Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 12 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	12 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Islambek Albiev  Russia Nurbakyt Tengizbayev  Kazakhstan Ruslan Tyumenbayev  Kyrgyzstan Sheng Jiang  China

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
12 August 2008	09:30	Qualification rounds
	16:00	Repechage
	17:00	Finals

Results

Final

	Final
	Islambek Albiev (RUS)	2	4
	Vitaliy Rahimov (AZE)	0	0

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Islambek Albiev (RUS)		6	6
								Soner Sucu (TUR)		0	0
															Islambek Albiev (RUS)		6	2
															Roberto Monzón (CUB)		0	0
								Roberto Monzón (CUB)		2	3	6
								Sébastien Hidalgo (FRA)		1	3	0
																						Islambek Albiev (RUS)		6	4
																						Ruslan Tyumenbayev (KGZ)		0	0
								Davor Štefanek (SRB)		1	1
								Dilshod Aripov (UZB)		1	4
															Dilshod Aripov (UZB)		0	3	1
															Ruslan Tyumenbayev (KGZ)		2	0	2
								Ruslan Tyumenbayev (KGZ)		3	4
								Jarkko Ala-Huikku (FIN)		1	0

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Stig-André Berge (NOR)		0	0
								Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ)		3	3
															Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ)		1	3	2
															Jung Ji-hyun (KOR)		2	2	0
								Jung Ji-hyun (KOR)		3	6
								Yury Dubinin (BLR)		0	0
																						Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ)		1	0
	Sheng Jiang (CHN)		0	1																		Vitaliy Rahimov (AZE)		1	7
	Vitaliy Rahimov (AZE)		3	2				Vitaliy Rahimov (AZE)		1	0	4
	Eusebiu Diaconu (ROU)		1	1	1			Eusebiu Diaconu (ROU)		1	3	2
	Ashraf El-Gharably (EGY)		1	1	1										Vitaliy Rahimov (AZE)		0	3	7
	Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)		2	3											Armen Nazaryan (BUL)		2	0	0
	Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)		1	0				Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)		4	0	0
	Armen Nazaryan (BUL)		1	4	5			Armen Nazaryan (BUL)		0	2	2
	David Bedinadze (GEO)		1	1	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Soner Sucu (TUR)		3	2	1		Roberto Monzón (CUB)		0	0
							Roberto Monzón (CUB)		1	4	1		Ruslan Tyumenbayev (KGZ)		6	3
	Sheng Jiang (CHN)		5	1	2		Sheng Jiang (CHN)		4	6			Sheng Jiang (CHN)		1	2	0
	Eusebiu Diaconu (ROU)		1	3	1		Armen Nazaryan (BUL)		1	0			Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ)		4	1	3

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Islambek Albiev (RUS)
	Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ)
	Ruslan Tyumenbayev (KGZ)
	Sheng Jiang (CHN)
5	Roberto Monzón (CUB)
6	Armen Nazaryan (BUL)
7	Eusebiu Diaconu (ROU)
8	Jung Ji-hyun (KOR)
9	Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)
10	Dilshod Aripov (UZB)
11	Soner Sucu (TUR)
12	Sébastien Hidalgo (FRA)
13	Ashraf El-Gharably (EGY)
14	Davor Štefanek (SRB)
15	David Bedinadze (GEO)
16	Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)
17	Jarkko Ala-Huikku (FIN)
18	Stig-André Berge (NOR)
19	Yury Dubinin (BLR)
DQ	Vitaliy Rahimov (AZE)

• Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijan originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone.[1] [2]

References

1. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
2. "IOC Sanctions Wrestlers for Anti-Doping Violations at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". FILA. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

• Results Book, Page 3