Zevegiin Oidov

Zevegiin Oidov (; born May 25, 1949) is a retired Mongolian wrestler. He is the 1976 Olympic vice-champion in the freestyle 62 kg class. He also won two world champion titles, in 1974 and 1975 in the 62 kg class. In 1977 competing in the freestyle 68 kg class he came in third, taking the Bronze medal.

1976 (as a men's freestyle 62 kg) Lost to Gene Davis (USA), lost by points (8-15), penalty points - 3. Defeated Mihály Fodor (HUN), won by technical superiority, penalty points - 0. Defeated Théodule Toulotte (FRA), won by fall, penalty points - 0. Defeated Helmut Strumpf (GDR), won by technical superiority, penalty points - 0. Defeated the European champion Ivan Yankov (BUL), won by fall, penalty points - 0. Defeated the World champion Mohsen Farahvashi (IRI), won by technical superiority, penalty points - 0. Defeated Yang Jung-mo (KOR), won by points (10-8), penalty points - 1. Total penalty points - 4.

According to Zevegiin Oidov, hе pinned Gene Davis of USA his back to the mat three times, but the referee completely ignored the fall and didn't count it. This is confirmed by the video recording. At this tournament, Oidov had more matches than all other wrestlers in the men's freestyle 62 kg. He placing second according to special criteria for determining the winner - Oidov and Yang Jung-Mo of KOR scored the same number of penalty points (4 points), so the Olympic gold medal was awarded based on the result of the previous match with Gene Davis of USA: Oidov lost the match on points (penalty points - 3), at the same time Yang Jung-Mo won the match by fall (penalty points - 0):

Gold medal - Yang Jung-Mo (KOR) Silver medal - Zevegiin Oidov (MGL) Bronze medal - Gene Davis (USA)

Other Olympic appearances In 1972 he competed in the Munich games in the 62 kg Freestyle class under the name Oidov, Zeveg where he was eliminated after the second round in which his opponent was Abdulbekov, Zagalav of the URS who went on to win the Gold Medal. His final Olympic appearance was the 1980 Moscow games where he competed in the 68 kg Freestyle class under the name of Oidov, Zevegying and was eliminated after the third round.