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Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kilograms), Men

Date	21 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Arena Carioca 2, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	19 from 19 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

The strong favourite in this class was America’s Kyle Snyder, who, at the age of 19 won the 2015 World Championships, shocking Russian Abdusalam Gadisov, the 2014 World champion. Other contenders would also be two Olympic bronze medalists – 2009 World champion Georgy Ketoyev from Armenia, and five-time World Championship medalist Xetaq Qazyumov from Azerbaijan.

But on the last day of the wrestling program at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Snyder won the Olympic gold medal in this class in a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Azerbaijan’s Qazyumov, the world number three and twice Olympic bronze medalist (96kg), an opponent he had lost to just a month prior to the 2016 Olympics.

Not only did Snyder became the youngest Olympic wrestling champion in United States history (age 21) just one year after becoming his nation’s youngest World champion, his gold was the USA’s only men’s wrestling medal at the Rio Games, and the sixth in Olympic history for his nation in this weight class. In his semi-final, Snyder defeated world number six Georgia’s Elizbar Odikadze 9-4. Romania’s Albert Saritov and Uzbekistan’s Magomed Ibragimov won the bronze medals.

Pos	Wrestler	NOC	CP	VF	ST	TP	TPR
1	Kyle Snyder	USA	21	0	0	28	8	Gold
2	Xetaq Qazyumov	AZE	14	0	1	29	6	Silver
=3	Albert Saritov	ROU	10	0	1	23	10	Bronze
=3	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	18	1	1	27	16	Bronze
=5	Elizbar Odikadze	GEO	7	0	0	18	21
=5	Valeriy Andriytsev	UKR	7	0	0	17	24
7	Reza Yazdani	IRI	8	0	1	16	9
8	Mamed Ibragimov	KAZ	5	0	1	12	6
9	Magomed Musayev	KGZ	4	0	0	11	5
10	Javier Cortina	CUB	2	0	0	4	18
11	Anzor Boltukayev	RUS	1	0	0	5	8
12	Nicolai Ceban	MDA	1	0	0	2	5
13	Radosław Baran	POL	1	0	0	2	8
14	Georgy Ketoyev	ARM	1	0	0	1	8
15	Bedopassa Buassat	GBS	–	0	0	0	0
16	Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga	MGL	–	0	0	0	9
17	İbrahim Bölükbaşı	TUR	–	0	0	0	10
18	José Díaz	VEN	–	0	0	0	11
19	Soso Tamarau	NGR	–	0	0	0	13

Round One (21 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Kyle Snyder	USA			Bye
Match #2	Javier Cortina	CUB			Bye
Match #3	Albert Saritov	ROU			Bye
Match #4	Nicolai Ceban	MDA			Bye
Match #5	José Díaz	VEN			Bye
Match #6	Mamed Ibragimov	KAZ			Bye
Match #7	Elizbar Odikadze	GEO			Bye
Match #8	Georgy Ketoyev	ARM			Bye
Match #9	Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga	MGL			Bye
Match #10	Magomed Musayev	KGZ			Bye
Match #11	Valeriy Andriytsev	UKR			Bye
Match #12	Anzor Boltukayev	RUS			Bye
Match #13	Soso Tamarau	NGR			Bye
Match #14	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Bedopassa Buassat	GBS	Injury (–)
Match #15	Reza Yazdani	IRI	İbrahim Bölükbaşı	TUR	Great Superiority (10 - 0)
Match #16	Xetaq Qazyumov	AZE	Radosław Baran	POL	Decision by shutout (3 - 0)

Round Two (21 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Kyle Snyder	USA	Javier Cortina	CUB	Decision (10 - 3)
Match #2	Albert Saritov	ROU	Nicolai Ceban	MDA	Decision (5 - 2)
Match #3	Mamed Ibragimov	KAZ	José Díaz	VEN	Great Superiority (11 - 0)
Match #4	Elizbar Odikadze	GEO	Georgy Ketoyev	ARM	Decision (8 - 1)
Match #5	Magomed Musayev	KGZ	Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga	MGL	Decision by shutout (9 - 0)
Match #6	Valeriy Andriytsev	UKR	Anzor Boltukayev	RUS	Decision (8 - 5)
Match #7	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Soso Tamarau	NGR	Great Superiority (13 - 0)
Match #8	Xetaq Qazyumov	AZE	Reza Yazdani	IRI	Decision (2 - 1)

Quarter-Finals (21 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Kyle Snyder	USA	Albert Saritov	ROU	Decision by shutout (7 - 0)
Match #2	Elizbar Odikadze	GEO	Mamed Ibragimov	KAZ	Decision (6 - 1)
Match #3	Valeriy Andriytsev	UKR	Magomed Musayev	KGZ	Decision (5 - 2)
Match #4	Xetaq Qazyumov	AZE	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Decision (12 - 3)

Semi-Finals (21 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Kyle Snyder	USA	Elizbar Odikadze	GEO	Decision (9 - 4)
Match #2	Xetaq Qazyumov	AZE	Valeriy Andriytsev	UKR	Great Superiority (11 - 0)

Repêchage Round One (21 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1	Javier Cortina	CUB			Bye
Match #2	Reza Yazdani	IRI	Radosław Baran	POL	Decision (5 - 2)

Repêchage Round Two (21 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1	Albert Saritov	ROU	Javier Cortina	CUB	Decision (8 - 1)
Match #2	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Reza Yazdani	IRI	Fall (0:22)

Repêchage Final (21 August 2016)

Match #1	Albert Saritov	ROU	Elizbar Odikadze	GEO	Great Superiority (10 - 0)
Match #2	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Valeriy Andriytsev	UKR	Decision (6 - 4)

Final Round (21 August 2016)

Match 1/2	Kyle Snyder	USA	Xetaq Qazyumov	AZE	Decision (2 - 1)