2008 Summer Olympics / wrestling

Wrestling at the XXIX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Agricultural University of China
Nations	59
Athletes	343 (66 women, 277 men)
date	12-21 August 2008
decisions	18th
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At the XXIX. The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing hosted 18 wrestling competitions, four of which were for women and 14 for men. Of the latter, seven were in the freestyle and seven in the Greco-Roman style , the women's competitions were all in the freestyle. The venue was the sports hall of the Agricultural University of China . As usual with the other martial arts, there were no decisive battles for third place, so that two athletes received a bronze medal.

Balance sheet

Sports hall of the Agricultural University

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	7th	1	2	10
2	Japan	2	3	1	6th
3	Georgia	2	1	1	4th
4th	China	1	2	1	4th
5	France	1	-	2	3
	Cuba	1	-	2	3
	United States	1	-	2	3
8th	Canada	1	-	1	2
	Canada	1	-	1	2
10	Italy	1	-	-	1
11	Bulgaria	-	1	3	4th
	Ukraine	-	1	3	4th
13	Azerbaijan	-	1	2	3
	Kazakhstan	-	1	2	3
	Kyrgyzstan	-	1	2	3
16	Belarus	-	1	1	2
17th	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Lithuania	-	1	-	1
	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
	Tajikistan	-	1	-	1
	Hungary	-	1	-	1
22nd	Armenia	-	-	2	2
23	India	-	-	1	1
	Iran	-	-	1	1
	Colombia	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1
	Romania	-	-	1	1
	South Korea	-	-	1	1
	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Freestyle (men) competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 55 kg Henry Cejudo Tomohiro Matsunaga Bessik Kuduchow Radoslaw Velikow Class up to 60 kg Mawlet Batirov Ken'ichi Yumoto Bazaar Basargurujew Morad Mohammadi Class up to 66 kg Ramazan Şahin Andrij Stadnik Sushil Kumar Otar Tushishvili Class up to 74 kg Buwaissar Saitijew Murad Hajdarau Ștefan Gheorghiță Kiril Tersiew Class up to 84 kg Revas Mindorashvili Yusup Abdussalomov Taras Danko Georgi Ketojew Class up to 96 kg Shirvani Muradov Giorgi Gogschelidze Martinez Batista Xetaq Qazyumov Class up to 120 kg Bakhtiyar Akhmedov David Musuľbes Marid Mutalimow Disney Rodríguez

Greco-Roman style (men) competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 55 kg Nasir Mankiev Rövşən Bayramov Roman Amojan Park Eun-chul Class up to 60 kg Islambek Albiev Nurbaqyt Tengisbayev Jiang Sheng Ruslan Tümönbajew Class up to 66 kg Steeve Guénot Kanatbek Begaliev Mikhail Sjamjonau Armen Vardanyan Class up to 74 kg Manuchar K Wirkwelia Chang Yongxiang Christophe Guénot Jawor Janakiew Class up to 84 kg Andrea Minguzzi Zoltan Fodor Nazmi Avluca Class up to 96 kg Aslanbek Kushtov Mirko Englich Marek Švec Adam Wheeler Class up to 120 kg Mijaín López Mindauga's mitzgaitis Juri Patrikejew Yannick Szczepaniak

Freestyle (women)

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Class up to 48 kg	Carol Huynh	Chiharu Icho	Iryna Merleni Mariya Stadnik
Class up to 55 kg	Saori Yoshida	Xu Li	Jackeline Rentería Tonya Verbeek
Class up to 63 kg	Kaori Icho	Alyona Kartashova	Randi Miller Jelena Schalygina
Class up to 72 kg	Wang Jiao	Stanka Slatewa	Kyōko Hamaguchi Agnieszka Wieszczek

qualification

A maximum of one NOK starter was allowed to start per competition . For this, the NOK had to achieve quota places in various qualifying competitions. The main qualification competition was the 2007 World Championships in Baku , followed by several continental and intercontinental events in 2008. Finally, seven more places were awarded by invitation across all weight classes, with representatives of the host country China being the first choice in case of doubt. In the end, between 16 and 21 athletes participated in each competition.

Results freestyle men

Class up to 55 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	United States	Henry Cejudo
2	JPN	Tomohiro Matsunaga
3	RUS	Bessik Kuduchow
	BUL	Radoslav Velikov
5	AZE	Namiq Sevdimov
	UZB	Dilshod Mansurov
7th	BLR	Ryswan Hajjyeu
8th	GEO	Bessarion Gotschashvili

Date: August 19, 2008
19 participants from 19 countries

Class up to 60 kg (feather weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	RUS	Mawlet Batirov
2	JPN	Ken'ichi Yumoto
3	KGZ	Bazaar Basargurujew
	IRI	Morad Mohammadi
5	AZE	Zəlimxan Hüseynov
6th	MKD	Murat Ramazanov
7th	CUB	Yandro Quintana
8th	IND	Yogeshwar bun

Date: August 19, 2008
19 participants from 19 countries

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized on April 5, 2017 the original second-placed Ukrainian Vasyl Fedoryschyn from the silver medal for doping.

