Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 74 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 13 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	13 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Manuchar Kvirkvelia  Georgia Chang Yongxiang  China Yavor Yanakiev  Bulgaria Christophe Guénot  France

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
13 August 2008	09:30	Qualification rounds
	16:00	Repechage
	17:00	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Chang Yongxiang (CHN)	0	0
	Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO)	7	3

Top half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Chang Yongxiang (CHN)		3	1
								Yavor Yanakiev (BUL)		2	1
															Chang Yongxiang (CHN)		2	7
															Sixto Barrera (PER)		1	0
								Sixto Barrera (PER)		1	1	1
								Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU)		2	1	1
																						Chang Yongxiang (CHN)		0	4	2
																						Aleh Mikhalovich (BLR)		6	0	1
								Roman Melyoshin (KAZ)		3	1	5
								Hassan Shahsavan (AUS)		0	2	0
															Roman Melyoshin (KAZ)		1	1	1
															Aleh Mikhalovich (BLR)		1	1	2
								Aleh Mikhalovich (BLR)		3	0	3
								Julian Kwit (POL)		1	3	2

Bottom half

	Qualifications							1/8 finals							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Konstantin Schneider (GER)		4	4
								Messaoud Zeghdane (ALG)		1	0
															Konstantin Schneider (GER)		0	0
															Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO)		3	5
								Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO)		5	5
								Christophe Guénot (FRA)		0	0
																						Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO)		2	2	3^F
	Mark Madsen (DEN)		0	1																		Péter Bácsi (HUN)		1	5	0
	Varteres Samurgashev (RUS)		4	3				Varteres Samurgashev (RUS)		4^F
	Ilgar Abdulov (AZE)		2	1				Ilgar Abdulov (AZE)		0
	Şeref Tüfenk (TUR)		1	1											Varteres Samurgashev (RUS)		2	1
	Arsen Julfalakyan (ARM)		1	1	1										Péter Bácsi (HUN)		2	4
	Volodymyr Shatskykh (UKR)		1	1	1			Arsen Julfalakyan (ARM)		1	4	1
	T. C. Dantzler (USA)		1	2	0			Péter Bácsi (HUN)		3	4	1
	Péter Bácsi (HUN)		5	2	3

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
	Yavor Yanakiev (BUL)		3	4			Yavor Yanakiev (BUL)		0	2	2
	Sixto Barrera (PER)		0	0			Aleh Mikhalovich (BLR)		3	0	0
	Christophe Guénot (FRA)		2	2			Christophe Guénot (FRA)		3	0	4
	Konstantin Schneider (GER)		1	1			Péter Bácsi (HUN)		1	4	2

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO)
	Chang Yongxiang (CHN)
	Yavor Yanakiev (BUL)
	Christophe Guénot (FRA)
5	Aleh Mikhalovich (BLR)
5	Péter Bácsi (HUN)
7	Varteres Samurgashev (RUS)
8	Roman Melyoshin (KAZ)
9	Konstantin Schneider (GER)
10	Arsen Julfalakyan (ARM)
11	Sixto Barrera (PER)
12	Ilgar Abdulov (AZE)
13	Julian Kwit (POL)
14	Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU)
15	Volodymyr Shatskykh (UKR)
16	T. C. Dantzler (USA)
17	Şeref Tüfenk (TUR)
18	Hassan Shahsavan (AUS)
19	Mark Madsen (DEN)
20	Messaoud Zeghdane (ALG)

References

• Results Book, Page 7