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Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤96 kg), Men

Date	28 – 29 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants	21 from 21 countries
Format	Round-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Georgia’s Eldar K’urt’anidze, Olympic bronze medalist in 2000, had won the last two World Championships, defeating Iran’s Ali Reza Heidari in the final both years. They met in the first match of pool four in Athina, with Heidari winning 3-2, and effectively eliminating K’urt’anidze from medal contention. Heidari went to the semi-finals, but he lost there to Uzbeki Magamed Ibragimov. Ibragimov met Russian Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, two-time European Champion, in the final. It was not a contest as Gatsalov won the gold medal, 4-1. Heidari held on to win the bronze medal by defeating American Daniel Cormier in a close match, 3-2.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	15	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	RUS	–	–	Gold
2	5	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	–	–	Silver
3	11	Ali Reza Heidari	IRI	–	–	Bronze
4	20	Daniel Cormier	USA	–	–
5	7	Rüstəm Ağayev	AZE	–	–
6	1	Wang Yuanyuan	CHN	–	–
7	18	Aliaksandr Shamarau	BLR	6	8
8	10	Eldar Kurtanidze	GEO	5	8
9	16	Fatih Çakıroğlu	TUR	5	5
10	8	Islam Bayramukov	KAZ	4	9
11	21	Bartłomiej Bartnicki	POL	4	5
12	3	Peter Pecha	SVK	4	5
13	2	Alexandros Laliotis	GRE	4	4
14	14	Vadym Tasoiev	UKR	3	6
15	4	Aleksey Krupnyakov	KGZ	3	3
16	13	Rolf Scherrer	SUI	2	2
17	6	Krasimir Kochev	BUL	1	2
18	9	Nico Jacobs	NAM	1	1
19	19	Radovan Valach	AUT	1	1
20	12	Antoine Jaoude	BRA	0	0
21	17	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa	MGL	0	0

Round One

Date	28 August 2004

Pool A

Date	28 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	1	Wang Yuanyuan	CHN	1	1	4	5
2	3	Peter Pecha	SVK	1	1	4	5
3	2	Alexandros Laliotis	GRE	1	1	4	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 10:24	Wang Yuanyuan	CHN	Decision (3-1) (6:08)	Peter Pecha	SVK
Match #2	28 Aug 9:30	Alexandros Laliotis	GRE	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Wang Yuanyuan	CHN
Match #3	28 Aug 17:30	Peter Pecha	SVK	Decision (4-1) (7:07)	Alexandros Laliotis	GRE

Pool B

Date	28 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	5	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	2	0	6	7
2	4	Aleksey Krupnyakov	KGZ	1	1	3	3
3	6	Krasimir Kochev	BUL	0	2	1	2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 9:36	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Aleksey Krupnyakov	KGZ
Match #2	28 Aug 17:36	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Krasimir Kochev	BUL
Match #3	28 Aug 10:30	Aleksey Krupnyakov	KGZ	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Krasimir Kochev	BUL

Pool C

Date	28 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	7	Rüstəm Ağayev	AZE	2	0	7	18
2	8	Islam Bayramukov	KAZ	1	1	4	9
3	9	Nico Jacobs	NAM	0	2	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 9:42	Rüstəm Ağayev	AZE	Decision (7-2) (6:00)	Islam Bayramukov	KAZ
Match #2	28 Aug 10:36	Rüstəm Ağayev	AZE	Fall (11-0) (1:13)	Nico Jacobs	NAM
Match #3	28 Aug 17:42	Islam Bayramukov	KAZ	Decision (7-1) (6:00)	Nico Jacobs	NAM

Pool D

Date	28 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	11	Ali Reza Heidari	IRI	2	0	7	13
2	10	Eldar Kurtanidze	GEO	1	1	5	8
3	12	Antoine Jaoude	BRA	0	2	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 9:48	Ali Reza Heidari	IRI	Decision (3-2) (8:20)	Eldar Kurtanidze	GEO
Match #2	28 Aug 17:48	Ali Reza Heidari	IRI	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:21)	Antoine Jaoude	BRA
Match #3	28 Aug 10:42	Eldar Kurtanidze	GEO	Fall (6-0) (1:49)	Antoine Jaoude	BRA

Pool E

Date	28 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	15	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	RUS	2	0	6	6
2	14	Vadym Tasoiev	UKR	1	1	3	6
3	13	Rolf Scherrer	SUI	0	2	2	2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 17:54	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	RUS	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Vadym Tasoiev	UKR
Match #2	28 Aug 10:48	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	RUS	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Rolf Scherrer	SUI
Match #3	28 Aug 9:54	Vadym Tasoiev	UKR	Decision (6-1) (6:00)	Rolf Scherrer	SUI

Pool F

Date	28 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	18	Aliaksandr Shamarau	BLR	2	0	6	8
2	16	Fatih Çakıroğlu	TUR	1	1	5	5
3	17	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa	MGL	0	2	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 10:54	Aliaksandr Shamarau	BLR	Decision (3-1) (7:51)	Fatih Çakıroğlu	TUR
Match #2	28 Aug 18:00	Aliaksandr Shamarau	BLR	Decision (5-0) (6:00)	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa	MGL
Match #3	28 Aug 10:00	Fatih Çakıroğlu	TUR	Fall (4-0) (3:15)	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa	MGL

Pool G

Date	28 August 2004

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	20	Daniel Cormier	USA	2	0	6	19
2	21	Bartłomiej Bartnicki	POL	1	1	4	5
3	19	Radovan Valach	AUT	0	2	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 18:06	Daniel Cormier	USA	Decision (10-1) (6:00)	Bartłomiej Bartnicki	POL
Match #2	28 Aug 10:06	Daniel Cormier	USA	Decision (9-0) (6:00)	Radovan Valach	AUT
Match #3	28 Aug 11:00	Bartłomiej Bartnicki	POL	Decision (4-1) (6:00)	Radovan Valach	AUT

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Aug 9:54	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	RUS	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Aliaksandr Shamarau	BLR
Match #2	29 Aug 9:48	Ali Reza Heidari	IRI	Decision (5-0) (6:00)	Rüstəm Ağayev	AZE
Match #3	29 Aug 9:42	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Decision (4-1) (6:00)	Wang Yuanyuan	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	29 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Aug 10:30	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	RUS	Decision (5-0) (6:08)	Daniel Cormier	USA
Match #2	29 Aug 10:24	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB	Decision (6-4) (6:00)	Ali Reza Heidari	IRI

Final Round

Date	29 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	29 Aug 14:48	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	RUS	Decision (4-1) (6:00)	Magomed Ibragimov	UZB
Match 3/4	29 Aug 14:42	Ali Reza Heidari	IRI	Decision (3-2) (7:47)	Daniel Cormier	USA
Match 5/6	29 Aug 14:12	Rüstəm Ağayev	AZE	Fall (3-3) (0:58)	Wang Yuanyuan	CHN