# Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg

Men's freestyle 55 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 10 August at ExCeL London. This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners 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 rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 10 August 2012 | 13:00 | Qualification rounds |
| 10 August 2012 | 17:45 | Repechage |
| 10 August 2012 | 18:45 | Finals |

## Results
### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) | 1 | 4 | |
| Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 0 | 3 | |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Sam Hazewinkel (USA) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Ahmet Peker (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Ahmet Peker (TUR) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| David Tremblay (CAN) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) | 3 | 3 |
| Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Dilshod Mansurov (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Sem Shilimela (NAM) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Kim Jin-cheol (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Shinichi Yumoto (JPN) | 0 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Shinichi Yumoto (JPN) | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Mihran Jaburyan (ARM) | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Mihran Jaburyan (ARM) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Brandon Escobar (HON) | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Shinichi Yumoto (JPN) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | Amit Kumar Dahiya (IND) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) | 0 | 0 | | Hassan Rahimi (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Hassan Rahimi (IRI) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Amit Kumar Dahiya (IND) | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Nikolay Noev (TJK) | 0 | 0 | | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 1 | 5 | 2 | Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Ibrahim Farag (EGY) | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | | Sem Shilimela (NAM) | 2 | 0 | Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 2 | 6 |
| | | | Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 7 | 6 | Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) | 2 | 0 |
| Ibrahim Farag (EGY) | 0 | 0 | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 1 | 1 | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 1 | 1 |
| Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 3 | 3 | Amit Kumar Dahiya (IND) | 0 | 0 | Shinichi Yumoto (JPN) | 1 | 1 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) |
| | Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) |
| | Yang Kyong-il (PRK) |
| | Shinichi Yumoto (JPN) |
| 5 | Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) |
| 5 | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) |
| 7 | Mihran Jaburyan (ARM) |
| 8 | Hassan Rahimi (IRI) |
| 9 | Ahmet Peker (TUR) |
| 10 | Amit Kumar Dahiya (IND) |
| 11 | Kim Jin-cheol (KOR) |
| 12 | Brandon Escobar (HON) |
| 13 | Ibrahim Farag (EGY) |
| 14 | Dilshod Mansurov (UZB) |
| 15 | Sem Shilimela (NAM) |
| 16 | David Tremblay (CAN) |
| 17 | Sam Hazewinkel (USA) |
| 18 | Nikolay Noev (TJK) |
| 19 | Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) |