Class up to 66 kg (lightweight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	DOOR	Ramazan Şahin
2	UKR	Andrij Stadnik
3	IND	Sushil Kumar
	GEO	Otar Tushishvili
5	CUB	Geandry Garzón Caballero
	KAZ	Leonid Spiridonov
7th	RUS	Irbek Farniev
8th	MGL	Bujandschawyn Batdsorig
21st	SUI	Grégory Sarrasin

Date: August 20, 2008
21 participants from 21 countries

Class up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	RUS	Buwaissar Saitijew
2	BLR	Murad Hajdarau
3	ROME	Ștefan Gheorghiță
	BUL	Kiril Tersiev
5	CUB	Iván Fundora
6th	United States	Ben Askren
7th	KGZ	Arsen Gitinov
8th	GRE	Emzarios Bedinidis

Date: August 20, 2008
21 participants from 21 countries

Follow-up tests in October 2016 showed that the originally second-placed Uzbek Soslan Tigiyev had been doped. The IOC then recognized him from the silver medal and the Romanian Ștefan Gheorghiță advanced to the bronze rank.

Class up to 84 kg (middle weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	GEO	Revas Mindorashvili
2	TJK	Yusup Abdussalomov
3	UKR	Taras Danko
	RUS	Georgi Ketojew
5	DOOR	Serhat Balcı
	GER	David Bichinashvili
7th	AZE	Novruz Temrezov
8th	POOR	Harutjun Jenokjan

Date: August 21, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

Class up to 96 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	RUS	Shirvani Muradov
2	GEO	Giorgi Gogschelidze
3	CUB	Michel Batista
	AZE	Xetaq Qazyumov
5	UKR	Heorhij Tibilow
6th	UZB	Kurban Kurbanov
7th	HUN	Gergely Kiss
8th	DOOR	Hakan Koç

Date: August 21, 2008
19 participants from 19 countries

In extensive follow-up tests in 2016, the doping sample of the second-placed Kazakhs Taimuras Tigijew was tested again with improved methods and a positive result was found. The IOC then disqualified him and withdrew the silver medal.

Class up to 120 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	RUS	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov
2	SVK	David Musuľbes
3	KAZ	Marid Mutalimov
	CUB	Disney Rodríguez
5	IRI	Fardin Masoumi Valadi
6th	United States	Steve Mocco
7th	HUN	Ottó Aubéli
8th	DOOR	Aydın Polatçı

Date: August 21, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

On April 5, 2017, the IOC revoked the gold medal from the originally first-placed Uzbek Artur Taymasov for doping.

Results Greco-Roman style men

Class up to 55 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	RUS	Nasir Mankiev
2	AZE	Rövşən Bayramov
3	POOR	Roman Amojan
	COR	Park Eun-chul
5	CUB	Yasnier Hernández
	IRI	Hamid Soryan
7th	SRB	Kristijan Fris
8th	United States	Spenser mango

Date: August 12, 2008
19 participants from 19 countries

Class up to 60 kg (feather weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	RUS	Islambek Albiev
2	KAZ	Nurbaqyt Tengisbayev
3	CHN	Jiang Sheng
KGZ	Ruslan Tümönbajew
5	CUB	Roberto Monzón
6th	BUL	Poor Nazarjan
7th	ROME	Eusebiu Diaconu
8th	COR	Jung Ji-hyun

Date: August 12, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

The originally second-placed Azerbaijanist Vitali Rəhimov started doped, as was clear from extensive follow-up tests in November 2016. Therefore, the IOC subsequently disqualified him and denied him the silver medal he had stolen.

