Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 84 kg

Men's freestyle 84 kg
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Venue

Ano Liossia Olympic Hall

Date

27–28 August

Competitors

22 from 22 nations

Medalists

	Cael Sanderson	United States
	Moon Eui-jae	South Korea
	Sazhid Sazhidov	Russia

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle		Greco-Roman
	55 kg		55 kg
	60 kg		60 kg
	66 kg		66 kg
	74 kg		74 kg
	84 kg		84 kg
	96 kg		96 kg
	120 kg		120 kg
Women
	48 kg		63 kg
	55 kg		72 kg

The men's freestyle 84 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 27 to August 28.

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
27 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	09:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
	17:30	Quarterfinals
28 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
28 August 2004	17:30	Finals

Results

Legend

EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
PA — Injury default
PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
TO — Victory by fall
CP — Classification points
TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Majid Khodaei (IRI)	2	2	0	6	13
Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)	2	1	1	4	12
Anuj Kumar (IND)	2	0	2	2	6

	Score		CP
Majid Khodaei (IRI)	5–1	Anuj Kumar (IND)	3–1 PP
Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)	1–8	Majid Khodaei (IRI)	1–3 PP
Anuj Kumar (IND)	5–11	Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Cael Sanderson (USA)	2	2	0	6	13
Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)	2	1	1	4	3
Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	1–2	Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)	1–3 PP
Cael Sanderson (USA)	4–2	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)	1–9	Cael Sanderson (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	2	2	0	6	6
Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	2	1	1	4	4
Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	1–3	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	1–3 PP
Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	0–3	Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	0–3 PO
Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	3–0	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	3–0 PO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Yoel Romero (CUB)	2	2	0	7	13
Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)	2	1	1	4	10
Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)	0–10	Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)	0–4 ST
Yoel Romero (CUB)	10–0	Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)	4–0 ST
Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)	0–3	Yoel Romero (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Taras Danko (UKR)	2	2	0	7	9
Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	2	1	1	4	0
Mamed Aghaev (ARM)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Taras Danko (UKR)	3–0	Mamed Aghaev (ARM)	4–0 EV
Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	0–6	Taras Danko (UKR)	0–3 PO
Mamed Aghaev (ARM)		Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	0–4 EV

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	2	2	0	6	13
Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	2	1	1	4	9
Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	0–4	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	0–3 PO
Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	4–2	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	3–1 PP
Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	9–5	Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	3–1 PP

Pool 7

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	3	3	0	11	32
Shamil Aliev (TJK)	3	2	1	6	10
Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	3	1	2	4	16
Matar Sène (SEN)	3	0	3	2	6

	Score		CP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	17–0	Matar Sène (SEN)	4–0 ST
Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	3–4	Shamil Aliev (TJK)	1–3 PP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	10–2	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	4–0 TO
Matar Sène (SEN)	3–6	Shamil Aliev (TJK)	1–3 PP
Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	5–0	Shamil Aliev (TJK)	3–0 PO
Matar Sène (SEN)	3–11	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

Majid Khodaei (IRI)	5
Cael Sanderson (USA)	6	Cael Sanderson (USA)	3
Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	1	Yoel Romero (CUB)	2
Yoel Romero (CUB)	3			Cael Sanderson (USA)	3
Taras Danko (UKR)	1			Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	1
Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	3	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	10
		Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	2	Bronze medal match

				Yoel Romero (CUB)	3
				Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)	5

	5th place match

	Majid Khodaei (IRI)		3
	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)		0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
01 !	Cael Sanderson (USA)
02 !	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)
03 !	Sazhid Sazhidov (RUS)
4	Yoel Romero (CUB)
5	Majid Khodaei (IRI)
6	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)
7	Taras Danko (UKR)
8	Shamil Aliev (TJK)
9	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)
10	Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)
11	Davyd Bichinashvili (GER)
12	Miroslav Gochev (BUL)
13	Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
14	Siarhei Borchanka (BLR)
15	Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)
16	Anuj Kumar (IND)
17	Matar Sène (SEN)
18	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
19	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)
20	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)
21	Jeffrey Cobb (GUM)
DQ	Mamed Aghaev (ARM)

References

Official Report