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Men's freestyle 125 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Makuhari Messe
Date	5–6 August 2021
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gable Steveson  United States Geno Petriashvili  Georgia Amir Hossein Zare  Iran Taha Akgül  Turkey
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Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification List of wrestlers
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	57 kg	60 kg	50 kg
	65 kg	67 kg	53 kg
	74 kg	77 kg	57 kg
	86 kg	87 kg	62 kg
	97 kg	97 kg	68 kg
	125 kg	130 kg	76 kg
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The men's freestyle 125 kilograms competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place on 5–6 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku.

This freestyle 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.

The medals for the competition were presented by Uğur Erdener, IOC Member; Turkey, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Stan Dziedzic, UWW Vice-President; United States, Olympian, one Bronze Medal.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Main bracket

	1/8 finals				1/4 finals				Semifinals				Final
	Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	11
	Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY)	0			Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	5
	Sergey Kozyrev (ROC)	1			Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	2
	Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	4							Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	6
	Egzon Shala (KOS)	6							Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	3
	Djahid Berrahal (ALG)	0			Egzon Shala (KOS)	2
	Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	7			Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	13
	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)	0											Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	8
	Taha Akgül (TUR)	5											Gable Steveson (USA)	10
	Amar Dhesi (CAN)	0			Taha Akgül (TUR)	0
	Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ)	0			Gable Steveson (USA)	8
	Gable Steveson (USA)	10							Gable Steveson (USA)	5
	Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	8							Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	0
	Dzianis Khramiankou (BLR)	4			Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	6
	Gennadij Cudinovic (GER)	2			Gennadij Cudinovic (GER)	5
	Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ)	10

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
	Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY)	2			Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	0
	Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	7			Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	5
	Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ)	0			Taha Akgül (TUR)	5
	Taha Akgül (TUR)	4			Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Gable Steveson (USA)
	Geno Petriashvili (GEO)
	Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)
	Taha Akgül (TUR)
5	Deng Zhiwei (CHN)
5	Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)
7	Egzon Shala (KOS)
8	Gennadij Cudinovic (GER)
9	Dzianis Khramiankou (BLR)
10	Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY)
11	Sergey Kozyrev (ROC)
12	Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ)
13	Amar Dhesi (CAN)
14	Djahid Berrahal (ALG)
15	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
16	Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ)

References

1. "Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 125kg Schedule". Archived from the original on 2021-08-05.
2. "Tokyo 2020 | United World Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle super heavyweight
1972:  Aleksandr Medved (URS) 1976:  Soslan Andiyev (URS) 1980:  Soslan Andiyev (URS) 1984:  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 1988: David Gobejishvili (URS) 1992:  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 1996:  Mahmut Demir (TUR) 2000:  David Musulbes (RUS) 2004:  Artur Taymazov (UZB) 2008:  Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS) 2012:  Ghasemi (IRI) &  Makhov (RUS) 2016:  Taha Akgül (TUR) 2020:  Gable Steveson (USA) 2024:  Geno Petriashvili (GEO)
1972–1984: +100 kg 1988–2000: 130 kg 2004–2012: 120 kg 2016–present: 125 kg

• Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Men's freestyle wrestling at the Summer Olympics