Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg

The men's freestyle 66 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 27 to August 28.

Men's freestyle 66 kg
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAno Liosia Olympic Hall
Date27–28 August 2004
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Elbrus Tedeyev Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Jamill Kelly United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Makhach Murtazaliev Russia
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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)

DateTimeEvent
27 August 200409:30Round 1
09:30Round 2
17:30Round 3
17:30Qualification
28 August 200409:30Semifinals
17:30Finals

Results

Legend
  • WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools

Pool 1

PosAthletePldWLCPTPQualification
1  Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)22077Knockout round
2  Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)21146
3  Fred Jessey (NGR)20212
ScoreCP
 Fred Jessey (NGR)1–3  Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)1–3 PP
 Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)3–1 Fall  Fred Jessey (NGR)4–0 TO
 Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)3–4  Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)1–3 PP

Pool 2

PosAthletePldWLCPTPQualification
1  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)220615Knockout round
2  Serafim Barzakov (BUL)211515
3  Evan MacDonald (CAN)20217
ScoreCP
 Evan MacDonald (CAN)0–11  Serafim Barzakov (BUL)0–4 ST
 Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)10–7  Evan MacDonald (CAN)3–1 PP
 Serafim Barzakov (BUL)4–5  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)1–3 PP

Pool 3

PosAthletePldWLCPTPQualification
1  Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)2114[a]16Knockout round
2  Ramesh Kumar (IND)2114[a]11
3  Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)2114[a]13
Source: Official website
Notes:
ScoreCP
 Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)10–8  Ramesh Kumar (IND)3–1 PP
 Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)12–6  Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)3–1 PP
 Ramesh Kumar (IND)3–1  Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)3–1 PP

Pool 4

PosAthletePldWLCPTPQualification
1  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)22078Knockout round
2  Serguei Rondón (CUB)211512
3  Otar Tushishvili (GEO)20200
ScoreCP
 Serguei Rondón (CUB)2–8  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)1–3 PP
 Otar Tushishvili (GEO)0–10  Serguei Rondón (CUB)0–4 ST
 Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)WO  Otar Tushishvili (GEO)4–0 PA

Pool 5

PosAthletePldWLCPTPQualification
1  Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)22068Knockout round
2  Gábor Hatos (HUN)21144
3  Štefan Fernyák (SVK)20222
ScoreCP
 Štefan Fernyák (SVK)1–5  Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)1–3 PP
 Gábor Hatos (HUN)3–1  Štefan Fernyák (SVK)3–1 PP
 Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)3–1  Gábor Hatos (HUN)3–1 PP

Pool 6

PosAthletePldWLCPTPQualification
1  Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)220612Knockout round
2  Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)21147
3  Alireza Dabir (IRI)20214
ScoreCP
 Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)4–0  Alireza Dabir (IRI)3–0 PO
 Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)2–8  Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)1–3 PP
 Alireza Dabir (IRI)4–5  Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)1–3 PP

Pool 7

PosAthletePldWLCPTPQualification
1  Jamill Kelly (USA)22066Knockout round
2  Elman Asgarov (AZE)21149
3  Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)20213
ScoreCP
 Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)3–7  Elman Asgarov (AZE)1–3 PP
 Jamill Kelly (USA)3–0  Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)3–0 PO
 Elman Asgarov (AZE)2–3  Jamill Kelly (USA)1–3 PP

Knockout round

QualificationSemifinalsGold medal match
 Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)2
 Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)3  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)2
 Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)2  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)4
 Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)6  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)5
 Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)0  Jamill Kelly (USA)1
 Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)6  Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)1
 Jamill Kelly (USA)3
Bronze medal match
 Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)1
 Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)2
Classification 5–6
 Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)6
 Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)4

Final standing

RankAthlete
 Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)
 Jamill Kelly (USA)
 Makhach Murtazaliev (RUS)
4  Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)
5  Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN)
6  Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE)
7  Ömer Çubukçu (TUR)
8  Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
9  Serguei Rondón (CUB)
10  Ramesh Kumar (IND)
11  Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)
12  Elman Asgarov (AZE)
13  Artur Tavkazakhov (UZB)
14  Baek Jin-kuk (KOR)
15  Gábor Hatos (HUN)
16  Štefan Fernyák (SVK)
17  Evan MacDonald (CAN)
18  Alireza Dabir (IRI)
19  Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)
20  Fred Jessey (NGR)
21  Otar Tushishvili (GEO)

References