Olympic pool pairings for men's freestyle wrestling (60, 74, 96 kg)
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John Fuller (USA Wrestling)
08/27/2004
Note: Azerbaijan and Qatar did not weigh in at 60 kg/132 lbs. 60 kg/132 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 2 winner) Ulan Nadurbek (Kyrgyzstan) Gergo Woller (Hungary) Vasyl Fedoryshyn (Ukraine) Pool 2 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 1 winner) Mourad Oumakhanov (Russia) Tevfik Odabasi (Turkey) Guivi Sissaouri (Canada) Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 4 winner) Yandro Quintana (Cuba) Ivan Djorev (Bulgaria) Kumar Sushil (India) Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 3 winner) Purevbaatar Oyunbileg (Mongolia) David Pogosian (Georgia) Eric Guerrero (United States) Pool 5 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 6 winner) Sahit Prizreni (Albania) Besik Aslanasvili (Greece) Masoud Jokar (Iran) Pool 6 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 5 winner) Lubos Cikel (Austria) Young Ho Jung (Korea) Damir Zakhartdinov (Uzbekistan) Kenji Inoue (Japan) 74 kg/163 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 2 winner) Sujeet Maan (India) Kunihiko Obata (Japan) Ivan Fundora (Cuba) Pool 2 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 1 winner) Yusup Abdusalomov (Tajikistan) Elnur Aslanov (Azerbaijan) Daniel Igali (Canada) Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 4 winner) Nate Ackermann (Great Britain) Arayik Gevorgyan (Armenia) Gennadiy Laliyev (Kazakhstan) Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 3 winner) Gela Saghirashvili (Georgia) Joe Williams (United States) Mehdi Hajizadehjoybari (Iran) Pool 5 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 6 winner) Ali Abdo (Australia) Murad Gaidarov (Belarus) Salvatore Rinella (Italy) Pool 6 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 5 winner) Arpad Ritter (Hungary) Buvaysa Saytiev (Russia) Emzarios Betinidis (Greece) Pool 7 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 5/6 quarterfinal winner) Nicolay Paslar (Bulgaria) Krystian Brozowski (Poland) Sihamir Osmanov (Macedonia) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Pool 1 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 2 winner) Yuanyuan Wang (China) Alexandros Laliotis (Greece) Peter Pecha (Slovakia) Pool 2 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 1 winner) Aleksey Krupniakov (Kyrgyzstan) Magomed Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) Krassimir Kotchev (Bulgaria) Pool 3 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 4 winner) Rustam Aghayev (Azerbaijan) Islam Bairamukov (Kazakhstan) Nicolaas Jacobs (Namibia) Pool 4 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 3 winner) Eldar Kurtanidze (Georgia) Alireza Heidari (Iran) Antoine Jaoude (Brazil) Pool 5 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 6 winner) Rolf Scherrer (Switzerland) Vadym Tasoyev (Ukraine) Khadjimourat Gatsalov (Russia) Pool 6 (winner advances to quarterfinal vs. Pool 5 winner) Fatih Cakiroglu (Turkey) Enkhtuya Tuvshintur (Mongolia) Aleksandr Shemarov (Belarus) Pool 7 (winner advances to semifinal vs. Pool 5/6 quarterfinal winner) Radovan Valach (Austria) Daniel Cormier (United States) Bartlomiej Bartnicki (Poland)