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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men

Date7 – 8 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationGrand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
Participants16 from 16 countries

The two top seeded wrestlers in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight division (87 kg), Ali Cengiz from Türkiye (#1) and Dávid Losonczi from Hungary (#2), both missed out on a medal. While Cengiz had lost his first bout against Arkadiusz Kułynycz from Poland, Losonczi advanced to the semi-final, where he lost 3-1 to the eventual gold medalist, Bulgaria’s Semen Novikov. Ironically, Losonczi and Cengiz, who shared gold at the 2023 World Championships, also shared the fate of missing out on a podium finish on their Olympic débuts.

The way was therefore clear for another first-time Olympian, the #3 seed Novikov. He was born Ukrainian and represented his home country until 2021, winning two World U-23 championships and the 2020 European Championships. For his new country, he won bronze at the 2023 World Championships. At Paris, Novikov won three rounds on points, going over the full six minutes in all three of them. His easiest win came in the final, when he had no problem to score a clear 7-0 win on points, dominating both periods. His opponent in the final was the Iranian Alireza Mohmadipiani, silver medalist in the 82 kg class at the 2023 World Championships and winner of the Asian Olympic Games qualification tournament. In his first two matches, he won convincingly by superiority. In the semi-final, he drew 3-3 with Zhan Beleniuk from Ukraine, the #4 seed. Mohmadipiani only advanced to the final on account of scoring the last points.

Ironically, Novikov left Ukraine because he had little chance to compete internationally, ranking only second in the country behind Beleniuk, the Olympic silver (Rio 2016) and gold medalist (Tokyo 2020). Beleniuk, the son of a pilot from Rwanda, who studied in Ukraine, won his bronze medal match in Paris against Kułynycz. Losonzci, however, was defeated in a tight match for bronze by the 2022 World Championships silver medalist Turpal Bisultanov, born in Chechnya but now representing Denmark.

PosCompetitorNOCCPVFSTTPTPR
1Semen NovikovBUL1200235Gold
2Alireza MohmadipianiIRI11022211Silver
=3Zhan BeleniukUKR1000208Bronze
=3Turpal BisultanovDEN70096Bronze
=5Arkadiusz KułynyczPOL8001017
=5Dávid LosoncziHUN80099
7Nursultan TursynovKAZ501138
8Aleksandr KomarovSRB501122
9Lasha GobadzeGEO400515
10Ali CengizTUR10035
11Rafiq HüseynovAZE10025
12Bachir Sid AzaraALG10012
13Qian HaitaoCHN10017
14Mohamed MetwallyEGY100110
15Carlos MuñozCOL100112
16Payton JacobsonUSA000010

Round One

Date7 August 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #107 AugMat CArkadiusz KułynyczPOLDecisionAli CengizTUR
Match #207 AugMat CAlireza MohmadipianiIRITechnical superiority by shutoutCarlos MuñozCOL
Match #307 AugMat CNursultan TursynovKAZTechnical superiorityMohamed MetwallyEGY
Match #407 AugMat CZhan BeleniukUKRDecisionQian HaitaoCHN
Match #507 AugMat CSemen NovikovBULDecisionTurpal BisultanovDEN
Match #607 AugMat CLasha GobadzeGEODecisionBachir Sid AzaraALG
Match #707 AugMat CAleksandr KomarovSRBTechnical superiority by shutoutPayton JacobsonUSA
Match #807 AugMat CDávid LosoncziHUNDecisionRafiq HüseynovAZE

Quarter-Finals

Date7 August 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #107 AugMat CAlireza MohmadipianiIRITechnical superiorityArkadiusz KułynyczPOL
Match #207 AugMat CZhan BeleniukUKRDecisionNursultan TursynovKAZ
Match #307 AugMat CSemen NovikovBULDecisionLasha GobadzeGEO
Match #407 AugMat CDávid LosoncziHUNDecisionAleksandr KomarovSRB

Semi-Finals

Date7 August 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #107 AugMat BAlireza MohmadipianiIRIDecisionZhan BeleniukUKR
Match #207 AugMat BSemen NovikovBULDecisionDávid LosoncziHUN

Repêchage Round One

Date8 August 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugMat CArkadiusz KułynyczPOLDecisionCarlos MuñozCOL
Match #208 AugMat CTurpal BisultanovDENDecision by shutoutLasha GobadzeGEO

Repêchage Final

Date8 August 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 AugMat BZhan BeleniukUKRDecisionArkadiusz KułynyczPOL
Match #208 AugMat BTurpal BisultanovDENDecisionDávid LosoncziHUN

Final Round

Date8 August 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/208 AugMat BSemen NovikovBULDecision by shutoutAlireza MohmadipianiIRI