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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤84 kg), Men

Date	21 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Zhongguo Nongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	20 from 20 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

The top match in this division came in the semi-finals, pitting Georgian Revaz Mindorashvili, the 2005 World Champion, against Russian Georgy Ketoyev, the reigning World Champion. Mindorashvili won the first period and then won the match in the second period by throwing Ketoyev. In the final Russian-born Tajiki Yusuf Abdusalomov, silver medalist at the 2007 Worlds, won the first period, but Mindorashvili came back to shut-out Abdusalomov in the final two periods and win the gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	11	Revaz Mindorashvili	GEO	Gold
2	8	Yusup Abdusalomov	TJK	Silver
=3	6	Taras Danko	UKR	Bronze
=3	18	Georgy Ketoyev	RUS	Bronze
=5	4	Serhat Balcı	TUR
=5	12	Davyd Bichinashvili	GER
7	16	Novruz Temrezov	AZE
8	10	Harutyun Yenokyan	ARM
9	20	Zaurbek Sokhiyev	UZB
10	2	Reineris Salas	CUB
11	13	Reza Yazdani	IRI
12	1	Andy Hrovat	USA
13	19	Gennady Laliyev	KAZ
14	17	Wang Ying	CHN
15	3	Travis Cross	CAN
16	14	Radosław Horbik	POL
17	15	Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig	MGL
18	9	Adnan Rhimi	TUN
19	5	Jarlis Mosquera	COL
20	7	Sandeep Kumar	AUS

Round One

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug	Andy Hrovat	USA
Match #2	21 Aug	Reineris Salas	CUB
Match #3	21 Aug	Serhat Balcı	TUR
Match #4	21 Aug	Travis Cross	CAN
Match #5	21 Aug	Jarlis Mosquera	COL
Match #6	21 Aug	Taras Danko	UKR
Match #7	21 Aug	Sandeep Kumar	AUS
Match #8	21 Aug	Yusup Abdusalomov	TJK
Match #9	21 Aug	Adnan Rhimi	TUN
Match #10	21 Aug	Harutyun Yenokyan	ARM
Match #11	21 Aug	Revaz Mindorashvili	GEO
Match #12	21 Aug	Davyd Bichinashvili	GER
Match #13	21 Aug 9:28	Reza Yazdani	IRI	Decision	Radosław Horbik	POL
Match #14	21 Aug 9:38	Novruz Temrezov	AZE	Decision	Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig	MGL
Match #15	21 Aug 9:49	Georgy Ketoyev	RUS	Decision	Wang Ying	CHN
Match #16	21 Aug 9:57	Zaurbek Sokhiyev	UZB	Decision	Gennady Laliyev	KAZ

Round Two

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug 10:06	Reineris Salas	CUB	Decision	Andy Hrovat	USA
Match #2	21 Aug 10:16	Serhat Balcı	TUR	Decision	Travis Cross	CAN
Match #3	21 Aug 10:24	Taras Danko	UKR	Shutout decision	Jarlis Mosquera	COL
Match #4	21 Aug 10:31	Yusup Abdusalomov	TJK	Shutout decision	Sandeep Kumar	AUS
Match #5	21 Aug 10:39	Harutyun Yenokyan	ARM	Great superiority	Adnan Rhimi	TUN
Match #6	21 Aug 10:47	Revaz Mindorashvili	GEO	Decision	Davyd Bichinashvili	GER
Match #7	21 Aug 10:58	Novruz Temrezov	AZE	Fall	Reza Yazdani	IRI
Match #8	21 Aug 11:04	Georgy Ketoyev	RUS	Decision	Zaurbek Sokhiyev	UZB

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug 11:12	Serhat Balcı	TUR	Shutout decision	Reineris Salas	CUB
Match #2	21 Aug 11:20	Yusup Abdusalomov	TJK	Shutout decision	Taras Danko	UKR
Match #3	21 Aug 11:27	Revaz Mindorashvili	GEO	Shutout decision	Harutyun Yenokyan	ARM
Match #4	21 Aug 11:35	Georgy Ketoyev	RUS	Decision	Novruz Temrezov	AZE

Semi-Finals

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final. Losers advanced to repêchage final.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug 11:49	Yusup Abdusalomov	TJK	Shutout decision	Serhat Balcı	TUR
Match #2	21 Aug 12:01	Revaz Mindorashvili	GEO	Fall	Georgy Ketoyev	RUS

Repêchage Round One

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug	Sandeep Kumar	AUS
Match #2	21 Aug	Davyd Bichinashvili	GER

Repêchage Round Two

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug 15:58	Taras Danko	UKR	Shutout decision	Sandeep Kumar	AUS
Match #2	21 Aug 16:11	Davyd Bichinashvili	GER	Decision	Harutyun Yenokyan	ARM

Repêchage Final

Date	21 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Aug 17:01	Taras Danko	UKR	Shutout decision	Serhat Balcı	TUR
Match #2	21 Aug 17:11	Georgy Ketoyev	RUS	Decision	Davyd Bichinashvili	GER

Final

Date	21 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Aug 17:26	Revaz Mindorashvili	GEO	Decision	Yusup Abdusalomov	TJK