Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg explained

Event:Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL London
Date:5 August 2012
Competitors:19
Nations:19
Gold:Hamid Sourian
Goldnoc:IRI
Silver:Rovshan Bayramov
Silvernoc:AZE
Bronze:Péter Módos
Bronzenoc:HUN
Bronze2:Mingiyan Semenov
Bronzenoc2:RUS
Prev:2008
Next:2016

See main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 5 August at ExCeL London.[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.

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 British Summer Time

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5 August 2012 13:00 Qualification rounds
17:45 Repechage
18:45 Finals

Results

Repechage

Final standing

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References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's 55kg Greco-Roman. london2012.com. 17 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120823100558/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-55kg/index.html#. 2012-08-23. dead.