Class up to 66 kg (lightweight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	FRA	Steeve Guénot
2	KGZ	Kanatbek Begaliev
3	BLR	Mikhail Sjamonau
	UKR	Poor Vardanyan
5	KAZ	Darkhan Bayakhmetov
	BUL	Nikolaj Gergow
7th	RUS	Sergei Kovalenko
8th	HUN	Tamás Lőrincz
18th	GER	Marcus Thätner

Date: August 13, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

Class up to 74 kg (welter weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	GEO	Manuchar K Wirkwelia
2	CHN	Chang Yongxiang
3	FRA	Christophe Guénot
	BUL	Yawor Janakiev
5	HUN	Péter Bácsi
	BLR	Aleh Michalowitsch
7th	RUS	Waiting Samurgashev
8th	KAZ	Roman Meljoschin

Date: August 13, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

Class up to 84 kg (middle weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	ITA	Andrea Minguzzi
2	HUN	Zoltan Fodor
3	DOOR	Nazmi Avluca
	not forgiven
5	FRA	Mélonin Noumonvi
	CHN	Ma Sanyi
7th	POOR	Denis Forow
8th	AZE	Şalva Qadabadze

Date: August 14, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

The Swede Ara Abrahamian caused a scandal, who accused the international wrestling federation FILA of not acting fairly out of disappointment over the lost semi-finals. He put the bronze medal he had won on the wrestling mat, because according to his own statements it counted nothing for him, only the gold medal. He then resigned from competitive sports. Later, the IOC publicly dismissed Abrahamian the bronze medal for unsportsmanlike conduct. However, the medal was not reassigned, so there is only one bronze medalist. Abrahamian, who won silver in Athens, lost in the semifinals to the eventual Olympic champion from Italy, Andrea Minguzzi , after a controversial decision. Minguzzi beat Hungary's Zoltán Fodor 6-2 in the final .

Class up to 96 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	RUS	Aslanbek Kushtov
2	GER	Mirko Englich
3	CZE	Marek Švec
	United States	Adam Wheeler
5	COR	Han Tae-young
6th	LTU	Mindaugas Ezerskis
7th	ALB	Elis Guri
8th	CHN	Jiang Huachen

Date: August 14, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

The originally third-placed Kazakh Ässet Mämbetow was doped, as post- tests in November 2016 showed. The IOC subsequently disqualified him and denied him the bronze medal he had stolen.

Class up to 120 kg (super heavy weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CUB	Mijaín López
2	LTU	Mindauga's mitzgaitis
3	POOR	Yuri Patrikeev
	FRA	Yannick Szczepaniak
5	SWE	Jalmar Sjöberg
6th	United States	Dremiel Byers
7th	HUN	Mihály Deák Bárdos
8th	CHN	Liu Deli

Quarter-finals between Dremiel Byers (USA) and Jalmar Sjöberg (Sweden)

Date: August 14, 2008
20 participants from 20 countries

At the Olympic Games, the second-placed Russian Chassan Barojew was doped with Turinabol . The silver medal, which was won by illegal means at the time, was subsequently revoked by the IOC on November 17, 2016.

Results freestyle women

Class up to 48 kg (fly weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CAN	Carol Huynh
2	JPN	Chiharu Icho
3	UKR	Iryna Merleni
	AZE	Mariya Stadnik
5	United States	Clarissa Chun
	KAZ	Tatiana Bakatjuk
7th	COR	Kim Hyung-joo
8th	CHN	Li Xiaomei

Date: August 16, 2008
17 participants from 17 countries

Class up to 55 kg (lightweight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Saori Yoshida
2	CHN	Xu Li
3	COL	Jackeline Rentería
	CAN	Tonya Verbeek
5	SWE	Ida-Theres Nerell
	ROU	Ana Maria Pavăl
7th	KAZ	Olga Smirnova
8th	RUS	Natalja Golz

Saori Yoshida celebrates her victory

Date: August 16, 2008
17 participants from 17 countries

Class up to 63 kg (middle weight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Kaori Icho
2	RUS	Alyona Kartashova
3	United States	Randi Miller
	KAZ	Jelena Schalygina
5	CAN	Martine Dugrenier
	FRA	Lise Legrand
7th	BUL	Elina Wassewa
8th	POLE	Monika Michalik

Date: August 17th, 2008
17 participants from 17 countries

Class up to 72 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Wang Jiao
2	BUL	Stanka Slatewa
3	JPN	Kyōko Hamaguchi
	POLE	Agnieszka Wieszczek
5	United States	Ali Bernard
	ESP	Maider Unda
7th	GER	Anita Schätzle
8th	BRA	Rosângela Conceição

Date: August 17th, 2008
16 participants from 16 countries

Web links

Commons : Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wrestling at the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 2008 Summer Olympics (PDF, 27.3 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. International Olympic Committee , April 5, 2017, accessed on October 23, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008. International Olympic Committee , October 26, 2016, accessed on October 23, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. International Olympic Committee , November 17, 2016, accessed on October 23, 2018 . 
4. ↑ 08/14/2008: Wrestler Ara Abrahamian literally throws away his bronze medal in Beijing. watson.ch , August 14, 2016, accessed on October 23, 2018 .