Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg explained

Event:Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date:14 August 2008
Competitors:20
Nations:20
Gold:Mijaín López
Goldnoc:CUB
Silver:Mindaugas Mizgaitis
Silvernoc:LTU
Bronze:Yannick Szczepaniak
Bronzenoc:FRA
Bronze2:Yury Patrikeyev
Bronzenoc2:ARM
Prev:2004
Next:2012

See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Men's Greco-Roman 120 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 14 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

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

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14 August 2008 09:30 Qualification rounds
16:00 Repechage
17:00 Finals

Results

Legend

Repechage

Final standing

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References

Notes and References

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