2024 Olympics: 67 kg Greco-Roman Results and Notes

The 2024 Olympic Games came to an end on Sunday. Since there was so much action going on for the last week you're sure to have missed something along the way. We'll go through each weight class and have a wrap-up for each, which includes results and some notable facts related to the weight.

Past weight classes

Greco-Roman: 60 kg

Greco-Roman: 77 kg

Greco-Roman: 97 kg

Greco-Roman: 130 kg

Women's Freestyle: 50 kg

Women's Freestyle: 68 kg

Round of 16

Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan) over Mohamed El Sayed (Egypt)  9-0

Valentin Petic (Moldova) over Nestor Almanza Truyol (Chile)  4-0

Amantur Ismailov (Kyrgyzstan) over Ramaz Zoidze (Georgia)  12-1

Parviz Nabisov (Ukraine) over Mate Nemes (Serbia)  3-2

Slavik Galstyan (Armenia) over Andres Montana Arroyo (Ecuador)  3-2

Mamadassa Sylla (France) over Souleyman Nasr (Tunisia)  1-1

Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi (Iran) over Ishak Ghaiou (Algeria)  10-0

Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba) over Kyotaro Sogabe (Japan)  8-0
 

Quarterfinals

Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan) over Valentin Petic (Moldova)  3-1

Parviz Nabisov (Ukraine) over Amantur Ismailov (Kyrgyzstan)  7-6

Slavik Galstyan (Armenia) over Mamadassa Sylla (France)  3-2

Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi (Iran) over Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba)  9-0

Semifinals

Parviz Nabisov (Ukraine) over Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan)  3-3

Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi (Iran) over Slavik Galstyan (Armenia)   10-4
 

Repechage

Amantur Ismailov (Kyrgyzstan) over Mate Nemes (Serbia)  8-0

Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba) over Ishak Ghaiou (Algeria)  9-0
 

Bronze Medal Matches

Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan) over Amantur Ismailov (Kyrgyzstan)  8-0

Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba) over Slavik Galstyan (Armenia)  7-0

Gold Medal Match

Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi (Iran) over Parviz Nabisov (Ukraine)  6-5
 

Notes:

In his first Senior World-level tournament, 21-year-old Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi claimed the Olympic gold medal. 

Esmaeili Leivesi was the youngest Greco-Roman gold medalist in 2024. 

This is the second straight Olympics with an Iranian champion at 67 kg. In 2020, Mohammadreza Geraei captured the gold. 

Esmaeili Leivesi’s most surprising win came in the quarterfinals over 2020 Olympic gold medalist (60 kg) and 2023 world champion Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba). Earlier this year, Orta Sanchez defeated him at the Hungarian Ranking Series event, 9-7.

With Esmaeili Leivesi’s gold medal and Saravi’s at 97 kg’s, it was the first time since 2012 that Iran had multiple Olympic champions (in 2012 they had three). 

Parviz Nasibov is now a two-time Olympic silver medalist. Nasibov has medaled at both Olympic events he’s entered yet never medaled at the World Championships - in four tries. 

There were no easy matches for Nasibov, who won a pair of one-point matches and another decided on criteria to make the finals - before losing by a single point in the gold medal match.

Orta Sanchez is now a two-time Olympic medalist and three-time World/Olympic medal winner. 

Orta Sanchez was the third Cuban to get on the medal stand for Greco this Olympic games, making it the second time in three Olympics that Cuba had three. 

Hasrat Jafrarov claimed his first Olympic medal. He now has three World/Olympic medals at the Senior level. 

The first round at this weight class saw an Olympic silver medalist (Nasibov) square off against a 2022 world champion (Mate Nemes). 

Nemes along with Ramaz Zoidze (Georgia) are past world medalists who lost in the first round. 

Nemes was the only seeded wrestler to fall in the opening round. He was the #4 seed. 

Mamadassa Sylla was the only qualifier for the host country and therefore responsible for France’s only win in Greco.