Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg

Men's freestyle 66 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	27–28 August
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine Jamill Kelly  United States Makhach Murtazaliev  Russia

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	55 kg			55 kg
	60 kg			60 kg
	66 kg			66 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	84 kg			84 kg
	96 kg			96 kg
	120 kg			120 kg
Women
	48 kg			63 kg
	55 kg			72 kg

The men's freestyle 66 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 27 to August 28.

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	Quarterfinals
28 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
• E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
• EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
• EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)	2	2	0	7	7
Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)	2	1	1	4	6
Fred Jessey (NGR)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Fred Jessey (NGR)	1–3	Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)	1–3 PP
Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)	3–1	Fred Jessey (NGR)	4–0 TO
Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)	3–4	Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	2	2	0	6	15
Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	2	1	1	5	15
Evan MacDonald (CAN)	2	0	2	1	7

	Score		CP
Evan MacDonald (CAN)	0–11	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	0–4 ST
Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	10–7	Evan MacDonald (CAN)	3–1 PP
Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	4–5	Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TB
Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)	2	1	1	4	16	4
Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)	2	1	1	4	13	4
Ramesh Kumar (IND)	2	1	1	4	11	4

	Score		CP
Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)	10–8	Ramesh Kumar (IND)	3–1 PP
Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)	12–6	Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)	3–1 PP
Ramesh Kumar (IND)	3–1	Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	2	2	0	7	8
Serguei Rondón (CUB)	2	1	1	5	12
Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Serguei Rondón (CUB)	2–8	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	1–3 PP
Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	0–10	Serguei Rondón (CUB)	0–4 ST
Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)		Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	4–0 PA

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)	2	2	0	6	8
Gábor Hatos (HUN)	2	1	1	4	4
Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	1–5	Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)	1–3 PP
Gábor Hatos (HUN)	3–1	Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	3–1 PP
Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)	3–1	Gábor Hatos (HUN)	3–1 PP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	12
Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)	2	1	1	4	7
Alireza Dabir (IRI)	2	0	2	1	4

	Score		CP
Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)	4–0	Alireza Dabir (IRI)	3–0 PO
Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)	2–8	Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Alireza Dabir (IRI)	4–5	Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)	1–3 PP

Pool 7

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Jamill Kelly (USA)	2	2	0	6	6
Elman Asgarov (AZE)	2	1	1	4	9
Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)	2	0	2	1	3

	Score		CP
Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)	3–7	Elman Asgarov (AZE)	1–3 PP
Jamill Kelly (USA)	3–0	Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)	3–0 PO
Elman Asgarov (AZE)	2–3	Jamill Kelly (USA)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)		2
	Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		3			Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		2
	Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)		2			Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)		4
	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)		6								Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)		5
	Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)		0								Jamill Kelly (USA)		1
	Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)		6			Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)		1
						Jamill Kelly (USA)		3			Bronze medal match
											Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		1
											Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)		2

	5th place match
	Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)		6
	Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)		4

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)
	Jamill Kelly (USA)
	Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)
4	Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)
5	Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)
6	Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)
7	Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)
8	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
9	Serguei Rondón (CUB)
10	Ramesh Kumar (IND)
11	Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)
12	Elman Asgarov (AZE)
13	Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)
14	Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)
15	Gábor Hatos (HUN)
16	Štefan Fernyák (SVK)
17	Evan MacDonald (CAN)
18	Alireza Dabir (IRI)
19	Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)
20	Fred Jessey (NGR)
21	Otar Tushishvili (GEO)

References

• Official Report