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Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
Date	28–29 August 2004
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia Gennadiy Laliyev  Kazakhstan Iván Fundora  Cuba
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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 74 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 28 to August 29.

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	Iván Fundora (CUB)	2	2	0	6	14	Knockout round
2	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	2	1	1	3	8
3	Sujeet Maan (IND)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Sujeet Maan (IND)	0–8	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	0–3 PO
Iván Fundora (CUB)	6–0	Sujeet Maan (IND)	3–0 PO
Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	0–8	Iván Fundora (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	2	0	6	12	Knockout round
2	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	2	1	1	4	9
3	Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	2	0	2	2	4

	Score		CP
Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	7–3	Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	3–1 PP
Daniel Igali (CAN)	5–2	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	3–1 PP
Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	1–7	Daniel Igali (CAN)	1–3 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	8	16	Knockout round
2	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	2	1	1	4	11
3	Nate Ackerman (GBR)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Nate Ackerman (GBR)	0–11	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	0–4 ST
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	11–0	Nate Ackerman (GBR)	4–0 ST
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	0–5 Fall	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	0–4 TO

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Joe Williams (USA)	2	2	0	6	9	Knockout round
2	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	2	1	1	3	7
3	Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	2	0	2	2	6

	Score		CP
Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	1–6	Joe Williams (USA)	1–3 PP
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	7–5	Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	3–1 PP
Joe Williams (USA)	3–0	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	3–0 PO

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2	2	0	7	14	Knockout round
2	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	2	1	1	5	13
3	Ali Abdo (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Ali Abdo (AUS)	0–10	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	0–4 ST
Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	11–0	Ali Abdo (AUS)	4–0 ST
Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	4–2	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	3–1 PP

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	14	Knockout round
2	Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2–8	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	5–1	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	3–1 PP
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	6–1	Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	3–1 PP

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	2	2	0	6	7	Knockout round
2	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	3–3	Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	1–3 PP
Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	1–3	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	1–3 PP
Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	4–0	Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	3–0 PO

Knockout round

	Qualification				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Iván Fundora (CUB)	3
	Daniel Igali (CAN)	1			Iván Fundora (CUB)	4
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	3			Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	5
	Joe Williams (USA)	2							Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	0
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2							Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	7
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3			Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	8
					Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	0
									Bronze medal match
									Iván Fundora (CUB)	3
									Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	1

	Classification 5–6
	Joe Williams (USA)	WO
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)
	Iván Fundora (CUB)
4	Krystian Brzozowski (POL)
5	Joe Williams (USA)
6	Daniel Igali (CAN)
7	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)
8	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
9	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)
10	Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)
11	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)
12	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)
13	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)
14	Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)
15	Elnur Aslanov (AZE)
16	Árpád Ritter (HUN)
17	Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)
18	Sujeet Maan (IND)
19	Nate Ackerman (GBR)
20	Ali Abdo (AUS)
DQ	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)

• Murad Gaidarov was ejected from the competition after he ran off the mat at the conclusion of his quarterfinal bout and assaulted his opponent, Buvaisar Saitiev, before being restrained by security and police.

References

1. "Wrestling Match Turns Into Off-Mat Fracas". NBC Sports. 29 August 2004. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

• Official Report

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle welterweight
1904:  Charles Ericksen (NOR) 1924:  Hermann Gehri (SUI) 1928:  Arvo Haavisto (FIN) 1932:  Jack van Bebber (USA) 1936:  Frank Lewis (USA) 1948:  Yaşar Doğu (TUR) 1952:  William Smith (USA) 1956:  Mitsuo Ikeda (JPN) 1960:  Douglas Blubaugh (USA) 1964:  İsmail Ogan (TUR) 1968:  Mahmut Atalay (TUR) 1972:  Wayne Wells (USA) 1976:  Jiichiro Date (JPN) 1980:  Valentin Raychev (BUL) 1984:  David Schultz (USA) 1988:  Kenny Monday (USA) 1992:  Park Jang-soon (KOR) 1996:  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 2000:  Brandon Slay (USA) 2004:  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 2008:  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 2012:  Jordan Burroughs (USA) 2016:  Hassan Yazdani (IRI) 2020:  Zaurbek Sidakov (ROC) 2024:  Razambek Zhamalov (UZB)
1904: 71.67 kg 1924–1936: 72 kg 1948–1960: 73 kg 1964–1968: 78 kg 1972–1996: 74 kg 2000: 76 kg 2004–present: 74 kg

• Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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