# Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg

Men's freestyle 66 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 20 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.
This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved 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.
Each bout consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that round; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 20 August 2008 | 09:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 20 August 2008 | 16:00 | Repechage |
| 20 August 2008 | 17:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Ramazan Şahin (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Andriy Stadnik (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 2 |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Ramazan Şahin (TUR) | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Geandry Garzón (CUB) | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ramazan Şahin (TUR) | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Mehdi Taghavi (IRI) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Mehdi Taghavi (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Haislan Garcia (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Ramazan Şahin (TUR) | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | 0 | 1 |
| Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | 4 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | 3 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Jung Young-ho (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Albert Batyrov (BLR) | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Yang Chun-song (PRK) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Albert Batyrov (BLR) | 4 | 2 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Andriy Stadnik (UKR) | 1 | 4 | 3$^F$ | | | |
| | | | | Sushil Kumar (IND) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Andriy Stadnik (UKR) | 2 | 4 | | Andriy Stadnik (UKR) | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Doug Schwab (USA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Andriy Stadnik (UKR) | 1 | 2 |
| Heinrich Barnes (RSA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) | 0 | 0 |
| Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL) | 2 | 7 | | Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Irbek Farniev (RUS) | 2 | 5 | | Irbek Farniev (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Suren Markosyan (ARM) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Irbek Farniev (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) | 1 | 4 | 2 | | | | | Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wang Qiang (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Emin Azizov (AZE) | 1 | 2 | | Emin Azizov (AZE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Grégory Sarrasin (SUI) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | | | Geandry Garzón (CUB) | 1 | 2 | 2 | Geandry Garzón (CUB) | 0 | 1 | |
| | | | | Mehdi Taghavi (IRI) | 4 | 0 | 0 | Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | 3 | 1 | |
| Doug Schwab (USA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Sushil Kumar (IND) | 1 | 0 | 7 | Sushil Kumar (IND) | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sushil Kumar (IND) | 4 | 0 | 3 | Albert Batyrov (BLR) | 0 | 4 | 0 | Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Ramazan Şahin (TUR) |
| | Andriy Stadnik (UKR) |
| | Otar Tushishvili (GEO) |
| | Sushil Kumar (IND) |
| 5 | Geandry Garzón (CUB) |
| 5 | Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ) |
| 7 | Irbek Farniev (RUS) |
| 8 | Buyanjavyn Batzorig (MGL) |
| 9 | Albert Batyrov (BLR) |
| 10 | Mehdi Taghavi (IRI) |
| 11 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) |
| 12 | Emin Azizov (AZE) |
| 13 | Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN) |
| 14 | Doug Schwab (USA) |
| 15 | Yang Chun-song (PRK) |
| 16 | Haislan Garcia (CAN) |
| 17 | Jung Young-ho (KOR) |
| 18 | Suren Markosyan (ARM) |
| 19 | Heinrich Barnes (RSA) |
| 20 | Wang Qiang (CHN) |
| 21 | Grégory Sarrasin (SUI) |