Enjoy the highlights of Beijing Olympics 2008 here. The following medals were awarded in wrestling at the 2008 Olympic Games

MEN’S GRECO-ROMAN

55KG

Gold – Nazyr Mankiev (Russia)

Silver – Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Roman Amoyan (Armenia)

- Park En-chul (South Korea)

60KG

Gold – Islam-Beka Albiev (Russia)

Silver – Vitaliy Rahimov (Azerbaijan)

Bronze – Ruslan Tiumenbaev (Kyrgzstan)

- Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (Kazakhstan)

66KG

Gold – Steeve Guenot (France)

Silver – Kanatbek Begalive (Kyrgystan)

Bronze – Armen Vardanyan (Ukraine)

- Darkhan Bayakhmetov (Kazakhstan)

74KG

Gold – Manuchar Kvirkelia (Georgia)

Silver – Chang Yongxiang (China)

Bronze – Yavor Yanakiev (Bulgaria)

- Christophe Guenot (France)

84KG

Gold – Andrea Minguzzi (Italy)

Silver – Zoltan Fodor (Hungary)

Bronze – Nazmi Avluca (Turkey)

96KG

Gold – Aslanbek Khushtov (Russia)

Silver – Mirko Englich (Germany)

Bronze – Asset Mambetov (Kazakhstan)

- Adam Wheeler (United States)

120KG

Gold – Mijain Lopez (Cuba)

Silver – Khasan Baroev (Russia)

Bronze – Yuri Patrikeev (Armenia)

- Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania)

MEN’S FREESTYLE

55KG

Gold – Henry Cejudo (U.S.)

Silver – Tomohiro Matsunaga (Japan)

Bronze – Radoslav Velikov (Bulgaria)

- Besik Kudukhov (Russia)

60KG

Gold – Mavlet Batirov (Russia)

Silver – Vasyl Fedoryshyn (Ukraine)

Bronze – Kenichi Yumoto (Japan)

Seyedmorad Mohammadi (Iran)

66KG

Gold – Ramazan Sahin (Turkey)

Silver – Andriy Stadnik (Ukraine)

Bronze – Otar Tushishvili (Georgia)

- Sushil Kumar (India)

74KG

Gold – Buvaysa Saytiev (Russia)

Silver – Soslan Tigiev (Uzbekistan)

Bronze – Kiril Terziev (Bulgaria)

- Murad Gaidarov (Belarus)

84KG

Gold – Revazi Mindorashvili (Georgia)

Silver – Yusup Abdusalomov (Tajikistan)

Bronze – Georgy Ketoev (Russia)

- Taras Danko (Ukraine)

96KG

Gold – Shirvani Muradov (Russia)

Silver – Taimuraz Tigiev (Kazakhstan)

Bronze – George Gogshelidze (Georgia)

- Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)

120KG

Gold – Artur Taymazov (Uzbekistan)

Silver – Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (Russia)

Bronze – Murad Mutalimov (Kazakhstan)

- David Musulbes (Slovakia)

WOMEN’S FREESTYLE

48KG

Gold – Carol Huynh (Canada)

Silver – Chiharu Icho (Japan)

Bronze – Irini Merleni (Ukraine)

- Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan)

55KG

Gold – Saori Yoshida (Japan)

Silver – Xu Li (China)

Bronze – Tonya Verbeek (Canada)

- Jackeline Renteria (Colombia)

63KG

Gold – Kaori Icho (Japan)

Silver – Alena Kartoshova (Russia)

Bronze – Randi Miller (U.S.)

- Yelena Shalygina (Kazakhstan)

72KG

Gold – Wang Jiao (China)

Silver – Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria)

Bronze – Agnieszka Wieszczek (Poland)

- Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan)

(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)

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