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Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date 14 August
Competitors 20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Mijaín López  Cuba
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mindaugas Mizgaitis  Lithuania
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yannick Szczepaniak  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yury Patrikeyev  Armenia
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1st, gold medalist(s) Mijaín López  Cuba
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mindaugas Mizgaitis  Lithuania
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yannick Szczepaniak  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yury Patrikeyev  Armenia

Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 14 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves 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.

Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

The medals were reawarded by FILA following this decision


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