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Wrestling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games:

Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): China Agricultural University Gymnasium, Beijing
Date Started: August 12, 2008
Date Finished: August 12, 2008
Format: Single elimination tournament. Competitors losing to the finalists entered repechage tournament for bronze medals.

Gold: RUS Islam-Beka Albiyev
Silver: AZE Vitaliy Rəhimov
Bronze: KAZ Nurbakyt Tengizbayev
KGZ Ruslan Tyumenbayev

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal
1 Islam-Beka Albiyev 19 Russia RUS Gold
2 Vitaliy Rəhimov 23 Azerbaijan AZE Silver
3T Ruslan Tyumenbayev 22 Kyrgyzstan KGZ Bronze
3T Nurbakyt Tengizbayev 25 Kazakhstan KAZ Bronze
5T Roberto Monzón 30 Cuba CUB
5T Sheng Jiang 25 China CHN
7 Armen Nazaryan 34 Bulgaria BUL
8 Eusebiu Diaconu 27 Romania ROU
9 Jeong Ji-Hyeon 25 South Korea KOR
10 Makoto Sasamoto 31 Japan JPN
11 Dilshod Aripov 31 Uzbekistan UZB
12 Soner Sucu 21 Turkey TUR
13 Sébastien Hidalgo 30 France FRA
14 Ashraf El-Gharably 29 Egypt EGY
15 Davor Štefanek 22 Serbia SRB
16 Davit Bedinadze 23 Georgia GEO
17 Karen Mnatsakanyan 31 Armenia ARM
18 Jarkko Ala-Huikku 28 Finland FIN
19 Stig André Berge 25 Norway NOR
20 Yury Dubinin 31 Belarus BLR