Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

The men's freestyle 120 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 27 to August 28.

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	27–28 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan Alireza Rezaei  Iran Aydın Polatçı  Turkey

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
27 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
	17:30	Qualification
28 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	2	2	0	8	20
2	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	2	1	1	3	6
3	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	2	0	2	1	4

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	10–0	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	4–0 ST
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	0–10	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	6–4	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	2	2	0	6	11
2	Alex Modebadze (GEO)	2	1	1	3	5
3	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	0–6	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	0–3 PO
Alex Modebadze (GEO)	5–0	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	3–0 PO
Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)	5–0	Alex Modebadze (GEO)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	2	2	0	7	18
2	Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)	2	1	1	3	5
3	Serhii Priadun (UKR)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	10–0	Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)	4–0 ST
Serhii Priadun (UKR)	0–8	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	0–3 PO
Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)	5–0	Serhii Priadun (UKR)	3–0 PO

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	2	2	0	7	15
2	Sven Thiele (GER)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Rareș Chintoan (ROM)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Rareș Chintoan (ROM)	0–4	Sven Thiele (GER)	0–3 PO
Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	10–0	Rareș Chintoan (ROM)	4–0 ST
Sven Thiele (GER)	1–5	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	3	3	0	9	10
2	Kerry McCoy (USA)	3	2	1	7	12
3	Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	3	1	2	4	0
4	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	3	0	3	2	2

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	0–7	Kerry McCoy (USA)	0–3 PO
Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	3–2	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	3–1 PP
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	0–3	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Kerry McCoy (USA)	4–0	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	3–0 PO
Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	WO	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)	4–0 PA
Kerry McCoy (USA)	1–4	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	3	3	0	9	15
2	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	3	2	1	7	9
3	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	3	1	2	3	6
4	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3	0	3	1	1

Source: Official website

	Score		CP
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	5–0	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	3–0 PO
Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	6–0	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3–0 PO
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	3–0	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	3–0 PO
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	5–1	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3–1 PP
Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	7–0	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	3–0 PO
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	4–0 Fall	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	4–0 TO

Knockout round

Qualification

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

7

Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)

3

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

3

Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)

1

Aydın Polatçı (TUR)

0

Aydın Polatçı (TUR)

3

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

4^F

Alireza Rezaei (IRI)

0

Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)

1

Alireza Rezaei (IRI)

4

Bronze medal match

Aydın Polatçı (TUR)

3

Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)

1

	Classification 5–6
	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	WO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
	Alireza Rezaei (IRI)
	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
4	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)
5	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)
6	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)
7	Kerry McCoy (USA)
8	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)
9	Sven Thiele (GER)
10	Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)
11	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)
12	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)
13	Nestoras Batzelas (GRE)
14	Alex Modebadze (GEO)
15	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)
16	Yury Mildzihov (KGZ)
17	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)
18	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)
19	Rareș Chintoan (ROM)
20	Serhii Priadun (UKR)

References

• Official Report