2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg

Men's freestyle 125 kg
at the 2018 World Championships
VenueLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates20–21 October 2018
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
gold medal Geno Petriashvili   Georgia
silver medal Deng Zhiwei   China
bronze medal Nick Gwiazdowski   United States
bronze medal Parviz Hadi   Iran
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The men's freestyle 125 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 20 and 21 October.[1]

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.

Results

Legend
  • F — Won by fall

Final

Final
 Deng Zhiwei (CHN) 0
 Geno Petriashvili (GEO) 6

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Nick Gwiazdowski (USA) 9
 Natsagsürengiin Zolboo (MGL) 4
 Nick Gwiazdowski (USA) 4
 Deng Zhiwei (CHN) 5
 Amar Dhesi (CAN) 1
 Deng Zhiwei (CHN) 4
 Deng Zhiwei (CHN) 5
 Sumit Malik (IND) 0
 Sumit Malik (IND) 4
 Taiki Yamamoto (JPN) 1
 Sumit Malik (IND) 6
 Yermukambet Inkar (KAZ) 1
 Andrei Romanov (MDA) 1
 Yermukambet Inkar (KAZ) 9

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Geno Petriashvili (GEO) 11
 Johannes Ludescher (AUT) 1  Dániel Ligeti (HUN) 1
 Dániel Ligeti (HUN) 6  Geno Petriashvili (GEO) 8
 Catriel Muriel (ARG) 8F  Anzor Khizriev (RUS) 5
 Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW) 7  Catriel Muriel (ARG) 2
 Nam Koung-jin (KOR) 1  Anzor Khizriev (RUS) 12
 Anzor Khizriev (RUS) 4F  Geno Petriashvili (GEO) 13
 Parviz Hadi (IRI) 11  Parviz Hadi (IRI) 6
 Robert Baran (POL) 0  Parviz Hadi (IRI) 11
 Ibrahim Saidau (BLR) 4  Ibrahim Saidau (BLR) 2
 Jamaladdin Magomedov (AZE) 3  Parviz Hadi (IRI) 3
 Nick Matuhin (GER) 0  Taha Akgül (TUR) 2
 Taha Akgül (TUR) 9  Taha Akgül (TUR) 7
 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR) 0

Repechage

Repechage round 2Bronze medals
 Amar Dhesi (CAN)0 Nick Gwiazdowski (USA)7
 Nick Gwiazdowski (USA)7 Sumit Malik (IND)2
 Dániel Ligeti (HUN)6 Anzor Khizriev (RUS)2
 Anzor Khizriev (RUS)10 Parviz Hadi (IRI)11

References

  1. ^ "Senior World Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

External links

  • Official website
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World Champions in freestyle super heavyweight (125 kg)
  • 1969–1983: +100 kg
  • 1985–2001: 130 kg
  • 2002–2013: 120 kg
  • 2014–present: 125 kg