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Men's freestyle 55 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	27–28 August 2004
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Mavlet Batirov  Russia Stephen Abas  United States Chikara Tanabe  Japan
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Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	55 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	63 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	72 kg
	84 kg	84 kg
	96 kg	96 kg
	120 kg	120 kg
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The men's freestyle 55 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 27 to August 28.

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Stephen Abas (USA)	2	2	0	6	10	Knockout round
2	René Montero (CUB)	2	1	1	4	8
3	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	0–5	René Montero (CUB)	0–3 PO
Stephen Abas (USA)	6–1	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	3–1 PP
René Montero (CUB)	3–4	Stephen Abas (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Li Zhengyu (CHN)	2	2	0	6	13	Knockout round
2	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	2	1	1	5	19
3	Shaun Williams (RSA)	2	0	2	2	6

	Score		CP
Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	13–2	Shaun Williams (RSA)	4–1 SP
Li Zhengyu (CHN)	8–6	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	3–1 PP
Shaun Williams (RSA)	4–5	Li Zhengyu (CHN)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	2	1	1	4	8	Knockout round
2	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	2	1	1	4	9
3	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	2	1	1	3	6

1. ^ Head-to-head result: KOR 3–1 MGL.

	Score		CP
Babak Nourzad (IRI)	0–6	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	0–3 PO
Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	4–6	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	1–3 PP
Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	3–4	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	2	2	0	6	9	Knockout round
2	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	2	1	1	4	8
3	Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)	2	0	2	2	5

	Score		CP
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	5–2	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	3–1 PP
Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)	3–4	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	1–3 PP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	6–2	Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2	2	0	6	7	Knockout round
2	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	2	1	1	4	7
3	Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	3–1	Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	3–4	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	1–3 PP
Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)	1–4	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	2	2	0	7	23	Knockout round
2	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	2	1	1	5	12
3	Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)	0–11	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	20–0	Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)	4–0 ST
Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	1–3	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	1–3 PP

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3	3	0	10	17	Knockout round
2	O Song-nam (PRK)	3	2	1	8	8
3	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3	1	2	5	9
4	Harun Doğan (TUR)	3	0	3	1	3

	Score		CP
O Song-nam (PRK)	3–4	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–3 PP
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	5–3	Harun Doğan (TUR)	3–1 PP
O Song-nam (PRK)	5–2	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3–1 PP
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	10–0	Harun Doğan (TUR)	4–0 ST
O Song-nam (PRK)	WO	Harun Doğan (TUR)	4–0 PA
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3–2	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Qualification				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Stephen Abas (USA)	6
	Li Zhengyu (CHN)	1			Stephen Abas (USA)	3
	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	0			Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	0
	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	10							Stephen Abas (USA)	1
	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	0							Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	9
	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	4			Mavlet Batirov (RUS)	7
					Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1
									Bronze medal match
									Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	7
									Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	0

	Classification 5–6
	Li Zhengyu (CHN)	6
	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	4

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
	Stephen Abas (USA)
	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)
4	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)
5	Li Zhengyu (CHN)
6	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)
7	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)
8	O Song-nam (PRK)
9	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)
10	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)
11	Martin Berberyan (ARM)
12	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)
13	René Montero (CUB)
14	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
15	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)
16	Babak Nourzad (IRI)
17	Shaun Williams (RSA)
18	Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)
19	Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ)
20	Harun Doğan (TUR)
21	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)
22	Bashir Ahmad Rahmati (AFG)

References

• Official Report
• Official website

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle bantamweight
1904:  Isidor Niflot (USA) 1908:  George Mehnert (USA) 1924:  Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) 1928:  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) 1932:  Robert Pearce (USA) 1936:  Ödön Zombori (HUN) 1948:  Nasuh Akar (TUR) 1952:  Shohachi Ishii (JPN) 1956:  Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR) 1960:  Terrence McCann (USA) 1964:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN) 1968:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN) 1972:  Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) 1976:  Vladimir Yumin (URS) 1980:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS) 1984:  Hideaki Tomiyama (JPN) 1988:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS) 1992:  Alejandro Puerto (CUB) 1996:  Kendall Cross (USA) 2000:  Alireza Dabir (IRI) 2004:  Mavlet Batirov (RUS) 2008:  Henry Cejudo (USA) 2012:  Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) 2016:  Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) 2020:  Zaur Uguev (ROC) 2024:  Rei Higuchi (JPN)
1904: 56.70 kg 1908: 54 kg 1924–1936: 56 kg 1948–1996: 57 kg 2000: 58 kg 2004–2012: 55 kg 2016–present: 57 kg

• Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Men's events at the 2004 Summer Olympics