Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

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Men's freestyle 120 kg
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue ExCeL London
Date11 August 2012
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Komeil Ghasemi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Gold medal icon.svg Bilyal Makhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Tervel Dlagnev Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Daulet Shabanbay Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
  2008
2016  

Men's freestyle 120 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 11 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.

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).

China's Liang Lei was on the start list but did not compete due to injury.

In January 2019, Georgia's Davit Modzmanashvili, who originally won the silver medal, was disqualified after testing positive for banned substances. [2] On 23 July 2019, it was announced that as a result of retesting samples, original gold medalist Artur Taymazov was also disqualified. [3] [4] [5]

Consequently, the original bronze medalists, Komeil Ghasemi of Iran and Bilyal Makhov of Russia, were declared joint Olympic champions, while Tervel Dlagnev of the United States and Daulet Shabanbay of Kazakhstan, who Ghasemi and Makhov had defeated in the repechage, were awarded the bronze medals. [6]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

DateTimeEvent
11 August 201213:00Qualification rounds
17:45Repechage
18:30Finals

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Artur Taymazov  (UZB)11 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Davit Modzmanashvili  (GEO)0 0  

Top half

Qualifications 1/8 finals 1/4 finals Semifinals
Flag of the United States.svg  Tervel Dlagnev  (USA)61 
Flag of Egypt.svg  El-Desoky Ismail  (EGY)2 0  
Flag of the United States.svg  Tervel Dlagnev  (USA)23 
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Aleksey Shemarov  (BLR)0 1  
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Aleksey Shemarov  (BLR)22 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Dániel Ligeti  (HUN)0 1  
Flag of the United States.svg  Tervel Dlagnev  (USA)0   
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Artur Taymazov  (UZB)3F  
Flag of Germany.svg  Nick Matuhin  (GER)0 0  
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Artur Taymazov  (UZB)42 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Artur Taymazov  (UZB)11 
Flag of Iran.svg  Komeil Ghasemi  (IRI)0 0  
Flag of Iran.svg  Komeil Ghasemi  (IRI)11 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Arjan Bhullar  (CAN)0 0  

Bottom half

Qualifications 1/8 finals 1/4 finals Semifinals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Davit Modzmanashvili  (GEO)47 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Jesse Ruíz  (MEX)0 0  
Flag of Georgia.svg  Davit Modzmanashvili  (GEO)41 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Daulet Shabanbay  (KAZ)0 0  
Flag of Romania.svg  Rareș Chintoan  (ROU)32 0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Daulet Shabanbay  (KAZ)0 51
Flag of Georgia.svg  Davit Modzmanashvili  (GEO)11 
Flag of Russia.svg  Bilyal Makhov  (RUS)0 1  
Flag of Senegal.svg  Malal Ndiaye  (SEN)0 0  
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat  (MGL)12 
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat  (MGL)61 0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi  (UKR)0 0  Flag of Russia.svg  Bilyal Makhov  (RUS)0 21
Flag of Turkey.svg  Taha Akgül  (TUR)12 Flag of Turkey.svg  Taha Akgül  (TUR)0 0  
Flag of Russia.svg  Bilyal Makhov  (RUS)14 Flag of Russia.svg  Bilyal Makhov  (RUS)13 
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Jamaladdin Magomedov  (AZE)0 0  

Repechage

Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Germany.svg  Nick Matuhin  (GER)00 Flag of Iran.svg  Komeil Ghasemi  (IRI)401
Flag of Iran.svg  Komeil Ghasemi  (IRI)11 Flag of the United States.svg  Tervel Dlagnev  (USA)010
Flag of Mexico.svg  Jesse Ruíz  (MEX)00 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Daulet Shabanbay  (KAZ)030
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Daulet Shabanbay  (KAZ)53F Flag of Russia.svg  Bilyal Makhov  (RUS)503

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Komeil Ghasemi  (IRI)
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Bilyal Makhov  (RUS)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Tervel Dlagnev  (USA)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Daulet Shabanbay  (KAZ)
5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat  (MGL)
6Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Aleksey Shemarov  (BLR)
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Taha Akgül  (TUR)
8Flag of Romania.svg  Rareș Chintoan  (ROU)
9Flag of Egypt.svg  El-Desoky Ismail  (EGY)
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Dániel Ligeti  (HUN)
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Arjan Bhullar  (CAN)
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi  (UKR)
12Flag of Senegal.svg  Malal Ndiaye  (SEN)
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Jamaladdin Magomedov  (AZE)
15Flag of Germany.svg  Nick Matuhin  (GER)
16Flag of Mexico.svg  Jesse Ruíz  (MEX)
DQFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Artur Taymazov  (UZB)
DQFlag of Georgia.svg  Davit Modzmanashvili  (GEO)

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