The 2024 Olympic Games came to an end last 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
Round of 32
Yones Emami (Iran) over Frank Chamizo (Italy) 9-4
Razambek Jamalov (Uzbekistan) over Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (AIN - Belarus) 8-0
Round of 16
Kyle Dake (USA) over Anthony Montero Chirinos (Venezuela) 10-0
Yones Emami (Iran) over Bacar Ndum (Guinea-Bissau) 10-0
Khetag Tsabalov (Serbia) over Iman Mahdavi (UWW) 10-0
Daichi Takatani (Japan) over Geandry Garzon Caballero (Cuba) 10-0
Viktor Rassadin (Tajikistan) over Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greece) 8-2
Feng Lu (China) over Amr Hussen (Egypt) 14-4
Razambek Jamalov (Uzbekistan) over Taimuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia) 11-3
Chermen Valiev (Albania) over Turam Bayramov (Azerbaijan) 4-3
Quarterfinals
Kyle Dake (USA) over Yones Emami (Iran) Fall 5:37
Daichi Takatani (Japan) over Khetag Tsabalov (Serbia) 10-0
Viktor Rassadin (Tajikistan) over Feng Lu (China) 7-4
Razambek Jamalov (Uzbekistan) over Chermen Valiev (Albania) 6-5
Semifinals
Daichi Takatani (Japan) over Kyle Dake (USA) 20-12
Razambek Jamalov (Uzbekistan) over Viktor Rassadin (Tajikistan) 8-2
Repechage
Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (AIN - Belarus) over Taimuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia) 6-6
Chermen Valiev (Albania) over Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (AIN - Belarus) 12-2
Bronze Medal Matches
Kyle Dake (USA) over Khetag Tsabalov (Serbia) 10-4
Chermen Valiev (Albania) over Viktor Rassadin (Tajikistan) 6-2
Gold Medal Match
Razambek Jamalov (Uzbekistan) over Daichi Takatani (Japan) Fall 2:12
Notes:
Razambek Jamalov became officially only the second wrestler from Uzbekistan to win an Olympic gold medal in men’s freestyle. Artur Taimazov’s gold medal from 2004 in Athens is the only other. Taimazov won gold medals in 2008 and 2012 that have since been stripped due to a doping violation.
Jamalov’s gold medal gave Uzbekistan two medals for the second time in three Olympic Games. They also had two medalists in 2016.
At the time, Jamalov’s fall in the gold medal match was the first and only in the Olympic Games. A day later, there was a second fall at 97 kg.
Jamalov’s first two bouts came against an Olympic silver medalist (Kadimagomedov) and a world silver medalist (Salkazanov).
Though Russia wasn’t officially at the Olympic Games (for wrestling purposes), there were plenty of ex-Russians competing. This weight class led the way with six (Kadimagomedov - AIN/Belarus, Valiev - Albania, Tsabalov - Serbia, Salkazanov - Slovakia, Rassadin - Tajikistan, Jamalov - Uzbekistan) wrestlers who had previously wrestled for Russia, but have since transferred to another country.
Daichi Takatani earned his second World/Olympic medal.
Takatani’s semifinal match with Kyle Dake was the highest scoring bout of the entire Olympic Games. 32 total points (20-12).
With an 8-2 win for Jamalov over Rassadin in the other semifinal - in gave this weight class the highest scoring two semifinals of the entire Olympic Games (42 points).
The two met in the 2023 World quarterfinals - a match won by Dake, 7-4.
Dake earned his second Olympic bronze medal. He is now a seven-time World/Olympic medalist.
Dake has claimed medals at every World/Olympic event since 2018.
Between Dake and Jordan Burroughs, an American has earned a medal at every World/Olympic tournament since 2017.
At 33 years old, Dake is the second oldest medalist in men’s freestyle in 2024. Both he and Taha Akgul (Turkey - 125 kg) are 33; however, Akgul turns 34 in November.
Chermen Valiev’s bronze medal gave Albania their first-ever medal in men’s freestyle.
With Valiev’s medal, a wrestler representing Albania has earned a medal in each of the last three years. Zelimkhan Abakarov won world medals in 2022 and 2023.
The inclusion of Iman Mahdavi via the Refugee team and Frank Chamizo after a controversial match at the European Qualifier, this bracket contained 18 wrestlers.
Both of the Round of 32 matches had past Olympic medalists who suffered losses (Chamizo and Kadimagomedov).
Cuba’s Geandry Garzon Caballero (40) was the oldest wrestler in this bracket and the entire men’s freestyle tournament.
photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com
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