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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤96 kg), Men

Date	25 – 26 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants	22 from 22 countries
Format	Round-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Twice a World silver medalist, Egyptian Karam Gaber got stronger as this tournament went on. He came through the four-man pool seven to make the knockout round, where he had a quarter-final bye because his pool had four wrestlers. In the semi-finals Gaber won in only 69 seconds over Turkey’s Mehmet Özal, the 2002 World Champion. Gaber then met Georgian Ramaz Nozadze, the 2003 European Champion, in the final and crushed him, 12-1, in less than four minutes. Gaber would later go down in weight and win a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics as a light-heavy. All three medalists would compete in this class again at the 2008 Olympics, but their best finish would be a 10th by Özal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	Karam Gaber	EGY	–	–	Gold
2	Ramaz Nozadze	GEO	–	–	Silver
3	Mehmet Özal	TUR	–	–	Bronze
4	Ernesto Peña	CUB	–	–
5	Gennady Chkhaidze	KGZ	–	–
6	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS	–	–
7	Georgios Koutsioumpas	GRE	7	13
8	Kaloyan Dinchev	BUL	5	13
9	Lajos Virág	HUN	4	5
10	Marek Sitnik	POL	4	5
11	Mirko Englich	GER	4	4
12	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	4	0
13	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	3	6
14	Aleksey Cheglakov	UZB	3	3
15	Petru Sudureac	ROU	2	3
16	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	2	2
17	Igors Kostins	LAT	1	2
18	Martin Lidberg	SWE	1	1
19	Garrett Lowney	USA	1	1
20	John Tarkong, Jr.	PLW	0	0
21	Aset Mambetov	KAZ	0	0
DQ	Masoud Hashemzadeh	IRI	–	–

Round One

Date	25 August 2004

Pool A

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS	2	0	6	8
2	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	1	1	4	0
3	Martin Lidberg	SWE	0	2	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 10:42	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS	Decision (5-0) (6:10)	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR
Match #2	25 Aug 9:30	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS	Decision (3-1) (6:49)	Martin Lidberg	SWE
Match #3	25 Aug 17:30	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR

Pool B

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Ramaz Nozadze	GEO	2	0	6	6
2	Mirko Englich	GER	1	1	4	4
3	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	0	0	2	2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 9:36	Ramaz Nozadze	GEO	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Mirko Englich	GER
Match #2	25 Aug 10:48	Ramaz Nozadze	GEO	Decision (3-1) (8:08)	Davyd Soldadze	UKR
Match #3	25 Aug 17:36	Mirko Englich	GER	Decision (3-1) (6:51)	Davyd Soldadze	UKR

Pool C

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Gennady Chkhaidze	KGZ	2	0	7	15
2	Kaloyan Dinchev	BUL	1	1	5	13
3	John Tarkong, Jr.	PLW	0	2	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 17:42	Gennady Chkhaidze	KGZ	Decision (5-2) (6:00)	Kaloyan Dinchev	BUL
Match #2	25 Aug 9:42	Gennady Chkhaidze	KGZ	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:47)	John Tarkong, Jr.	PLW
Match #3	25 Aug 10:54	Kaloyan Dinchev	BUL	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:54)	John Tarkong, Jr.	PLW

Pool D

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	2	0	3	6
2	Petru Sudureac	ROU	1	1	2	3
AC	Masoud Hashemzadeh	IRI	0	2	7	7

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 11:00	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Petru Sudureac	ROU
Match #2	25 Aug 17:48	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	Fall (3-5) (4:43)	Masoud Hashemzadeh	IRI
Match #3	25 Aug 9:48	Petru Sudureac	ROU	Decision (2-2) (9:00)	Masoud Hashemzadeh	IRI

Pool E

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Mehmet Özal	TUR	2	0	6	7
2	Aleksey Cheglakov	UZB	1	1	3	3
3	Igors Kostins	LAT	0	2	1	2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 11:06	Mehmet Özal	TUR	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Aleksey Cheglakov	UZB
Match #2	25 Aug 17:54	Mehmet Özal	TUR	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Igors Kostins	LAT
Match #3	25 Aug 9:54	Aleksey Cheglakov	UZB	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Igors Kostins	LAT

Pool F

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Ernesto Peña	CUB	2	0	6	8
2	Lajos Virág	HUN	1	1	4	5
3	Garrett Lowney	USA	0	2	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 18:00	Ernesto Peña	CUB	Decision (5-1) (6:00)	Lajos Virág	HUN
Match #2	25 Aug 10:00	Ernesto Peña	CUB	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Garrett Lowney	USA
Match #3	25 Aug 11:12	Lajos Virág	HUN	Decision (4-0) (7:21)	Garrett Lowney	USA

Pool G

Date	25 August 2004

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Karam Gaber	EGY	3	0	10	20
2	Georgios Koutsioumpas	GRE	2	1	7	13
3	Marek Sitnik	POL	1	2	4	5
4	Aset Mambetov	KAZ	0	3	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 11:18	Karam Gaber	EGY	Decision (11-6) (6:00)	Georgios Koutsioumpas	GRE
Match #2	25 Aug 10:12	Karam Gaber	EGY	Decision (6-0) (6:00)	Marek Sitnik	POL
Match #3	25 Aug 18:12	Karam Gaber	EGY	Fall (3-0) (1:28)	Aset Mambetov	KAZ
Match #4	25 Aug 18:06	Georgios Koutsioumpas	GRE	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Marek Sitnik	POL
Match #5	25 Aug 10:06	Georgios Koutsioumpas	GRE	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Aset Mambetov	KAZ
Match #6	25 Aug 11:24	Marek Sitnik	POL	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Aset Mambetov	KAZ

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug 10:12	Mehmet Özal	TUR	Decision (4-3) (7:27)	Ernesto Peña	CUB
Match #2	26 Aug 10:06	Gennady Chkhaidze	KGZ	Decision (1-3) (6:00)	Masoud Hashemzadeh	IRI
Match #3	26 Aug 10:00	Ramaz Nozadze	GEO	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS

Semi-Finals

Date	26 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug 10:48	Ramaz Nozadze	GEO	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Masoud Hashemzadeh	IRI
Match #2	26 Aug 10:42	Karam Gaber	EGY	Grand superiority (11-0) (1:09)	Mehmet Özal	TUR

Final Round

Date	26 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Aug 18:18	Karam Gaber	EGY	Grand superiority (12-1) (3:22)	Ramaz Nozadze	GEO
Match 3/4	26 Aug 18:12	Mehmet Özal	TUR	Dq (3-2) (6:00)	Masoud Hashemzadeh	IRI
Match 5/6	26 Aug 17:42	Ernesto Peña	CUB	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Gennady Chkhaidze	KGZ