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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤60 kg), Men

Date	25 – 26 August 2004 — 10:18
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants	22 from 22 countries
Format	Round-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

The heaviest favorite in 2004 Greco-Roman wrestling was Armen Nazaryan, who had won gold medals in 1996 (representing Armenia) and 2000 (representing Bulgaria), and was World Champion in 2002-03. Nazaryan made it to the semi-finals but was upset there by Korean Jeong Ji-Hyeon, who had recently won the Asian Championships. Jeong advanced to the final against Cuban Roberto Monzón, who had lost the 2003 World Championship final to Nazaryan. The match went to overtime but Jeong quickly scored a point, winning after only eight seconds of overtime, and taking the gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	2	Jeong Ji-Hyeon	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	21	Roberto Monzón	CUB	–	–	Silver
3	7	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	17	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	–	–
5	11	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	–	–
6	15	Nurlan Koyzhaganov	KAZ	–	–
7	5	Eusebiu Diaconu	ROU	7	13
8	20	Şeref Tüfenk	TUR	6	8
9	14	Akaki Chachua	GEO	5	16
10	6	Jim Gruenwald	USA	5	13
11	22	Ali Ashkani	IRI	5	8
12	8	Ashraf El-Gharably	EGY	4	15
13	16	Ai Linuer	CHN	4	5
14	3	Vitali Rəhimov	AZE	3	4
15	10	Sídney Guzmán	PER	3	3
16	1	Włodzimierz Zawadzki	POL	2	4
17	9	Oleksandr Khvoshch	UKR	2	4
18	12	Davor Štefanek	SCG	2	2
19	18	Jurij Kohl	GER	1	2
20	19	Christos Gkikas	GRE	1	1
21	4	Hugo Passos	POR	0	7
22	13	Paolo Fucile	ITA	0	0

Round One

Date	25 August 2004 — 10:36

Pool A

Date	25 August 2004 — 10:36

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	2	Jeong Ji-Hyeon	KOR	2	0	6	13
2	3	Vitali Rəhimov	AZE	1	1	3	4
3	1	Włodzimierz Zawadzki	POL	0	2	2	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug	Jeong Ji-Hyeon	KOR	Decision (3-0) (6:05)	Vitali Rəhimov	AZE
Match #2	25 Aug 9:42	Jeong Ji-Hyeon	KOR	Decision (10-2) (6:00)	Włodzimierz Zawadzki	POL
Match #3	25 Aug 10:42	Vitali Rəhimov	AZE	Decision (4-2) (7:58)	Włodzimierz Zawadzki	POL

Pool B

Date	25 August 2004 — 17:42

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	5	Eusebiu Diaconu	ROU	2	0	7	13
2	6	Jim Gruenwald	USA	1	1	5	13
3	4	Hugo Passos	POR	0	2	0	7

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug	Eusebiu Diaconu	ROU	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Jim Gruenwald	USA
Match #2	25 Aug 9:48	Eusebiu Diaconu	ROU	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:00)	Hugo Passos	POR
Match #3	25 Aug 17:48	Jim Gruenwald	USA	Fall (12-7) (5:41)	Hugo Passos	POR

Pool C

Date	25 August 2004 — 10:48

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	7	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	2	0	6	15
2	8	Ashraf El-Gharably	EGY	1	1	4	15
3	9	Oleksandr Khvoshch	UKR	0	2	2	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Decision (7-3) (6:00)	Ashraf El-Gharably	EGY
Match #2	25 Aug 17:54	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Decision (8-1) (6:00)	Oleksandr Khvoshch	UKR
Match #3	25 Aug 10:54	Ashraf El-Gharably	EGY	Decision (12-3) (6:00)	Oleksandr Khvoshch	UKR

Pool D

Date	25 August 2004 — 9:54

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	11	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	2	0	7	20
2	10	Sídney Guzmán	PER	1	1	3	3
3	12	Davor Štefanek	SCG	0	2	2	2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:31)	Sídney Guzmán	PER
Match #2	25 Aug 10:00	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	Decision (9-1) (6:00)	Davor Štefanek	SCG
Match #3	25 Aug 18:00	Sídney Guzmán	PER	Decision (3-1) (6:19)	Davor Štefanek	SCG

Pool E

Date	25 August 2004 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	15	Nurlan Koyzhaganov	KAZ	2	0	6	14
2	14	Akaki Chachua	GEO	1	1	5	16
3	13	Paolo Fucile	ITA	0	2	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug	Nurlan Koyzhaganov	KAZ	Decision (7-6) (6:00)	Akaki Chachua	GEO
Match #2	25 Aug 18:12	Nurlan Koyzhaganov	KAZ	Decision (7-0) (6:00)	Paolo Fucile	ITA
Match #3	25 Aug 10:12	Akaki Chachua	GEO	Grand superiority (10-0) (4:10)	Paolo Fucile	ITA

Pool F

Date	25 August 2004 — 11:06

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	17	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	2	0	6	11
2	16	Ai Linuer	CHN	1	1	4	5
3	18	Jurij Kohl	GER	0	2	1	2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 11:12	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Ai Linuer	CHN
Match #2	25 Aug 10:06	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	Decision (7-0) (6:00)	Jurij Kohl	GER
Match #3	25 Aug 18:06	Ai Linuer	CHN	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Jurij Kohl	GER

Pool G

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	21	Roberto Monzón	CUB	3	0	9	16
2	20	Şeref Tüfenk	TUR	2	1	6	8
3	22	Ali Ashkani	IRI	1	2	5	8
4	19	Christos Gkikas	GRE	0	3	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug	Roberto Monzón	CUB	Decision (5-0) (6:00)	Şeref Tüfenk	TUR
Match #2	25 Aug	Roberto Monzón	CUB	Decision (4-1) (6:00)	Ali Ashkani	IRI
Match #3	25 Aug	Roberto Monzón	CUB	Decision (7-0) (6:00)	Christos Gkikas	GRE
Match #4	25 Aug	Şeref Tüfenk	TUR	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Ali Ashkani	IRI
Match #5	25 Aug	Şeref Tüfenk	TUR	Decision (5-0) (6:00)	Christos Gkikas	GRE
Match #6	25 Aug	Ali Ashkani	IRI	Decision (6-1) (6:00)	Christos Gkikas	GRE

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 August 2004 — 10:30

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Nurlan Koyzhaganov	KAZ
Match #2	26 Aug 17:36	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Decision (5-3) (6:00)	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN
Match #3	26 Aug 9:36	Jeong Ji-Hyeon	KOR	Decision (6-0) (6:00)	Eusebiu Diaconu	ROU

Semi-Finals

Date	26 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug 17:30	Roberto Monzón	CUB	Decision (6-3) (6:00)	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS
Match #2	26 Aug 9:30	Jeong Ji-Hyeon	KOR	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Armen Nazaryan	BUL

Final Round

Date	26 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Aug 9:42	Jeong Ji-Hyeon	KOR	Decision (3-0) (6:08)	Roberto Monzón	CUB
Match 3/4	26 Aug 9:36	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Decision (4-3) (6:00)	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS
Match 5/6	26 Aug 9:30	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Nurlan Koyzhaganov	KAZ