Ibrahim makes history

The powerful 24-year-old secured the title after only three minutes, 22 seconds of the bout, winning by a scoreline of 12-1.

Ibrahim's winning margin equalled the scoreline in the semi-final in which he beat Mehmet Ozal of Turkey.

Ozal held on to beat Iranian Masoud Hashemzadeh in a close contest for the bronze medal.

Jung Ji-hyun of South Korea won the Olympic Greco-Roman 60kg gold medal on Thursday after beating Cuban Roberto Monzon in a tight contest.

Jung took an early 2-0 lead, which he held for most of the bout but was unable to get the third point required for a win in the mandatory six minutes. He finally registered the decisive point after toppling Monzon from a clinch position early in the extra period and immediately threw himself into the arms of his coaches to celebrate.

Armen Nazarian of Bulgaria, a gold medallist in the past two Olympics, won the bronze by overturning a 2-0 deficit against Alexey Shevtsov of Russia for a 4-3 score.

Nazarian won gold in Atlanta in 1996 as an Armenian before becoming a Bulgarian and winning another gold in Sydney in 2000.