Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	25–26 August
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Karam Gaber  Egypt Ramaz Nozadze  Georgia Mehmet Özal  Turkey
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Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	55 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	63 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	72 kg
	84 kg	84 kg
	96 kg	96 kg
	120 kg	120 kg
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The men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 25 to August 26.

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule[]

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
25 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
26 August 2004	09:30	Qualification
	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results[]

Legend

• D — Disqualified
• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools[]

Pool 1[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	2	2	0	6	8
2	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	2	1	1	4	0
3	Martin Lidberg (SWE)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	3–1	Martin Lidberg (SWE)	3–1 PP
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	0–5	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	0–3 PO
Martin Lidberg (SWE)	WO	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	0–4 PA

Pool 2[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	6
2	Mirko Englich (GER)	2	1	1	4	4
3	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)	3–1	Mirko Englich (GER)	3–1 PP
Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	1–3	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)	1–3 PP
Mirko Englich (GER)	3–1	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)	2	2	0	7	15
2	Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)	2	1	1	5	13
3	John Tarkong (PLW)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
John Tarkong (PLW)	0–10	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)	0–4 ST
Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)	11–0	John Tarkong (PLW)	4–0 ST
Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)	5–2	Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)	3–1 PP

Pool 4[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)	2	2	0	7	7
2	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	2	1	1	3	6
3	Petru Sudureac (ROM)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Petru Sudureac (ROM)	2–2	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)	1–3 PP
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	3–1	Petru Sudureac (ROM)	3–1 PP
Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)	5–3 Fall	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	4–0 TO

Pool 5[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Mehmet Özal (TUR)	2	2	0	6	8
2	Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)	2	1	1	3	3
3	Igors Kostins (LAT)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)	3–2	Igors Kostins (LAT)	3–1 PP
Mehmet Özal (TUR)	3–0	Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)	3–0 PO
Igors Kostins (LAT)	0–5	Mehmet Özal (TUR)	0–3 PO

Pool 6[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Ernesto Peña (CUB)	2	2	0	6	8
2	Lajos Virág (HUN)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Garrett Lowney (USA)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Garrett Lowney (USA)	1–3	Ernesto Peña (CUB)	1–3 PP
Lajos Virág (HUN)	4–0	Garrett Lowney (USA)	3–0 PO
Ernesto Peña (CUB)	5–1	Lajos Virág (HUN)	3–1 PP

Pool 7[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Karam Gaber (EGY)	3	3	0	10	20
2	Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	3	2	1	7	13
3	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3	1	2	4	5
4	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	4–0	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	3–0 PO
Karam Gaber (EGY)	6–0	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–0 PO
Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	6–11	Karam Gaber (EGY)	1–3 PP
Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	0–3	Marek Sitnik (POL)	0–3 PO
Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	3–2	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–1 PP
Asset Mambetov (KAZ)	0–3 Fall	Karam Gaber (EGY)	0–4 TO

Knockout round[]

	Qualification					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)		0
	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		3			Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		4
	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)		1			Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)		2
	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)		3								Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)		1
	Mehmet Özal (TUR)		4								Karam Gaber (EGY)		12
	Ernesto Peña (CUB)		1			Mehmet Özal (TUR)		0
						Karam Gaber (EGY)		11
											Bronze medal match
											Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)		2D
											Mehmet Özal (TUR)		3

	Classification 5–6
	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)	0
	Ernesto Peña (CUB)	4

Final standing[]

Rank	Athlete
	Karam Gaber (EGY)
	Ramaz Nozadze (GEO)
	Mehmet Özal (TUR)
4	Ernesto Peña (CUB)
5	Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ)
6	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
7	Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)
8	Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL)
9	Lajos Virág (HUN)
10	Marek Sitnik (POL)
11	Mirko Englich (GER)
12	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
13	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)
14	Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB)
15	Petru Sudureac (ROM)
16	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
17	Igors Kostins (LAT)
18	Martin Lidberg (SWE)
19	Garrett Lowney (USA)
20	John Tarkong (PLW)
21	Asset Mambetov (KAZ)
DQ	Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)

• Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct following his protest after the bronze medal match.

References[]

• Official Report