Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg

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.^[1][2]

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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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)

Date	Time	Event
5 August 2021	11:00	Qualification rounds
	18:15	Semifinals
6 August 2021	11:00	Repechage
	19:30	Finals

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)	6F							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)	2F			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)