2008 Olympic Games - Freestyle
    Iran finished with only one bronze
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    Iran freestyle team finished Beijing Olympics with only with one bronze medal.In last day competitions, Reza Yazdani pinned by Nuvruz Temrezov from Azerbaijan at 84kg and Saeid Ebrahimi downed 3-0,1-0 by Georgi Gogshelidze from Georgia at 96 kg weight class.Fardin Masoumi was the last chance of Iran for medal but defeated to Marid Mutalimov from Kazakhstan 3-8, 1-1. Morad Mohammadi was the only medal winner of Iran who captured bronze medal.

    Iranian performance at Olympic Games: 

    55kg: Abbas Dabbaghi

    First round: WINS Freddy Serrano(COL) 1-0,1-1,5-1

    Second round: LOSS Besik Kudukhov(RUS) 0-6,0-1 

    60kg: Morad Mohammadi

    First round: WINS Hassan Madany(EGY) 7-0,2-0

    Second round: WINS Saeid Azerbayjani(CAN) 1-0,1-0

    Semifinal: LOSS Mavlet Batirov(RUS) 0-1,0-1

    Bronze medal match: WINS Zelimkhan Huseynov(AZE) 2-0, 3-1 

    66kg: Mehdi Taghavi

    First round: WINS Haislan Garcia(CAN) 0-1,1-1,2-0

    Second round: LOSS Ramazan Sahin(TUR) 0-3,0-1

    Repechage: LOSS Geandry Garzon(CUB) 4-1,0-2,0-2 

    74kg: Meisam Mostafa Jokar

    First round: LOSS Kiril Terziev(BUL) 0-3,1-3 

    84kg: Reza Yazdani

    First round: WINS Radoslaw Horbik(POL) 1-0,3-1

    Second round: Pinned by Novruz Temrezov(AZE) 

    96kg: Saeid Ebrahimi

    First round: WINS Mostafa Emara(EGY) 4-3,2-1

    Second round: LOSS Georgi Gogshelidze(GEO) 0-3,0-1 

    120kg: Fardin Masoumi

    First round: WINS Lawrence Mendoza(MEX) 6-0,6-0

    Second round: Pinned by Bakhtyar Akhmedov(RUS)

    Repechage: WINS Bozhidar Boyazhiev(BUL) 0-1,2-0,4-2

    Repechage 2 : WINS Steve Mocco(USA) 3-1,4-1

    Bronze medal match: LOSS Marid Mutalimov(KAZ) 3-8,1-1 

     

    Final match results:

    55kg: Henry Sejudo(USA) dec. Tomohiro Matsunaga(JPN) 2-2,3-0

    60kg:Mavlet Batirov(RUS) dec. Vasyl Fedoryshyn(UKR) 1-0, 2-1

    66kg: Ramazan Sahin(TUR) dec. Andri Stadnik(UKR) 2-2,2-1,2-2

    74kg: Buvaisar Saitiev(RUS) dec. Soslan Tigiev(UZB) 0-1,1-0,3-1

    84kg: Revaz Mindorashvili(GEO) dec. Yusup Abdusalomov(TJK) 2-3,3-0,4-0

    96kg: Shirvani Muradov(RUS) dec. Taimuraz Tigiyev(KAZ) 1-0,1-0

    120kg: Artur Taymazov(UZB) dec. Bakhtyar Akhmedov(RUS) 3-0,1-0  

     

    Final freestyle standings:

    55kg: 1- Henry Sejudo(USA) 2- Tomohiro Matsunaga(Japan) 3- Radoslav Velikov(Bulgaria) & Besik Kudukhov(Russia) 5- Dilshud Mansurov(Uzbekistan) & Namik Sevdimov(Azerbaijan)

    7- Rizvan Gadzhiev(BLR) 8- Besarion Gochashvili(GEO) 9- Kim Hyo Sub(KOR) 10- Abbas Dabbaghi(IRAN)

