Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg

		Gable Steveson	United States
		Geno Petriashvili	Georgia
		Amir Hossein Zare	Iran
		Taha Akgül	2024  →

Men's freestyle 125 kilograms competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place on 5–6 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku.^[1][2]

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.

The medals for the competition were presented by

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by
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Main bracket

	1/8 finals				1/4 finals				Semifinals				Final
	Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	11
	Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY)	0			Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	5
	Sergey Kozyrev (ROC)	1			Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	2
	Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	4							Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	6
	Egzon Shala (KOS)	6F							Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	3
	Djahid Berrahal (ALG)	0			Egzon Shala (KOS)	2
	Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	7			Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	13
	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)	0											Geno Petriashvili (GEO)	8
	Taha Akgül (TUR)	5											Gable Steveson (USA)	10
	Amar Dhesi (CAN)	0			Taha Akgül (TUR)	0
	Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ)	0			Gable Steveson (USA)	8
	Gable Steveson (USA)	10							Gable Steveson (USA)	5
	Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	8							Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	0
	Dzianis Khramiankou (BLR)	4			Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	6
	Gennadij Cudinovic (GER)	2F			Gennadij Cudinovic (GER)	5
	Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ)	10

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
	Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY)	2			Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	0
	Deng Zhiwei (CHN)	7			Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)	5
	Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ)	0			Taha Akgül (TUR)	5
	Taha Akgül (TUR)	4			Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Gable Steveson (USA)
	Geno Petriashvili (GEO)
	Amir Hossein Zare (IRI)
	Taha Akgül (TUR)
5	Deng Zhiwei (CHN)
5	Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel (MGL)
7	Egzon Shala (KOS)
8	Gennadij Cudinovic (GER)
9	Dzianis Khramiankou (BLR)
10	Diaaeldin Kamal (EGY)
11	Sergey Kozyrev (ROC)
12	Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ)
13	Amar Dhesi (CAN)
14	Djahid Berrahal (ALG)
15	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
16	Aiaal Lazarev (KGZ)

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