2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg explained

Event:Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
Championship:2018 World Championships
Dates:25–26 October 2018
Venue:László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Competitors:21
Nations:21
Gold:Eldaniz Azizli
Gold Nation:AZE
Silver:Zholaman Sharshenbekov
Silver Nation:KGZ
Bronze:Ekrem Öztürk
Bronze Nation:TUR
Bronze2:Nugzari Tsurtsumia
Bronze2 Nation:GEO
Prev:2001
Next:2019

See main article: 2018 World Wrestling Championships.

The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 25 and 26 October.[1]

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.

Eldaniz Azizli from Azerbaijan won the gold medal.

Results

Repechage

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senior World Championships Results Book . . 22 March 2020.