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Olympic Wrestling 2016: Medal Winners, Scores and Results from Monday

Russia's Davit Chakvetadze and Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez walked away with gold medals after Monday's Greco-Roman wrestling events, winning the men's 85-kilogram and 130-kilogram weight classes at the 2016 Summer Olympics, respectively.

Chakvetadze dominated Ukraine's Zhan Beleniuk in the 85-kilogram gold-medal match, winning 9-2, while Lopez Nunez added a third Olympic title to his resume with a win over Turkey's Riza Kayaalp.

Here's a look at Monday's medal winners:

Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling

Class Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
85 Kilograms Davit Chakvetadze, RUS Zhan Beleniuk, UKR Javid Hamzatau, BLR Denis Kudla, GER
130 Kilograms Mijain Lopez Nunez, CUB Riza Kayaalp, TUR Sabah Shariati, AZE Sergey Semenov, RUS

Recap

There were a handful of surprises in the qualifying rounds of the 85-kilogram tournament, with Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan, one of the favourites to medal, losing 2-1 against Viktor Lorincz of Hungary.