Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg

Men's freestyle 66 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 12 August at ExCeL London.[1] This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved 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.

Men's freestyle 66 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	12 August
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu  Japan Sushil Kumar  India Akzhurek Tanatarov  Kazakhstan Liván López  Cuba

Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Event
12 August 2012	08:30	Qualification rounds
	12:45	Repechage
	13:45	Finals

Results

Legend

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

Final

	Final
	Sushil Kumar (IND)	0	1
	Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)	1	3

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							1/4 finals							Semifinals
								Abdou Omar (EGY)
								David Safaryan (ARM)		W	O
															David Safaryan (ARM)		2	4	2
															Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ)		3	1	2
								Andriy Kvyatkovskyi (UKR)		1	0
								Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ)		1	1
																						Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ)		0	3	3
																						Sushil Kumar (IND)		3	0	6
								Ikhtiyor Navruzov (UZB)		3	2
								Otar Tushishvili (GEO)		1	1
															Ikhtiyor Navruzov (UZB)		1	2	0
															Sushil Kumar (IND)		3	1	2
								Sushil Kumar (IND)		0	1	1
								Ramazan Şahin (TUR)		2	0	0

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							1/4 finals							Semifinals
								Jared Frayer (USA)		0	0
								Ali Shabanau (BLR)		3	1
															Ali Shabanau (BLR)		2	1	0
															Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)		2	1	2
								Leonid Bazan (BUL)		0	1
								Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)		3	3
																						Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)		0	0
																						Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		2	1
								Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		1	1
	Liván López (CUB)		1	0	5			Liván López (CUB)		0	1
	Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)		0	1	0										Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		0	1	5
	Haithem Ben Alayech (TUN)														Haislan Garcia (CAN)		1	0	0
	Haislan Garcia (CAN)		W	O				Haislan Garcia (CAN)		2	0	2
	Zalimkhan Yusupov (TJK)		1	1				Zalimkhan Yusupov (TJK)		0	2	0
	Alan Gogaev (RUS)		0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
	Ramazan Şahin (TUR)		3	3			Ramazan Şahin (TUR)		4	1	2
	Ikhtiyor Navruzov (UZB)		0	1			Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ)		1	3	4
	Liván López (CUB)		1	0	1		Liván López (CUB)		0	2	5^F
	Haislan Garcia (CAN)		0	1	0		Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)		3	0	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)
	Sushil Kumar (IND)
	Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ)
	Liván López (CUB)
5	Ramazan Şahin (TUR)
5	Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)
7	Haislan Garcia (CAN)
8	David Safaryan (ARM)
9	Ikhtiyor Navruzov (UZB)
10	Ali Shabanau (BLR)
11	Zalimkhan Yusupov (TJK)
12	Otar Tushishvili (GEO)
13	Andriy Kvyatkovskyi (UKR)
14	Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)
14	Leonid Bazan (BUL)
16	Alan Gogaev (RUS)
17	Jared Frayer (USA)
18	Haithem Ben Alayech (TUN)
18	Abdou Omar (EGY)

References

1. "Men's 66kg Freestyle". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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External links

• FILA Official Website