Olympic pool pairings for men's freestyle wrestling (55, 66, 84, 120 kg)
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John Fuller (USA Wrestling)
08/26/2004
55 kg/121 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 2 winner) Ghenadie Tulbea (Moldova) Rene Montero (Cuba) Stephen Abas (United States) Pool 2 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 1 winner) Velikov Radoslav (Bulgaria) Shaun Williams (South Africa) Zhengyu Li (China) Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 4 winner) Babak Nourzad (Iran) Naranbaatar Bayaraa (Mongolia) Hyo Sub Kim (Korea) Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 3 winner) Chikara Tanabe (Japan) Namig Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) Yogeshwar Dutt (India) Pool 5 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 6 winner) Oleksandr Zakharuk (Ukraine) Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (Kazakhstan) Herman Kantoeu (Belarus) Pool 6 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 5 winner) Ahmad Bashir Rahmati (Afghanistan) Dilshod Mansurov (Uzbekistan) Mavlet Batirov (Russia) Pool 7 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 5/6 quarterfinal winner) Song Nam O (People's Democratic Republic of Korea) Amiran Karntanov (Greece) Martin Berberyan (Armenia) Harun Dogan (Turkey) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 2 winner) Fred Jessey (Nigeria) Jin Kuk Baek (Korea) Kazuhiko Ikematsu (Japan) Pool 2 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 1 winner) Evan MacDonald (Canada) Serafim Barzakov (Bulgaria) Leonid Spiridonov (Kazakhstan) Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 4 winner) Apostolos Taskoudis (Greece) Ramesh Kumar (India) Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (Armenia) Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 3 winner) Serguei Rondon (Cuba) Elbrus Tedeyev (Ukraine) Otar Tushishvili (Georgia) Pool 5 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 6 winner) Stefan Fernyak (Slovakia) Gabor Hatos (Hungary) Omer Cubukci (Turkey) Pool 6 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 5 winner) Makhach Murtazaliev (Russia) Alireza Dabir (Iran) Artur Tavkazakhov (Uzbekistan) Pool 7 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 5/6 quarterfinal winner) Ruslan Bodisteanu (Moldova) Elman Asgarov (Azerbaijan) Jamill Kelly (United States) 84 kg/185 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 2 winner) Majid Khodaei (Iran) Anuj Kumar (India) Hidekazu Yokoyama (Japan) Pool 2 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 1 winner) Magomed Kurugliyev (Kazakhstan) Siarhei Borchanka (Belarus) Cael Sanderson (United States) Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 4 winner) Revaz Mindorashvili (Georgia) Lazaros Loizidis (Greece) Vincent Aka Akesse (France) Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 3 winner) Jeffrey Cobb (Guam) Davyd Bichinashvili (Germany) Yoel Romero (Cuba) Pool 5 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 6 winner) Taras Danko (Ukraine) Mamed Agaev (Armenia) Gokhan Yavaser (Turkey) Pool 6 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 5 winner) Magomed Ibragimov (Macedonia) Eui Jae Moon (Korea) Gochev Miroslav (Bulgaria) Pool 7 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 5/6 quarterfinal winner) Sazhid Sazhidov (Russia) Matar Sene (Senegal) Nicolae Ghita (Romania) Shamil Aliev (Tajikistan) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 2 winner) Artur Taymazov (Uzbekistan) Marek Garmulewicz (Poland) Palwinder Singh (India) Pool 2 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 1 winner) Otto Aubeli (Hungary) Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (Russia) Alex Modebadze (Georgia) Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 4 winner) Alexis Rodriguez (Cuba) Nestoras Batzelas (Greece) Serhii Pryadun (Ukraine) Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 3 winner) Daniel Chintoan (Romania) Sven Thiele (Germany) Aydin Polatci (Turkey) Pool 5 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 6 winner) Francesco Miano (Italy) Kerry McCoy (United States) Marid Mutalimov (Kazakhstan) Yury Mildzihov (Kyrgyzstan) Pool 6 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 5 winner) Alireza Rezaie (Iran) Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (Bulgaria) Usukhbayar Gelegjamts (Mongolia) Barys Hrynkevich (Belarus)