Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Men's freestyle 120 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 11 August at ExCeL London.^[1] This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	11 August 2012
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Komeil Ghasemi  Iran Bilyal Makhov  Russia Tervel Dlagnev  United States Daulet Shabanbay  Kazakhstan
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Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

China's Liang Lei was on the start list but did not compete due to injury.

In January 2019, Georgia's Davit Modzmanashvili, who originally won the silver medal, was disqualified after testing positive for banned substances.^[2] On 23 July 2019, it was announced that as a result of retesting samples, original gold medalist Artur Taymazov was also disqualified.^[3][4][5]

Consequently, the original bronze medalists, Komeil Ghasemi of Iran and Bilyal Makhov of Russia, were declared joint Olympic champions, while Tervel Dlagnev of the United States and Daulet Shabanbay of Kazakhstan, who Ghasemi and Makhov had defeated in the repechage, were awarded the bronze medals.^[6]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Event
11 August 2012	13:00	Qualification rounds
	17:45	Repechage
	18:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	1	1
	Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)	0	0

Top half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						1/4 finals						Semifinals
							Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	6	1
							El-Desoky Ismail (EGY)	2	0
													Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	2	3
													Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)	0	1
							Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)	2	2
							Dániel Ligeti (HUN)	0	1
																			Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	0
																			Artur Taymazov (UZB)	3F
							Nick Matuhin (GER)	0	0
							Artur Taymazov (UZB)	4	2
													Artur Taymazov (UZB)	1	1
													Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)	0	0
							Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)	1	1
							Arjan Bhullar (CAN)	0	0

Bottom half

	Qualifications						1/8 finals						1/4 finals						Semifinals
							Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)	4	7
							Jesse Ruíz (MEX)	0	0
													Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)	4	1
													Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)	0	0
							Rareș Chintoan (ROU)	3	2	0
							Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)	0	5	1
																			Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)	1	1
																			Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	0	1
							Malal Ndiaye (SEN)	0	0
							Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)	1	2
													Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)	6	1	0
	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)	0	0										Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	0	2	1
	Taha Akgül (TUR)	1	2				Taha Akgül (TUR)	0	0
	Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	1	4				Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	1	3
	Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE)	0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
	Nick Matuhin (GER)	0	0				Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)	4	0	1
	Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)	1	1				Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	0	1	0
	Jesse Ruíz (MEX)	0	0				Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)	0	3	0
	Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)	5	3F				Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	5	0	3

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)
	Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
	Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
	Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ)
5	Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)
6	Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)
7	Taha Akgül (TUR)
8	Rareș Chintoan (ROU)
9	El-Desoky Ismail (EGY)
10	Dániel Ligeti (HUN)
11	Arjan Bhullar (CAN)
12	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
12	Malal Ndiaye (SEN)
14	Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE)
15	Nick Matuhin (GER)
16	Jesse Ruíz (MEX)
DQ	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
DQ	Davit Modzmanashvili (GEO)

• Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone.
• Davit Modzmanashvili of Georgia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone.