg  Artur Michalkiewicz  (POL)
16Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Andrey Samokhin  (KAZ)
19Flag of Slovakia.svg  Attila Bátky  (SVK)
20Flag of Tunisia.svg  Haykel Achouri  (TUN)
DQFlag of Sweden.svg  Ara Abrahamian  (SWE)

Controversy

Pelle Svensson, a former two-time world champion in Greco-Roman and member of board of FILA from 1990 to 2007, spoke out in support of the allegations of corruption during the semifinals in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling 84 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, when Ara Abrahamian lost against Andrea Minguzzi from Italy after a controversial ruling by the referee. It was later reported that the referee of the match, Jean-Marc Petoud from Switzerland, is a first cousin of the current President of FILA Raphaël Martinetti. [3] Abrahamian, who was stripped of his bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics after dropping the medal in protest, has received a level of vindication through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). His protest revolved around a second round bout with Italian Andrea Minguzzi, where a penalty wasn't assessed until after the round had concluded. Abrahamian's coach was denied a chance to review the call via video, and FILA also refused an official protest from the coach. [4] Minguzzi later took gold in the event.

The IOC decided not to award French wrestler Mélonin Noumonvi the bronze medal because the disqualification did not happen in the context of the competition.

References

  1. Associated Press (2008-08-23). "Court: Wrestler who dropped medal was right". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  2. Jere Longman (2008-08-16). "Swede Stripped of His Medal After His Angry Reaction". The New York Times . Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  3. Sundberg, Andréas (2008-08-14). "Mattdomaren är kusin med presidenten för internationella brottningförbundet". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  4. Archived 5 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine