| 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.
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Aug | Andy Hrovat |  USA | ||||
| Match #2 | 21 Aug | Reineris Salas |  CUB | ||||
| Match #3 | 21 Aug | Serhat Balcı |  TUR | ||||
| Match #4 | 21 Aug | Travis Cross |  CAN | ||||
| Match #5 | 21 Aug | Jarlis Mosquera |  COL | ||||
| Match #6 | 21 Aug | Taras Danko |  UKR | ||||
| Match #7 | 21 Aug | Sandeep Kumar |  AUS | ||||
| Match #8 | 21 Aug | Yusup Abdusalomov |  TJK | ||||
| Match #9 | 21 Aug | Adnan Rhimi |  TUN | ||||
| Match #10 | 21 Aug | Harutyun Yenokyan |  ARM | ||||
| Match #11 | 21 Aug | Revaz Mindorashvili |  GEO | ||||
| Match #12 | 21 Aug | Davyd Bichinashvili |  GER | ||||
| Match #13 | 21 Aug 9:28 | Reza Yazdani |  IRI | Decision | Radosław Horbik |  POL | |
| Match #14 | 21 Aug 9:38 | Novruz Temrezov |  AZE | Decision | Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig |  MGL | |
| Match #15 | 21 Aug 9:49 | Georgy Ketoyev |  RUS | Decision | Wang Ying |  CHN | |
| Match #16 | 21 Aug 9:57 | Zaurbek Sokhiyev |  UZB | Decision | Gennady Laliyev |  KAZ |
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round one. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Aug 10:06 | Reineris Salas | CUB | Decision | Andy Hrovat | USA | |
| Match #2 | 21 Aug 10:16 | Serhat Balcı | TUR | Decision | Travis Cross | CAN | |
| Match #3 | 21 Aug 10:24 | Taras Danko | UKR | Shutout decision | Jarlis Mosquera | COL | |
| Match #4 | 21 Aug 10:31 | Yusup Abdusalomov | TJK | Shutout decision | Sandeep Kumar | AUS | |
| Match #5 | 21 Aug 10:39 | Harutyun Yenokyan | ARM | Great superiority | Adnan Rhimi | TUN | |
| Match #6 | 21 Aug 10:47 | Revaz Mindorashvili | GEO | Decision | Davyd Bichinashvili | GER | |
| Match #7 | 21 Aug 10:58 | Novruz Temrezov | AZE | Fall | Reza Yazdani | IRI | |
| Match #8 | 21 Aug 11:04 | Georgy Ketoyev | RUS | Decision | Zaurbek Sokhiyev | UZB |
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. Losers to eventual finalists advanced to repêchage round two. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Aug 11:12 | Serhat Balcı | TUR | Shutout decision | Reineris Salas | CUB | |
| Match #2 | 21 Aug 11:20 | Yusup Abdusalomov | TJK | Shutout decision | Taras Danko | UKR | |
| Match #3 | 21 Aug 11:27 | Revaz Mindorashvili | GEO | Shutout decision | Harutyun Yenokyan | ARM | |
| Match #4 | 21 Aug 11:35 | Georgy Ketoyev | RUS | Decision | Novruz Temrezov | AZE |
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final. Losers advanced to repêchage final. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Aug 11:49 | Yusup Abdusalomov | TJK | Shutout decision | Serhat Balcı | TUR | |
| Match #2 | 21 Aug 12:01 | Revaz Mindorashvili | GEO | Fall | Georgy Ketoyev | RUS |
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Aug | Sandeep Kumar | AUS | ||||
| Match #2 | 21 Aug | Davyd Bichinashvili | GER |
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Aug 15:58 | Taras Danko | UKR | Shutout decision | Sandeep Kumar | AUS | |
| Match #2 | 21 Aug 16:11 | Davyd Bichinashvili | GER | Decision | Harutyun Yenokyan | ARM |
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Aug 17:01 | Taras Danko | UKR | Shutout decision | Serhat Balcı | TUR | |
| Match #2 | 21 Aug 17:11 | Georgy Ketoyev | RUS | Decision | Davyd Bichinashvili | GER |
| Date | 21 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 21 Aug 17:26 | Revaz Mindorashvili | GEO | Decision | Yusup Abdusalomov | TJK |
