On August 8, in Paris, in the evening program, the medalists of the Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling in the weight categories up to 67 and 87 kg were announced.
The newly-minted Olympic champions were Said Esmaeli from Iran (67 kg) and Semyon Novikov from Bulgaria (87 kg).
Bout for gold 67kg: Parviz Nasibov (Ukraine) - Said Esmaeli (Iran) 5:6
Bout for bronze:
Amantur Ismailov (Kyrgyzstan) - Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan) 0:8
Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba) - Slavik Galstyan (Armenia) 7:0
Bout for gold 87kg: Alireza Mokhmadpiani ( Iran) - Semyon Novikov (Bulgaria) - 0:7
Bout for bronze:
Arkadiusz Kulinich (Poland) - Jean Belenyuk (Ukraine) 1:3
Turpal-Ali Bisultanov (Denmark) - David Losonczy (Hungary) 2:1
Olympic medalists:
67kg
1. Said Esmaeli (Iran)
2. Parviz Nasibov (Ukraine)
3. Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan)
3. Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba)
87kg
1. Semyon Novikov (Bulgaria)
2. Alireza Mokhmadpiani (Iran)
3. Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine)
3. Turpal-Ali Bisultanov (Denmark)
