Bronze Medal Match  Rulon Gardner (United States) dec. Sajad Barzi  (Iran), 3-0  First Period  At 1:05 Gardner passive, no scoring  At 2:50 pt and caution against Barzi fleeing, 1-0 Gardner    Second Period  At 4:20 Gardner passive, no scoring  At 5:22 Barzi passive, Gardner chooses neutral  At 5:46 pt and caution against Barzi fleeing, 2-0 Gardner    Overtime Period  Begins in clinch, Barzi locks first  At 6:39 Gardner takedown, 3-0    NOTE: Upon capturing the Bronze, Rulon left his shoes in the middle of the mat representing his retirement from wrestling.        Semifinals  Georgiy Tsurtsumia (Kazakhstan) dec. Rulon Gardner (United States), 4-1 OT  First Period  At 1:09 Gardner passive, no scoring  At 1:54 Tsurtsumia passive, no scoring    Second Period  Begins in clinch, Tsurtsumia locks first  At 3:01 Tsurtsumia takedown, 1-0   At 4:09 Tsurtsumia passive, Gardner chooses neutral  At 4:52 caution and pt against Tsurtsumia fleeing, 1-1    Overtime Period  Begins in clinch, Gardner locks first  At 4:27 Tsurtsumia 3pt throw, 4-1 Tsurtsumia       Round 1 - Pool Competition  Rulon Gardner (United States) dec. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania), 3-0  First Period  At 1:04 Mizgaitis passive, Gardner 2pt gut, 2-0 Gardner    Second Period  At 3:46 Gardner passive, no scoring  At 4:49 Gardner takedown, 3-0 Gardner      Round 2 - Pool Competition  Rulon Gardner (United States) dec. Sergei Mourieko (Bulgaria), 1-1 OT  First Period  1:18 Gardner passive, no scoring  At 2:08 Mourieko passive, no scoring      Second Period  Begins in clinch, Mourieko locks first  At 4:00 caution and point against Mourieko, 1-0 Gardner  At 4:57 Mourieko passive, Garnder chooses neutral    Overtime Period  Begins in clinch, Gardner locks first  At 6:39 caution and point against Gardner for unlocking, 1-1  **Criteria decided by number of passivities      Round 3 - Pool Competition  Rulon Gardner (United States) dec. Marek Mikulski (Poland), 3-0  First Period  At 1:15 Gardner passive, no scoring  At 2:02 Mikulski passive, no scoring    Second Period  Begins in clinch, Gardner to lock first  At 3:00 2pt caution against Mikulski for not locking, 2-0 Gardner  At 4:52 Mikulski, Gardner chooses neutral  At 5:32 Gardner takedown, 3-0