On his way to gold, Imamov defeated Ahmet Sari (Turkey), Szabolcs Krizsan (Hungary), Joachim Botthieau (Belgium), Tuvshinjargal Gan (Mongolia) and Levan Tsiklauri and Beka Gviniashvili (both Georgia).

This triumph increases his chance to win an Olympic license in the weight category being still unreachable for the Uzbek national team.