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2008 Beijing Olympics Results: Russia’s Nazyr Mankiev Takes Gold in
Men’s 55kg Greco-Roman Wrestling

Atlanta, Ga. 8/12/2008 07:11 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)

Russia’s Nazyr Mankiev took to the mat and captured gold at the 2008
Beijing Olympics in the men’s 55kg Greco-Roman wrestling event.

Mankiev beat Azerbaijan’s Rovshan Bayramov in the finals, taking the
first two periods of the best-of-three finals to earn gold. Bayramov
was awarded with the silver.

Roman Amoyan of Armenia and Park Eunchol of South Korea each earned
bronze.

Wrestling – Men’s Greco-Roman 55kg Results

Nazyr Mankiev, Russia

Rovshan Bayramov, Azerbaijan

Roman Amoyan, Armenia

Park Eunchol, South Korea