    60kg: 1- Mavlet Batirov(RUS) 2- Vasyl Fedoryshyn(UKR) 3- Morad Mohammadi(IRAN) & Kenichi Yumoto(JPN) 5-  Zelimkhan Huseynov (AZE) & Bazar Bazarguruev (KGZ) 7- Muzat Ramazanov(MKD) 8- Yandro Quintana(CUB) 9-  Yogeshwar DUTT(IND) 10- Saeid Azerbaijani(CAN)

    66kg: 1- Ramasan Sahin(TUR) 2- AndriyStadnik(UKR) 3- Sushil Kumar(IND) & Otar Tushishvili(GEO) 5- Geandry Garzon(CUB) & Leonid Spiridonov(KAZ) 7- Irbek Farniev(RUS) 8- Batgorig Buyanjav(MGL) 9- Albert Batyrov(BLR) 10- Mehdi Taghavi (IRAN)

    74kg:1- Buvaisar Saitiev(RUS) 2- Soslan Tigiev(UZB) 3- Murad Gaidarov(BLR) & Kiril Terziev(BUL) 5- Ivan Fundora(CUB) & Stefan Cheorghita(ROU) 7- Ben Askern(USA) 8- Arsen Gitinov(KGZ) 9- Emzarios Bentinidis(GRE) 10- Ahmet Gulhan(TUR)

    84kg: 1- Revaz Mindorashvili(GEO) 2- Jusup Abdusalomov(TJK) 3- Taras Danko(UKR) & Georgy Ketoev(RUS) 5- Serhat Balci(TUR) & Davyd Bichinashvili(GER) 7- Novruz Temrezov(AZE) 8- Haratyun Yenokyan(ARM) 9- Zaurbek Sokhiev(UZB) 10- Reineris Salas(CUB) 11- Reza Yazdani(IRAN) 

    96kg: 1- Shirvani Muradov(RUS) 2- Taimuraz Tigiyec(KAZ) 3- Georgi Gogshelidze(GEO) & Khetag Gazyumov(AZE) 5- Mishel Batista(CUB) & Georgy Tibilov(UKR) 7- Kurban Kurbanov(UZB) 8- Gergely Kiss(HUN) 9- Hakan Koc(TUR) 10- Saeid Ebrahimi(IRAN) 

    120kg: 1- Artur Taymazov(UZB) 2- Bakhtiyar Akhmedov(RUS) 3- David Mussulbes(SLV) & Marid Mutalimov(KAZ) 5- Disney Rodriguez(CUB) & Fardin Masoumi(IRAN) 7- Steve Mocco (USA) 8- Otto Aubeli(HUN) 9- Aydin Polatci(TUR) 10- Lei Liang(CHN)     

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    Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili shouts after defeating Russia's Georgy Ketoev during their 84 kilogram freestyle wrestling semifinal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. From AP Photo by Ed Wray. 

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    Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili (red) jubilates after winning against Georgy Ketoev of Russia in their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games wrestling men's 84kg freestyle semi-final match at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on August 21, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

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    Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili (red) reacts his win over Georgy Ketoev of Russia in their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games wrestling men's 84kg freestyle semi-final match at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on August 21, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images. 

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    Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili celebrates his victory over Tajikistan's Yusup Abdusalomov during their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games wrestling men's 84kg freestyle gold medal contest at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing on August 21, 2008. Mindorashvili won the match. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

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    Georgia's George Gogshelidze stands with his bronze medal after the 96 kilogram freestyle wrestling competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. From AP Photo by Ed Wray.

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    Uzbekistan's Artur Taymazov reacts after defeating Slovakia's David Musulbes during their men's freestyle 120kg wrestling match semi-finals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 21, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

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    Slovakia's David Musulbes stands with his bronze medal after the 120 kilogram freestyle wrestling competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. From AP Photo by Ed Wray.

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    From left, silver medalist Russia's Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, gold ...

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    Ukraine's Taras Danko, left, wrestles Tajikistan's Yusup Abdusalamov ...
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