2024 Olympics: 87 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: 67 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

Arkadiusz Kulynycz (Poland) over Ali Cengiz (Turkey)  5-3

Alireza Mohmadipiani (Iran) over Carlos Munoz Jaramillo (Colombia)  9-0

Nursultan Tursynov (Kazakhstan) over Mohamed Metwally (Egypt)  10-1

Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine) over Haitao Qian (China)  7-1

Semen Novikov (Bulgaria) over Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark)  5-1

Lasha Gobadze (Georgia) over Bachir Sid Azara (Algeria)  2-1

Aleksandr Komarov (Serbia) over Payton Jacobson (USA)  9-0

David Losonczi (Hungary) over Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijan)  5-2
 

Quarterfinals

Alireza Mohmadipiani (Iran) over Arkadiusz Kulynycz (Poland)  10-1

Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine) over Nursultan Tursynov (Kazakhstan)  7-3

Semen Novikov (Bulgaria) over Lasha Gobadze (Georgia)  8-3

David Losonczi (Hungary) over Aleksandr Komarov (Serbia)  2-2

Semifinals

Alireza Mohmadipiani (Iran) over Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine)  3-3

Semen Novikov (Bulgaria) over David Losonczi (Hungary)  3-1
 

Repechage

Arkadiusz Kulynycz (Poland) over Carlos Munoz Jaramillo (Colombia)   3-1

Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark) over Lasha Gobadze (Georgia)  6-0
 

Bronze Medal Matches

Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark) over David Losonczi (Hungary)  2-1

Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine) over Arkadiusz Kulynycz (Poland)  3-1

Gold Medal Match

Semen Novikov (Bulgaria) over Alireza Mohmadipiani (Iran)  7-0
 

Notes:

Semen Novikov is Bulgaria’s first Olympic gold medalist in Greco since Armen Nazarian won the 58 kg weight class in 2000. 

Novikov is Bulgaria’s first Olympic medalist in Greco since Yavor Yanakiev was a bronze medalist at 74 kg in 2008. 

This weight class had five past world champions in the bracket yet none of them advanced to the gold medal match.

Novikov had to beat a pair of past world champions to make the finals (Gobadze, Losonczi).

In 2023, Novikov and and Losonczi met in the world semifinals and the Hungarian won 10-0. This year Novikov turned the tables with a 3-1 victory. 

With his Olympic gold medal, Novikov now has a pair of World/Olympic medals. 

Alireza Mohmadipiani was the third Iranian to advance to a gold medal match. 

Mohmadipiani was a 2023 world silver medalist, before getting silver in Paris. 

Zhan Beleniuk earned his third Olympic medal. He now had one in all three colors. 

Beleniuk will finish his career with eight world/Olympic medals. 

With ten returning World/Olympic medalists in this weight class, we knew we’d have some great first round matchups. Half of them featured past medalists clashing. 

Speaking of monster first-round matches, the final one in the bracket saw 2023 co-world champion Losonczi and two-time world champ Rafig Huseynov battle. 

Huseynov and Cengiz were a pair of past world champions who fell in round one. 

#1 Cengiz, along with #6 Bachir Sid Azara and #8 Carlos Munoz Jaramillo were the top-eight seeds that lost in the opening round. 

Kulynycz accounted for Poland’s only two Greco-Roman wins as he was their only representative.