Date | 4 – 5 August 2021 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
Participants | 16 from 16 countries |
The #1 seed was the Iranian defending gold medallist Hassan Yazdani, who had won the 2019 World Championships. Second seeded was Deepak Punia of India, who had lost to Yazdani in the finals at the 2019 Worlds.
Yazdani had been quite dominant since winning the Rio gold medal. He had lost only two matches, both to American David Taylor, who was not seeded in Tokyo, although Taylor had been the 2018 World Champion, and was World Cup Champion in 2017 and 2018. Taylor had wrestled at Penn State University where he was a two-time NCAA Champion, and twice won the Dan Hodge Trophy, given to the meet’s top wrestler.
Yazdani and Taylor both made it to the semi-finals, where Yazdani easily defeated (7-1) ROC team member Artur Nayfonov. Taylor met Punia in the semis and dominated him, winning by technical superiority (10-0) in 2:49, setting up a re-match of Yazdani and Taylor.
The final was very close, but Taylor made it three wins in a row over Yazdani, defeating him on points, 4-3. Nayfonov won his repêchage final to secure a bronze medal, but Punia was defeated by Sammarinese Myles Nazem Amine for the other bronze.
Pos | Competitor | NOC | CP | VF | ST | TP | TPR | |||
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1 | David Taylor | ![]() | 15 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 5 | Gold | ||
2 | Hassan Yazdani | ![]() | 11 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 8 | Silver | ||
=3 | Artur Nayfonov | ![]() | 11 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | Bronze | ||
=3 | Myles Amine | ![]() | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 16 | Bronze | ||
=5 | Javrail Shapiev | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | |||
=5 | Deepak Punia | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 18 | |||
7 | Lin Zushen | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |||
8 | Stefan Reichmuth | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | |||
9 | Osman Göçen | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |||
10 | Sohsuke Takatani | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
11 | Fateh Benferdjallah | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
12 | Carlos Izquierdo | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||
13 | Ekerekeme Agiomor | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |||
14 | Boris Makojev | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
15 | Pool Ambrocio | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||
16 | Ali Shabanau | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Date | 4 August 2021 — 11:30 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug 11:30 | Hassan Yazdani | ![]() | Decision | Javrail Shapiev | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 04 Aug | Stefan Reichmuth | ![]() | Decision | Fateh Benferdjallah | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 04 Aug | Osman Göçen | ![]() | Decision | Sohsuke Takatani | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 04 Aug | Artur Nayfonov | ![]() | Decision by shutout | Boris Makojev | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 04 Aug | Myles Amine | ![]() | Technical superiority | Carlos Izquierdo | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 04 Aug | David Taylor | ![]() | Technical superiority by shutout | Ali Shabanau | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 04 Aug | Lin Zushen | ![]() | Technical superiority by shutout | Pool Ambrocio | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 04 Aug | Deepak Punia | ![]() | Technical superiority | Ekerekeme Agiomor | ![]() |
Date | 4 August 2021 — 12:50 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug 12:50 | Hassan Yazdani | ![]() | Technical superiority | Stefan Reichmuth | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 04 Aug | Artur Nayfonov | ![]() | Technical superiority | Osman Göçen | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 04 Aug | David Taylor | ![]() | Technical superiority | Myles Amine | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 04 Aug | Deepak Punia | ![]() | Decision | Lin Zushen | ![]() |
Date | 4 August 2021 — 18:35 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug 18:35 | Hassan Yazdani | ![]() | Decision | Artur Nayfonov | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 04 Aug | David Taylor | ![]() | Technical superiority by shutout | Deepak Punia | ![]() |
Date | 5 August 2021 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 05 Aug | Javrail Shapiev | ![]() | Decision | Stefan Reichmuth | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 05 Aug | Myles Amine | ![]() | Decision by shutout | Ali Shabanau | ![]() |
Date | 5 August 2021 — 11:00 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 05 Aug 11:00 | Artur Nayfonov | ![]() | Decision by shutout | Javrail Shapiev | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 05 Aug | Myles Amine | ![]() | Decision | Deepak Punia | ![]() |
Date | 5 August 2021 — 20:05 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 05 Aug 20:30 | David Taylor | ![]() | Decision | Hassan Yazdani | ![]() |