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Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤130 kilograms), Men

Date	15 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Arena Carioca 2, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	19 from 19 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

The five-time World champion, Cuban legend Mijaín López entered the Rio Olympics looking for his third Olympic gold medal. Standing in his way was his rival, Turkey’s Riza Kayaalp, the 2015 World champion who beat López for gold in Las Vegas for the World title the previous year. After that, Heiki Nabi of Estonia, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist, who captured his first World title a decade previous in 2006, and a second in 2013 (along with a 2014 World bronze) was looking for a spot on the podium.

En route to the final round, López and Kayaalp dominated each of their first three Olympic matches with both not allowing an opponent a single point on them. All three of Kayaalp’s preliminary matches ended earlier than the allotted time – two were won by technical fall, and one by him pinning his opponent just after the first minute. López defeated Sergey Semyonov of Russia in the semi-finals by a score of 3-0, while Kayaalp beat Eduard Popp of Germany 8-0.

And in what was the third straight year that López and Kayaalp have met in a final round of a major international tournament, they faced off for Olympic gold in Rio in a very chippy match. López beat Kayaalp 6-0, to became just the third wrestler to win three Olympic gold medals in Greco-Roman joining legend Soviet/Russian wrestler Aleksandr Karelin as the only two to win all three Greco golds consecutively. The win also put López in a tie for most wrestling medals all-time across all disciplines.

The bronze medals went to Azerbaijan’s Sabah Şəriəti and Russia’s Sergey Semyonov.

Pos	Wrestler	NOC	CP	VF	ST	TP	TPR
1	Mijaín López	CUB	12	0	0	16	0	Gold
2	Rıza Kayaalp	TUR	13	1	2	21	6	Silver
=3	Sabah Şəriəti	AZE	12	1	1	19	7	Bronze
=3	Sergey Semyonov	RUS	12	0	0	22	7	Bronze
=5	Eduard Popp	GER	6	0	0	4	12
=5	Heiki Nabi	EST	3	0	0	3	9
7	Iakobi Kajaia	GEO	9	1	1	10	6
8	Johan Eurén	SWE	5	1	0	9	7
9	Oleksandr Chernetskyi	UKR	4	0	1	10	2
10	Bashir Babajanzadeh	IRI	4	0	0	4	4
11	Murat Ramonov	KGZ	1	0	0	4	8
12	Robby Smith	USA	1	0	0	2	8
13	Meng Qiang	CHN	1	0	0	1	3
14	Nurmakhan Tynaliyev	KAZ	–	0	0	0	1
15	Muminzhon Abdullayev	UZB	–	0	0	0	3
16	Eduard Soghomonyan	BRA	–	0	0	0	8
=17	Ivan Popov	AUS	–	0	0	0	9
=17	Abdellatif Mohamed	EGY	–	0	0	0	9
19	Erwin Caraballo	VEN	–	0	0	0	16

Round One (15 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Rıza Kayaalp	TUR			Bye
Match #2	Erwin Caraballo	VEN			Bye
Match #3	Sabah Şəriəti	AZE			Bye
Match #4	Robby Smith	USA			Bye
Match #5	Meng Qiang	CHN			Bye
Match #6	Bashir Babajanzadeh	IRI			Bye
Match #7	Eduard Popp	GER			Bye
Match #8	Nurmakhan Tynaliyev	KAZ			Bye
Match #9	Mijaín López	CUB			Bye
Match #10	Heiki Nabi	EST			Bye
Match #11	Johan Eurén	SWE			Bye
Match #12	Ivan Popov	AUS			Bye
Match #13	Muminzhon Abdullayev	UZB			Bye
Match #14	Sergey Semyonov	RUS	Murat Ramonov	KGZ	Decision (8 - 4)
Match #15	Oleksandr Chernetskyi	UKR	Abdellatif Mohamed	EGY	Great Superiority (9 - 0)
Match #16	Iakobi Kajaia	GEO	Eduard Soghomonyan	BRA	Great Superiority (8 - 0)

Round Two (15 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Rıza Kayaalp	TUR	Erwin Caraballo	VEN	Great Superiority (8 - 0)
Match #2	Sabah Şəriəti	AZE	Robby Smith	USA	Decision (8 - 2)
Match #3	Bashir Babajanzadeh	IRI	Meng Qiang	CHN	Decision (3 - 1)
Match #4	Eduard Popp	GER	Nurmakhan Tynaliyev	KAZ	Decision by shutout (1 - 0)
Match #5	Mijaín López	CUB	Heiki Nabi	EST	Decision by shutout (3 - 0)
Match #6	Johan Eurén	SWE	Ivan Popov	AUS	Fall (1:23)
Match #7	Sergey Semyonov	RUS	Muminzhon Abdullayev	UZB	Decision by shutout (3 - 0)
Match #8	Iakobi Kajaia	GEO	Oleksandr Chernetskyi	UKR	Fall (5:12)

Quarter-Finals (15 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Rıza Kayaalp	TUR	Sabah Şəriəti	AZE	Fall (1:03)
Match #2	Eduard Popp	GER	Bashir Babajanzadeh	IRI	Decision (3 - 1)
Match #3	Mijaín López	CUB	Johan Eurén	SWE	Decision by shutout (4 - 0)
Match #4	Sergey Semyonov	RUS	Iakobi Kajaia	GEO	Decision by shutout (5 - 0)

Semi-Finals (15 August 2016)

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

Match #1	Rıza Kayaalp	TUR	Eduard Popp	GER	Great Superiority (8 - 0)
Match #2	Mijaín López	CUB	Sergey Semyonov	RUS	Decision by shutout (3 - 0)

Repêchage Round One (15 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1	Erwin Caraballo	VEN			Bye
Match #2	Heiki Nabi	EST			Bye

Repêchage Round Two (15 August 2016)

Winner of each match advanced to repêchage final.

Match #1	Sabah Şəriəti	AZE	Erwin Caraballo	VEN	Great Superiority (8 - 0)
Match #2	Heiki Nabi	EST	Johan Eurén	SWE	Decision by shutout (3 - 0)

Repêchage Final (15 August 2016)

Match #1	Sabah Şəriəti	AZE	Eduard Popp	GER	Fall (1:48)
Match #2	Sergey Semyonov	RUS	Heiki Nabi	EST	Decision by shutout (6 - 0)

Final Round (15 August 2016)

Match 1/2	Mijaín López	CUB	Rıza Kayaalp	TUR	Decision by shutout (6 - 0)