Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

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Men's freestyle 74 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date20 August 2008
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Buvaisar Saitiev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Murad Gaidarov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
Bronze medal icon.svg Gheorghiță Ștefan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Kiril Terziev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
  2004
2012  

Men's freestyle 74 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 20 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner 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.

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

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

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

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Soslan Tigiev  (UZB)10 1
Flag of Russia.svg  Buvaisar Saitiev  (RUS)0 13

Top half

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Gela Saghirashvili  (GEO)12 
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Augusto Midana  (GBS)0 1  
Flag of Georgia.svg  Gela Saghirashvili  (GEO)0 0  
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Murad Gaidarov  (BLR)11 
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Murad Gaidarov  (BLR)0 21
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev  (AZE)40 0
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Murad Gaidarov  (BLR)0 0  
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Soslan Tigiev  (UZB)11 
Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghiță Ștefan  (ROU)0 0  
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Soslan Tigiev  (UZB)11 
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Soslan Tigiev  (UZB)11 
Flag of Greece.svg  Emzarios Bentinidis  (GRE)0 0  
Flag of Greece.svg  Emzarios Bentinidis  (GRE)0 22
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Matt Gentry  (CAN)10 0

Bottom half

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Kiril Terziev  (BUL)33 
Flag of Iran.svg  Meisam Mostafa-Jokar  (IRI)0 1  
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Kiril Terziev  (BUL)69F 
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Arsen Gitinov  (KGZ)6 1  
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ibragim Aldatov  (UKR)31 1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Arsen Gitinov  (KGZ)1 31Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Arsen Gitinov  (KGZ)0 22
Flag of Poland.svg  Krystian Brzozowski  (POL)11 0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Kiril Terziev  (BUL)0   
Flag of the United States.svg  Ben Askren  (USA)0 4F Flag of Russia.svg  Buvaisar Saitiev  (RUS)8F  
Flag of Hungary.svg  István Veréb  (HUN)20  Flag of the United States.svg  Ben Askren  (USA)1 0  
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Siriguleng  (CHN)5 2  Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Iván Fundora  (CUB)34 
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Iván Fundora  (CUB)74 Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Iván Fundora  (CUB)0 1  
Flag of Australia.svg  Ali Abdo  (AUS)0 0  Flag of Russia.svg  Buvaisar Saitiev  (RUS)22 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Gülhan  (TUR)12 Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Gülhan  (TUR)0 0  
Flag of Russia.svg  Buvaisar Saitiev  (RUS)17 Flag of Russia.svg  Buvaisar Saitiev  (RUS)14 
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cho Byung-kwan  (KOR)0 2  

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghiță Ștefan  (ROU)011Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghiță Ștefan  (ROU)11 
Flag of Greece.svg  Emzarios Bentinidis  (GRE)300Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Murad Gaidarov  (BLR)23 
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cho Byung-kwan  (KOR)102Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cho Byung-kwan  (KOR)00 Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Iván Fundora  (CUB)53 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Gülhan  (TUR)021Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Iván Fundora  (CUB)24 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Kiril Terziev  (BUL)65F 

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Buvaisar Saitiev  (RUS)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Murad Gaidarov  (BLR)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Romania.svg  Gheorghiță Ștefan  (ROU)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Kiril Terziev  (BUL)
5Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Iván Fundora  (CUB)
6Flag of the United States.svg  Ben Askren  (USA)
7Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Arsen Gitinov  (KGZ)
8Flag of Greece.svg  Emzarios Bentinidis  (GRE)
9Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Gülhan  (TUR)
10Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Cho Byung-kwan  (KOR)
11Flag of Georgia.svg  Gela Saghirashvili  (GEO)
12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Siriguleng  (CHN)
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ibragim Aldatov  (UKR)
14Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev  (AZE)
15Flag of Poland.svg  Krystian Brzozowski  (POL)
16Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Augusto Midana  (GBS)
17Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Matt Gentry  (CAN)
18Flag of Iran.svg  Meisam Mostafa-Jokar  (IRI)
19Flag of Hungary.svg  István Veréb  (HUN)
20Flag of Australia.svg  Ali Abdo  (AUS)
DQFlag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Soslan Tigiev  (UZB)

References

  1. "IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC . Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. "IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". FILA . Retrieved 22 November 2016.