Men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms competition at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing,
China
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, was held on August 14 at the
China Agricultural University Gymnasium.
This
Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...
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 ( UTC+08:00)
Results
;Legend
*F — Won by
fall
Final
Top half
Bottom half
Repechage
Final standing
*
Asset Mambetov
Asset Sekenovich Mambetov (born 10 June 1982, in Altyn-Shoky, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh wrestler, who initially won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is a trainer for heavyweight wrestlers in Kazakhstan. On 17 November 2016 the IOC
...
of
Kazakhstan originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified in November 2016 after he tested positive for
Stanozolol.
References
Results Book, Page 11
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