# Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Men's freestyle 120 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on 21 August at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.
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.
Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that round; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).
On 5 April 2017, Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan was stripped of the gold medal due to a positive doping test.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 21 August 2008 | 09:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 21 August 2008 | 16:00 | Repechage |
| 21 August 2008 | 17:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 3 | 1 | |
| Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS) | 0 | 0 | |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Ali Isayev (AZE) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | | | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Rareș Chintoan (ROU) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 5 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | David Musuľbes (SVK) | 0 | 0 |
| David Musuľbes (SVK) | 3 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Wilson Siewari (NGR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | David Musuľbes (SVK) | 2 | 2 | | | |
| | | | Ottó Aubéli (HUN) | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ottó Aubéli (HUN) | 4 | 7 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | Kim Jae-gang (KOR) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Ivan Ishchenko (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Mocco (USA) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS) | 6 | 1 |
| Rajiv Tomar (IND) | 0 | 0 | Steve Mocco (USA) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 1 | 2 | Liang Lei (CHN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Liang Lei (CHN) | 1 | 2 | | | | | Steve Mocco (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS) | 2 | 2 | Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS) | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Lawrence Langowski (MEX) | 0 | 0 | Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | | | Ali Isayev (AZE) | 0 | 0 | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 1 | 4$^F$ | David Musuľbes (SVK) | 4 | 4 |
| Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 3 | 4 | Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 3 | 1 |
| Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 4 | Steve Mocco (USA) | 1 | 1 | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 8 | 1 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (RUS) |
| | David Musuľbes (SVK) |
| | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) |
| | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) |
| 5 | Fardin Masoumi (IRI) |
| 6 | Steve Mocco (USA) |
| 7 | Ottó Aubéli (HUN) |
| 8 | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) |
| 9 | Liang Lei (CHN) |
| 10 | Ivan Ishchenko (UKR) |
| 11 | Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) |
| 12 | Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL) |
| 13 | Ali Isayev (AZE) |
| 14 | Kim Jae-gang (KOR) |
| 15 | Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW) |
| 16 | Rajiv Tomar (IND) |
| 17 | Rareș Chintoan (ROU) |
| 17 | Wilson Siewari (NGR) |
| 19 | Lawrence Langowski (MEX) |
| DQ | Artur Taymazov (UZB) |
* Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone and Stanozolol.