2016 Summer Olympics / Wrestling - Freestyle Lightweight (Men)

sport	Wrestling
discipline	Free style Lightweight (up to 65 kg)
gender	Men
Attendees	21 athletes from 21 countries
Competition location	Arena Carioca 2
Competition phase	August 21, 2016
Medalist Soslan Ramonow ( RUS ) Toğrul Əsgərov ( AZE ) Frank Chamizo ( ITA ) Ixtiyor Navroʻzov ( UZB )
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Competitions in wrestling at the 2016 Olympic Games
Men
Free style	gr.-roman
Class up to 57 kg	Class up to 59 kg
Class up to 65 kg	Class up to 66 kg
Class up to 74 kg	Class up to 75 kg
Class up to 86 kg	Class up to 85 kg
Class up to 97 kg	Class up to 98 kg
Class up to 125 kg	Class up to 130 kg
Women
Free style
Class up to 48 kg	Class up to 63 kg
Class up to 53 kg	Class up to 69 kg
Class up to 58 kg	Class up to 75 kg

The lightweight freestyle wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in the Carioca 2 arena on August 21 . A maximum of one athlete per nation was allowed to compete. The permissible body weight of an athlete was up to 65 kg.

In the quarter-finals there was a controversy between Uzbek Ixtiyor Abdullayev and Franklin Gómez from Puerto Rico. As the fight came to an end, Gómez took a step that got Navroʻzov out of the ring and initially earned Gómez two points. However, one of the judges argued against it, which is why the point went to the Uzbeks and they won the fight. This decision was controversial from the start and caused a shit storm on the online platform Twitter . There other wrestlers like Jakob Varner , Cael Sanderson or Ben Askren wrote under the hashtag “#GomezGotRobbed” that he had been “robbed”. The former governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, also took part in this protest. The incumbent governor Alejandro García Padilla wrote to protest against the verdict, which he called "the theft of sport". Shortly after the fight, at least three judges were suspended from United World Wrestling . They also claimed that an investigation would be conducted, but their decision could not be overturned. On September 3, 2016, it was announced without giving a reason that at least three judges were officially excluded from United World Wrestling.

There was also a controversial decision in one of the two fights for bronze. Again the Uzbek Ixtiyor Abdullayev was involved. A few seconds before the end of the fight, his opponent Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran from Mongolia led 7: 6 and was already celebrating the victory. In response, he received one point of inactivity. This resulted in Navroʻzov winning the bronze medal as he scored the last point. The Mongolian coaches protested against this score, which could not be challenged, by undressing on the mat in front of the judges and throwing their clothes on the table of the jury. This protest led to another penalty point for the Mongols, which is why Navroʻzov won 7: 8.

Time schedule

All times are local times ( UTC − 3 )

date	Time	round
August 21, 2016	08:30	Preliminary fights
	13:00	Hope rounds
	13:45	Medal decisions

Results

Final round

1 round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Frank Chamizo

3

Dawit Safarjan

1

Frank Chamizo

4th

Surabi Jakobishvili

3

Surabi Jakobishvili

2

Amas Daniel

1

Frank Chamizo

4th

Toğrul Əsgərov

7th

Toğrul Əsgərov

12

Andrij Kvyatkovsky

2

Toğrul Əsgərov

10

Frank Molinaro

0

Frank Molinaro

2

Magomedmurad Gadziev

2

Toğrul Əsgərov

0

Soslan Ramonow

11

Ixtiyor Navroʻzov

7th

Adam Batirov

7th

Ixtiyor Navroʻzov

8th

Franklin Gomez

5

Franklin Gomez

7th

Borislav Novachkov

10

Borislav Novachkov

4th

Meisam Nassiri

7th

Ixtiyor Navroʻzov

7th

Yogeshwar bun

0

Soslan Ramonow

18th

Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran

3

Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran

3

Yeerlanbieke Katai

6th

Yeerlanbieke Katai

0

Sahit Prizreni

1

Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran

0

Haislan Garcia

1

Soslan Ramonow

6th

Soslan Ramonow

7th

Soslan Ramonow

11

Alejandro Valdés

4 pp

Alejandro Valdés

3

Mustafa Kaya

4th

Round of hope

	Hope round 1				Hope round 2				Fight for bronze
					Andrij Kvyatkovsky		5		Frank Molinaro		3
					Frank Molinaro		8th		Frank Chamizo		5
	Haislan Garcia		3		Haislan Garcia		0		Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran		7th
	Alejandro Valdés		3		Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran		3		Ixtiyor Navroʻzov		8th

Legend:

• S: victory over the shoulders

Final score

Medal ceremony

rank	athlete	nation
1	Soslan Ramonow	Russia
2	Toğrul Əsgərov	Azerbaijan
3	Frank Chamizo	Italy
	Ixtiyor Navroʻzov	Uzbekistan
5	Frank Molinaro	United States
5	Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran	Mongolia
7th	Alejandro Valdés	Cuba
8th	Borislav Novachkov	Bulgaria
9	Franklin Gomez	Puerto Rico
10	Surabi Jakobishvili	Georgia
11	Haislan Garcia	Canada
12	Yeerlanbieke Katai	China
13	Andrij Kvyatkovsky	Ukraine
14th	Adam Batirov	Bahrain
15th	Meisam Nassiri	Iran
16	Magomedmurad Gadziev	Poland
17th	Amas Daniel	Nigeria
18th	Dawit Safarjan	Armenia
19th	Sahit Prizreni	Australia
20th	Mustafa Kaya	Turkey
21st	Yogeshwar bun	India

Web links

• Results in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Noel Piñeiro Planas: Franklin Gómez se despide de Río 2016. August 21, 2016, accessed on June 6, 2020 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ https://caribbeanbusiness.com/garcia-padilla-vows-protest-over-theft-to-franklin-gomez/. August 23, 2016, accessed June 6, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Rio 2016: Officials suspended after 'suspicious' call involving ex-NJ wrestler. August 22, 2016, accessed June 6, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Víctor Ortiz Pillot: Expulsados los tres oficiales del combate de Franklin en Río. September 3, 2016, accessed June 6, 2020 (Spanish). 
5. ↑ Video of the fight against Navro'zov Mandachnaran. In: Olympic Channel. IOC , accessed June 6, 2020 .