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

Date	12 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Zhongguo Nongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	19 from 19 countries
Format	Single 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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	19	Nazyr Mankiyev	RUS	Gold
2	4	Rövşən Bayramov	AZE	Silver
=3	7	Roman Amoyan	ARM	Bronze
=3	12	Park Eun-Cheol	KOR	Bronze
=5	2	Yagnier Hernández	CUB
=5	14	Hamid Sourian	IRI
7	16	Kristijan Fris	SRB
8	9	Spenser Mango	USA
9	5	Lasha Gogitidze	GEO
10	18	Ildar Khafizov	UZB
11	17	Yuriy Koval	UKR
12	10	Virgil Munteanu	ROU
13	8	Aset Imanbayev	KAZ
14	11	Anders Nyblom	DEN
15	1	Cha Kwang-Su	PRK
16	3	Mostafa Mohamed	EGY
=17	6	Jiao Huafeng	CHN
=17	15	Venelin Venkov	BUL
19	13	Elgin Elwais	PLW

Round One

Date	12 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	12 Aug	Cha Kwang-Su	PRK
Match #2	12 Aug	Yagnier Hernández	CUB
Match #3	12 Aug	Mostafa Mohamed	EGY
Match #4	12 Aug	Rövşən Bayramov	AZE
Match #5	12 Aug	Lasha Gogitidze	GEO
Match #6	12 Aug	Jiao Huafeng	CHN
Match #7	12 Aug	Roman Amoyan	ARM
Match #8	12 Aug	Aset Imanbayev	KAZ
Match #9	12 Aug	Spenser Mango	USA
Match #10	12 Aug	Virgil Munteanu	ROU
Match #11	12 Aug	Anders Nyblom	DEN
Match #12	12 Aug	Park Eun-Cheol	KOR
Match #13	12 Aug	Elgin Elwais	PLW
Match #14	12 Aug 9:29	Hamid Sourian	IRI	Fall	Venelin Venkov	BUL
Match #15	12 Aug 9:32	Kristijan Fris	SRB	Decision	Yuriy Koval	UKR
Match #16	12 Aug 9:28	Nazyr Mankiyev	RUS	Decision	Ildar Khafizov	UZB

Round Two

Date	12 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	12 Aug 9:50	Yagnier Hernández	CUB	Decision	Cha Kwang-Su	PRK
Match #2	12 Aug 10:02	Rövşən Bayramov	AZE	Shutout decision	Mostafa Mohamed	EGY
Match #3	12 Aug 10:17	Lasha Gogitidze	GEO	Shutout decision	Jiao Huafeng	CHN
Match #4	12 Aug 10:03	Roman Amoyan	ARM	Decision	Aset Imanbayev	KAZ
Match #5	12 Aug 10:12	Spenser Mango	USA	Decision	Virgil Munteanu	ROU
Match #6	12 Aug 10:24	Park Eun-Cheol	KOR	Decision	Anders Nyblom	DEN
Match #7	12 Aug 9:53	Hamid Sourian	IRI	Great superiority (shutout)	Elgin Elwais	PLW
Match #8	12 Aug 10:06	Nazyr Mankiyev	RUS	Shutout decision	Kristijan Fris	SRB

Quarter-Finals

Date	12 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	12 Aug 11:03	Rövşən Bayramov	AZE	Decision	Yagnier Hernández	CUB
Match #2	12 Aug 11:17	Roman Amoyan	ARM	Decision	Lasha Gogitidze	GEO
Match #3	12 Aug 11:04	Park Eun-Cheol	KOR	Decision	Spenser Mango	USA
Match #4	12 Aug 10:59	Nazyr Mankiyev	RUS	Decision	Hamid Sourian	IRI

Semi-Finals

Date	12 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	12 Aug 11:39	Rövşən Bayramov	AZE	Decision	Roman Amoyan	ARM
Match #2	12 Aug 11:35	Nazyr Mankiyev	RUS	Decision	Park Eun-Cheol	KOR

Repêchage Round One

Date	12 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Mostafa Mohamed	EGY
Match #2	12 Aug 15:55	Kristijan Fris	SRB	Decision	Ildar Khafizov	UZB

Repêchage Round Two

Date	12 August 2008
Format	Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug 16:07	Yagnier Hernández	CUB	Decision	Mostafa Mohamed	EGY
Match #2	12 Aug 16:15	Hamid Sourian	IRI	Decision	Kristijan Fris	SRB

Repêchage Final

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug 17:00	Roman Amoyan	ARM	Shutout decision	Yagnier Hernández	CUB
Match #2	12 Aug 17:10	Park Eun-Cheol	KOR	Decision	Hamid Sourian	IRI

Final

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	12 Aug 17:26	Nazyr Mankiyev	RUS	Decision	Rövşən Bayramov	AZE