Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 12 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	12 August
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Nazyr Mankiev  Russia Rovshan Bayramov  Azerbaijan Roman Amoyan  Armenia Park Eun-chul  South Korea

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
12 August 2008	09:30	Qualification rounds
	16:00	Repechage
	17:00	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Rovshan Bayramov (AZE)	3	2
	Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)	4	2

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Cha Kwang-su (PRK)		0	1
								Yagnier Hernández (CUB)		8	1
															Yagnier Hernández (CUB)		0	2	0
															Rovshan Bayramov (AZE)		5	1	4
								Mostafa Mohamed (EGY)		0	0
								Rovshan Bayramov (AZE)		4	8
																						Rovshan Bayramov (AZE)		7	4
																						Roman Amoyan (ARM)		2	1
								Lasha Gogitadze (GEO)		2	2
								Jiao Huafeng (CHN)		0	0
															Lasha Gogitadze (GEO)		1	2
															Roman Amoyan (ARM)		4	3
								Roman Amoyan (ARM)		4	3
								Asset Imanbayev (KAZ)		1	1

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Spenser Mango (USA)		1	5
								Virgil Munteanu (ROU)		1	2
															Spenser Mango (USA)		2	1
															Park Eun-chul (KOR)		3	6
								Anders Nyblom (DEN)		1	0
								Park Eun-chul (KOR)		3	5
																						Park Eun-chul (KOR)		1	0	1
																						Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)		1	6	2
								Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW)		0	0
	Hamid Sourian (IRI)		4^F					Hamid Sourian (IRI)		8	6
	Venelin Venkov (BUL)		0												Hamid Sourian (IRI)		2	1	1
	Kristijan Fris (SRB)		6	1	3										Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)		2	1	1
	Yuriy Koval (UKR)		4	2	1			Kristijan Fris (SRB)		0	0
	Ildar Hafizov (UZB)		1	0				Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)		4	6
	Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)		3	3

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Mostafa Mohamed (EGY)		0	1			Yagnier Hernández (CUB)		0	0
							Yagnier Hernández (CUB)		6	3			Roman Amoyan (ARM)		3	5
	Ildar Hafizov (UZB)		0	1			Kristijan Fris (SRB)		0	1			Hamid Sourian (IRI)		1	2
	Kristijan Fris (SRB)		4	1			Hamid Sourian (IRI)		5	1			Park Eun-chul (KOR)		1	2

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Nazyr Mankiev (RUS)
	Rovshan Bayramov (AZE)
	Roman Amoyan (ARM)
	Park Eun-chul (KOR)
5	Yagnier Hernández (CUB)
5	Hamid Sourian (IRI)
7	Kristijan Fris (SRB)
8	Spenser Mango (USA)
9	Lasha Gogitadze (GEO)
10	Ildar Hafizov (UZB)
11	Yuriy Koval (UKR)
12	Virgil Munteanu (ROU)
13	Asset Imanbayev (KAZ)
14	Anders Nyblom (DEN)
15	Cha Kwang-su (PRK)
16	Mostafa Mohamed (EGY)
17	Jiao Huafeng (CHN)
17	Venelin Venkov (BUL)
19	Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW)

References

• Results Book, Page 1