Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤84 kilograms), Men
| Date | 21 August 2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Zhongguo Nongye Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing | |
| Participants | 20 from 20 countries | |
| Format | Single elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals. | |
The top match in this division came in the semi-finals, pitting Georgian Revaz Mindorashvili, the 2005 World Champion, against Russian Georgy Ketoyev, the reigning World Champion. Mindorashvili won the first period and then won the match in the second period by throwing Ketoyev. In the final Russian-born Tajiki Yusuf Abdusalomov, silver medalist at the 2007 Worlds, won the first period, but Mindorashvili came back to shut-out Abdusalomov in the final two periods and win the gold medal.
Round One (21 August 2008)
Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.
| Match #1 | Andy Hrovat |  USA | |||
| Match #2 | Reineris Salas |  CUB | |||
| Match #3 | Serhat Balcı |  TUR | |||
| Match #4 | Travis Cross |  CAN | |||
| Match #5 | Jarlis Mosquera |  COL | |||
| Match #6 | Taras Danko |  UKR | |||
| Match #7 | Sandeep Kumar |  AUS | |||
| Match #8 | Yusup Abdusalomov |  TJK | |||
| Match #9 | Adnan Rhimi |  TUN | |||
| Match #10 | Harutyun Yenokyan |  ARM | |||
| Match #11 | Revaz Mindorashvili |  GEO | |||
| Match #12 | Davyd Bichinashvili |  GER | |||
| Match #13 | Reza Yazdani |  IRI | Radosław Horbik |  POL | |
| Match #14 | Novruz Temrezov |  AZE | Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig |  MGL | |
| Match #15 | Georgy Ketoyev |  RUS | Wang Ying |  CHN | |
| Match #16 | Zaurbek Sokhiyev |  UZB | Gennady Laliyev |  KAZ |
Round Two (21 August 2008)
Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.
Quarter-finals (21 August 2008)
Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round two.
| Match #1 | Serhat Balcı | TUR | Reineris Salas | CUB | |
| Match #2 | Yusup Abdusalomov | TJK | Taras Danko | UKR | |
| Match #3 | Revaz Mindorashvili | GEO | Harutyun Yenokyan | ARM | |
| Match #4 | Georgy Ketoyev | RUS | Novruz Temrezov | AZE |
Semi-finals (21 August 2008)
Winner of each match advanced to final. Losers advanced to repêchage final.
| Match #1 | Yusup Abdusalomov | TJK | Serhat Balcı | TUR | |
| Match #2 | Revaz Mindorashvili | GEO | Georgy Ketoyev | RUS |
Repêchage Round One (21 August 2008)
Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.
| Match #1 | Sandeep Kumar | AUS | |||
| Match #2 | Davyd Bichinashvili | GER |
Repêchage Round Two (21 August 2008)
Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.
| Match #1 | Taras Danko | UKR | Sandeep Kumar | AUS | |
| Match #2 | Davyd Bichinashvili | GER | Harutyun Yenokyan | ARM |
Repêchage Final (21 August 2008)
| Match #1 | Taras Danko | UKR | Serhat Balcı | TUR | |
| Match #2 | Georgy Ketoyev | RUS | Davyd Bichinashvili | GER |
Final (21 August 2008)
| Match 1/2 | Revaz Mindorashvili | GEO | Yusup Abdusalomov | TJK |