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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤66 kilograms), Men

Date16 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationArena Carioca 2, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants18 from 18 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

The three most recent World champions at this weight (Frank Stabler, Ryu Han-Su, Davor Štefanek), the finalists from the last Olympic Games (Omid Norouzi, Tamás Lőrincz) and the World champion (Rəsul Çunayev) from the weight above were all competing in this weight class. Add in Migran Arutyunyan, and fans were hoping for a dream quarter-final, depending on the draw.

But after all the rounds, it was the three-time Olympian Davor Štefanek - who never even won an Olympic match previously (but was the 2014 World champion and the 2015 bronze medalist) - who reached the gold medal final against Armenian Migran Arutyunyan, the 2015 European Championships silver medalist. The match ended in a 1-1 tie, with Štefanek getting the win on criteria because he was the last one to be awarded a point, thereby beating Arutyunyan, and celebrating with a backflip. Štefanek had won Serbia’s first medal in Rio after 11 medal-less days (and their second ever) and leading the Serbian team to their most successful Olympics as an independent nation.

The 66 kg bronze medals were won by 2014 World Junior champion and 2016 European Championships bronze medalist Shmagi Bolkvadze of Georgia, and 2015 World and European Games champion Rəsul Çunayev of Azerbaijan.

PosWrestlerNOCCPVFSTTPTPR
1Davor ŠtefanekSRB1511233Gold
2Migran ArutyunyanARM1101163Silver
=3Shmagi BolkvadzeGEO90067Bronze
=3Rəsul ÇunayevAZE15022610Bronze
=5Tomohiro InoueJPN300212
=5Ryu Han-SuKOR7001010
7Frank StäblerGER500710
8Tarek Aziz BenaissaALG400810
9Islam-Beka AlbiyevRUS40065
10Omid NorouziIRI30023
11Edgaras VenckaitisLTU10023
=12Ion PanaitROU10024
=12Miguel MartínezCUB10024
14Wuileixis RivasVEN10012
15Tero VälimäkiFIN0003
16Tamás LőrinczHUN0004
17Ruslan TsarevKGZ0006
18Adham SalehEGY00014

Round One (16 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match #1 Frank StäblerGER Bye
Match #2 Edgaras VenckaitisLTU Bye
Match #3 Tomohiro InoueJPN Bye
Match #4 Davor ŠtefanekSRB Bye
Match #5 Tero VälimäkiFIN Bye
Match #6 Shmagi BolkvadzeGEO Bye
Match #7 Omid NorouziIRI Bye
Match #8 Wuileixis RivasVEN Bye
Match #9 Ryu Han-SuKOR Bye
Match #10 Tamás LőrinczHUN Bye
Match #11 Migran ArutyunyanARM Bye
Match #12 Adham SalehEGY Bye
Match #13 Ruslan TsarevKGZ Bye
Match #14 Tarek Aziz BenaissaALG Bye
Match #15 Islam-Beka AlbiyevRUS Ion PanaitROU Decision (4 - 2)
Match #16 Rəsul ÇunayevAZE Miguel MartínezCUB Decision (4 - 2)

Round Two (16 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one.

Match #1 Frank StäblerGER Edgaras VenckaitisLTU Decision (3 - 2)
Match #2 Davor ŠtefanekSRB Tomohiro InoueJPN Great Superiority (9 - 0)
Match #3 Shmagi BolkvadzeGEO Tero VälimäkiFIN Decision by shutout (3 - 0)
Match #4 Omid NorouziIRI Wuileixis RivasVEN Decision (2 - 1)
Match #5 Ryu Han-SuKOR Tamás LőrinczHUN Decision by shutout (4 - 0)
Match #6 Migran ArutyunyanARM Adham SalehEGY Great Superiority (9 - 0)
Match #7 Tarek Aziz BenaissaALG Ruslan TsarevKGZ Decision by shutout (6 - 0)
Match #8 Rəsul ÇunayevAZE Islam-Beka AlbiyevRUS Decision (3 - 2)

Quarter-Finals (16 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1 Davor ŠtefanekSRB Frank StäblerGER Decision (6 - 2)
Match #2 Shmagi BolkvadzeGEO Omid NorouziIRI Decision by shutout (2 - 0)
Match #3 Migran ArutyunyanARM Ryu Han-SuKOR Decision (2 - 1)
Match #4 Rəsul ÇunayevAZE Tarek Aziz BenaissaALG Technical Superiority (10 - 2)

Semi-Finals (16 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to final. Losers advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1 Davor ŠtefanekSRB Shmagi BolkvadzeGEO Fall (1:26)
Match #2 Migran ArutyunyanARM Rəsul ÇunayevAZE Decision (4 - 1)

Repêchage Round One (16 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1 Tomohiro InoueJPN Bye
Match #2 Adham SalehEGY Bye

Repêchage Round Two (16 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1 Tomohiro InoueJPN Frank StäblerGER Decision (2 - 2)
Match #2 Ryu Han-SuKOR Adham SalehEGY Decision by shutout (5 - 0)

Repêchage Final (16 August 2016)

Match #1 Shmagi BolkvadzeGEO Tomohiro InoueJPN Decision by shutout (1 - 0)
Match #2 Rəsul ÇunayevAZE Ryu Han-SuKOR Great Superiority (8 - 0)

Final Round (16 August 2016)

Match 1/2 Davor ŠtefanekSRB Migran ArutyunyanARM Decision (1 - 1)