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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤55 kilograms), Men

Date12 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationZhongguo Nongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants19 from 19 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

The heavy favorite was Iran’s Hamid Sourian, who had won the last three World Championships. In the quarter-finals he met Russian Nazyr Mankiyev, who had won the 2008 World Cup, and was third at the 2007 World Championships. The match was very close with all three periods ending in a tie, but Mankiyev won the third-period tie-breaker, and the match, to move on. He then defeated 2007 World Championship silver medalist Park Eun-Chul of Korea, also taking three periods to defeat him. The final came down to Mankiyev against Azerbaijani Rövşən Bayramov, twice a European Champion (2007-08). This time Mankiyev won in straight periods to claim the gold medal. Bayramov would repeat as silver medalist at London in 2012.

PosWrestlerNOC
1Nazyr MankiyevRUSGold
2Rövşən BayramovAZESilver
=3Roman AmoyanARMBronze
=3Park Eun-CheolKORBronze
=5Yagnier HernándezCUB
=5Hamid SourianIRI
7Kristijan FrisSRB
8Spenser MangoUSA
9Lasha Gogit'idzeGEO
10Ildar KhafizovUZB
11Yuriy KovalUKR
12Virgil MunteanuROU
13Aset ImanbayevKAZ
14Anders NyblomDEN
15Cha Kwang-SuPRK
16Mostafa MohamedEGY
=17Jiao HuafengCHN
=17Venelin VenkovBUL
19Elgin ElvaisPLW

Round One (12 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match #1 Cha Kwang-SuPRK
Match #2 Yagnier HernándezCUB
Match #3 Mostafa MohamedEGY
Match #4 Rövşən BayramovAZE
Match #5 Lasha Gogit'idzeGEO
Match #6 Jiao HuafengCHN
Match #7 Roman AmoyanARM
Match #8 Aset ImanbayevKAZ
Match #9 Spenser MangoUSA
Match #10 Virgil MunteanuROU
Match #11 Anders NyblomDEN
Match #12 Park Eun-CheolKOR
Match #13 Elgin ElvaisPLW
Match #14 Hamid SourianIRI Venelin VenkovBUL
Match #15 Kristijan FrisSRB Yuriy KovalUKR
Match #16 Nazyr MankiyevRUS Ildar KhafizovUZB

Round Two (12 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match #1 Yagnier HernándezCUB Cha Kwang-SuPRK
Match #2 Rövşən BayramovAZE Mostafa MohamedEGY
Match #3 Lasha Gogit'idzeGEO Jiao HuafengCHN
Match #4 Roman AmoyanARM Aset ImanbayevKAZ
Match #5 Spenser MangoUSA Virgil MunteanuROU
Match #6 Park Eun-CheolKOR Anders NyblomDEN
Match #7 Hamid SourianIRI Elgin ElvaisPLW
Match #8 Nazyr MankiyevRUS Kristijan FrisSRB

Quarter-finals (12 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1 Rövşən BayramovAZE Yagnier HernándezCUB
Match #2 Roman AmoyanARM Lasha Gogit'idzeGEO
Match #3 Park Eun-CheolKOR Spenser MangoUSA
Match #4 Nazyr MankiyevRUS Hamid SourianIRI

Semi-finals (12 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to final. Losers advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1 Rövşən BayramovAZE Roman AmoyanARM
Match #2 Nazyr MankiyevRUS Park Eun-CheolKOR

Repêchage Round One (12 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1 Mostafa MohamedEGY
Match #2 Kristijan FrisSRB Ildar KhafizovUZB

Repêchage Round Two (12 August 2008)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1 Yagnier HernándezCUB Mostafa MohamedEGY
Match #2 Hamid SourianIRI Kristijan FrisSRB

Repêchage Final (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Roman AmoyanARM Yagnier HernándezCUB
Match #2 Park Eun-CheolKOR Hamid SourianIRI

Final (12 August 2008)

Match 1/2 Nazyr MankiyevRUS Rövşən BayramovAZE