Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg

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Men's freestyle 55 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date19 August 2008
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Henry Cejudo Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Tomohiro Matsunaga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Radoslav Velikov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Besik Kudukhov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
  2004
2012  

Men's freestyle 55 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 19 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

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).

Gold medal-winner Henry Cejudo would later leave the sport of wrestling to become a successful mixed martial artist in the UFC, simultaneously holding the world flyweight and bantamweight titles.

Schedule

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

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

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of the United States.svg  Henry Cejudo  (USA)23 
Flag of Japan.svg  Tomohiro Matsunaga  (JPN)2 0  

Top half

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of North Korea.svg  Yang Kyong-il  (PRK)11 1
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Namig Sevdimov  (AZE)1 32
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Namig Sevdimov  (AZE)1 12
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Hyo-sub  (KOR)20 0
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Hyo-sub  (KOR)33 
Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Sánchez  (ESP)1 1  
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Namig Sevdimov  (AZE)52 3
Flag of the United States.svg  Henry Cejudo  (USA)3 34
Flag of the United States.svg  Henry Cejudo  (USA)0 34
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radoslav Velikov  (BUL)12 3
Flag of the United States.svg  Henry Cejudo  (USA)1 33
Flag of Georgia.svg  Besarion Gochashvili  (GEO)32 0
Flag of Romania.svg  Petru Toarcă  (ROU)0 0  
Flag of Georgia.svg  Besarion Gochashvili  (GEO)33 

Bottom half

Qualifications 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Dabbaghi  (IRI)11 5
Flag of Colombia.svg  Fredy Serrano  (COL)0 11
Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Dabbaghi  (IRI)0 0  
Flag of Russia.svg  Besik Kudukhov  (RUS)61 
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar  (MGL)0 0  
Flag of Russia.svg  Besik Kudukhov  (RUS)11 
Flag of Russia.svg  Besik Kudukhov  (RUS)0 0  
Flag of Japan.svg  Tomohiro Matsunaga  (JPN)35F 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Sezar Akgül  (TUR)0 0  
Flag of Senegal.svg  Adama Diatta  (SEN)0 0  Flag of Japan.svg  Tomohiro Matsunaga  (JPN)53 
Flag of Japan.svg  Tomohiro Matsunaga  (JPN)14F Flag of Japan.svg  Tomohiro Matsunaga  (JPN)20 2
Flag of Cuba.svg  Maikel Pérez  (CUB)0 0  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dilshod Mansurov  (UZB)1 11
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Rizvan Gadzhiev  (BLR)76 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Rizvan Gadzhiev  (BLR)10 0
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dilshod Mansurov  (UZB)11 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dilshod Mansurov  (UZB)0 11
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly  (KAZ)0 0  

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radoslav Velikov  (BUL)12 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radoslav Velikov  (BUL)031
Flag of Georgia.svg  Besarion Gochashvili  (GEO)01 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Namig Sevdimov  (AZE)210
Flag of Senegal.svg  Adama Diatta  (SEN)010Flag of Turkey.svg  Sezar Akgül  (TUR)00 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dilshod Mansurov  (UZB)00 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Sezar Akgül  (TUR)101Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dilshod Mansurov  (UZB)44 Flag of Russia.svg  Besik Kudukhov  (RUS)12 

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Henry Cejudo  (USA)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Tomohiro Matsunaga  (JPN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Radoslav Velikov  (BUL)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Besik Kudukhov  (RUS)
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Namig Sevdimov  (AZE)
5Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dilshod Mansurov  (UZB)
7Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Rizvan Gadzhiev  (BLR)
8Flag of Georgia.svg  Besarion Gochashvili  (GEO)
9Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Hyo-sub  (KOR)
10Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Dabbaghi  (IRI)
11Flag of Turkey.svg  Sezar Akgül  (TUR)
12Flag of North Korea.svg  Yang Kyong-il  (PRK)
13Flag of Spain.svg  Francisco Sánchez  (ESP)
14Flag of Colombia.svg  Fredy Serrano  (COL)
15Flag of Senegal.svg  Adama Diatta  (SEN)
16Flag of Mongolia.svg  Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar  (MGL)
16Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly  (KAZ)
18Flag of Romania.svg  Petru Toarcă  (ROU)
19Flag of Cuba.svg  Maikel Pérez  (CUB)

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