Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 96 kg

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 28 to August 29.

Men's freestyle 96 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	28–29 August 2004
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov  Russia Magomed Ibragimov  Uzbekistan Alireza Heidari  Iran
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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.

Future two division UFC champion Daniel Cormier competed in the tournament, finishing fourth.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
28 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
29 August 2004	09:30	Qualification
	09:30	Semifinals
	14:00	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	2	1	1	4^[a]	5	Knockout round
2	Peter Pecha (SVK)	2	1	1	4^[a]	5
3	Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)	2	1	1	4^[a]	4

Source:
Notes:

1. Tied on the number of wins by fall and superiority. Technical points were used to determine the last place. Wang and Pecha were ranked by their head-to-head result: CHN 3–1 SVK.

	Score		CP
Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	2–3	Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)	1–3 PP
Peter Pecha (SVK)	1–3	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	1–3 PP
Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)	1–4	Peter Pecha (SVK)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	2	2	0	6	7	Knockout round
2	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	2	1	1	3	3
3	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2	0	2	1	2

Source:

	Score		CP
Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	0–3	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	0–3 PO
Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2–3	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	1–3 PP
Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	4–0	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	2	2	0	7	18	Knockout round
2	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	2	1	1	4	9
3	Nico Jacobs (NAM)	2	0	2	1	1

Source:

	Score		CP
Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	7–2	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Nico Jacobs (NAM)	0–11	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	0–4 ST
Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	7–1	Nico Jacobs (NAM)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	2	0	7	13	Knockout round
2	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	1	1	5	8
3	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	2	0	2	0	0

Source:

	Score		CP
Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2–3	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1–3 PP
Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	0–6 Fall	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	0–4 TO
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	10–0	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	4–0 ST

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	2	2	0	6	6	Knockout round
2	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	1	1	3	6
3	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	0	2	2	2

Source:

	Score		CP
Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	1–6	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	1–3 PP
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	3–1	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	3–1 PP
Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	0–3	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	0–3 PO

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2	2	0	6	8	Knockout round
2	Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	2	1	1	5	5
3	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	2	0	2	0	0

Source:

	Score		CP
Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	4–0 Fall	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	4–0 TO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	3–1	Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	3–1 PP
Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	0–5	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	0–3 PO

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Daniel Cormier (USA)	2	2	0	6	19	Knockout round
2	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Radovan Valach (AUT)	2	0	2	1	1

Source:

	Score		CP
Radovan Valach (AUT)	0–9	Daniel Cormier (USA)	0–3 PO
Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	4–1	Radovan Valach (AUT)	3–1 PP
Daniel Cormier (USA)	10–1	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Qualification				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	1
	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	4			Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	6
	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	0			Alireza Heidari (IRI)	4
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	5							Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	1
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	3							Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	4
	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	0			Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	5
					Daniel Cormier (USA)	0
									Bronze medal match
									Alireza Heidari (IRI)	3
									Daniel Cormier (USA)	2

	Classification 5–6
	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	3
	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	3^F

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
4	Daniel Cormier (USA)
5	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)
6	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)
7	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)
8	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
9	Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)
10	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)
11	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)
12	Peter Pecha (SVK)
13	Alexandros Laliotis (GRE)
14	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)
15	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)
16	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)
17	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)
18	Nico Jacobs (NAM)
19	Radovan Valach (AUT)
20	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)
21	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)

References

• Official Report