The men's Greco-Roman 84 kilograms at the
2004 Summer Olympics as part of the
wrestling program were held at the
Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
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, August 24 to August 25.
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.
Pelle Svensson
Per Oskar "Pelle" Svensson (6 February 1943 – 17 December 2020) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler and lawyer. His achievements included a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light heavyweight class and two gold medals at the Worl ...
, a former two-time world champion (Greco-Roman 100 kg class) and member of board of
FILA
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from 1990 to 2007, has described FILA as an inherently corrupt organization.
During the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, Svensson served as chairman of the disciplinary committee of FILA.
[ As he was watching the final in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling 84 kg class between Aleksey Mishin from Russia and ]Ara Abrahamian
Ara Abrahamian ( hy , Արա Աբրահամյան; born 27 July 1975) is an Armenian-Swedish wrestler in Greco-Roman wrestling. He has won two World Championships in the 76 kg and 84 kg weight classes and a silver medal at the 2004 S ...
from Sweden, Svensson witnessed how the Russian team leader Mikhail Mamiashvili
Mikhail Mamiashvili (born 1963 in Konotop, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian Wrestling, wrestler of Georgians, Georgian origin. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, competing for the Soviet Union.
Career ...
was giving signs to the referee.[ When Svensson approached him and informed him that this was not allowed according to the rules, Mamiashvili responded by saying: "you should know that this may lead to your death".][ Svensson later found proof that the Romanian referee was bribed (according to Svensson the referee had received over one million Swedish krona).][
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Schedule
All times are Eastern European Summer Time
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( UTC+03:00)
Results
;Legend
*D — Disqualified
*WO — Won by walkover
Elimination pools
Pool 1
Pool 2
Pool 3
Pool 4
Pool 5
Pool 6
Knockout round
Final standing
* Mohamed Abdelfatah was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct following his protest after the end of his quarterfinal.
References
Official Report
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Greco-Roman 84 kg
Men's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics