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 16
Magomedkhan Magomedov (Azerbaijan) over Luis Perez Sosa (Dominican Republic) 9-0
Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland) over Radu Lefter (Moldova) 8-2
Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) over Steyn DeLange (South Africa) 5-3
Murazi Mchedlidze (Ukraine) over Ibrahim Ciftci (Turkey) 5-1
Kyle Snyder (USA) over Awusayiman Habila (China) 9-5
Arturo Silot Torres (Cuba) over Erik Thiele (Germany) 5-0
Alisher Yergali (Kazakhstan) over Mostafa Elders (Egypt) 6-2
Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain) over Amirali Azarpira (Iran) 4-3
Quarterfinals
Magomedkhan Magomedov (Azerbaijan) over Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland) 7-2
Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) over Murazi Mchedlidze (Ukraine) 11-0
Kyle Snyder (USA) over Arturo Silot Torres (Cuba) Fall 3:36
Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain) over Alisher Yergali (Kazakhstan) 14-2
Semifinals
Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) over Magomedkhan Magomedov (Azerbaijan) 5-0
Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain) over Kyle Snyder (USA) 6-4
Repechage
Murazi Mchedlidze (Ukraine) over Steyn DeLange (South Africa) 5-3
Amirali Azarpira (Iran) over Alisher Yergali (Kazakhstan) 6-1
Bronze Medal Matches
Magomedkhan Magomedov (Azerbaijan) over Murazi Mchedlidze (Ukraine) 10-0
Amirali Azarpira (Iran) over Kyle Snyder (USA) 4-1
Gold Medal Match
Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain) over Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) Fall 1:52
Notes:
Not only is Akhmed Tazhudinov the first Olympic champion for Bahrain in men’s freestyle, but he is also their first medalist.
Tazhudinov was one of only two wrestlers to earn a fall in a gold medal match at this year’s Olympic Games.
At 21, Tazhudinov was the youngest Olympic gold medalist in men’s freestyle in 2024.
Tazhudinov is now a two-time World/Olympic gold medal winner (in as many tries).
In nine matches at the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games, Tazhudinov has only wrestled the full six minutes twice (versus Snyder and Azapira).
Givi Matcharashvili earned his first Olympic medal when he took the silver. It’s his third World/Olympic medal after taking bronze at the last two world championships.
We had a very young podium with Matcharashvili being the oldest of the four medalists at 27 years old.
Magomedkhan Magomedov also grabbed his first Olympic medal by taking the bronze medal. He is now a three-time World/Olympic medalist.
Magomedov’s medal gave Azerbaijan multiple medalists for the third time in the last four Olympic Games.
Two of the medalists (Tazhudinov and Magomedov) previously have competed for Russia.
Amirali Azarpira claimed his first World/Olympic medal with a bronze in Paris.
Azarpira’s medal gave Iran four medal in men’s freestyle. The last time Iran had that many was in the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
Kyle Snyder lost to Azarpira in the bronze medal match. It marked the first time in his Senior level career (2015 - present) that he did not medal at a World/Olympic event.
This weight class had the most competitive first round of any men’s freestyle weight class. Only one match ended via fall or tech.
photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com
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