1996 Summer Olympics / wrestling

Wrestling at the XXVI. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Atlanta
Competition venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Nations	75
Athletes	401 (401 men)
date	July 19 - August 2, 1996
decisions	20th
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At the XXVI. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , 20 wrestling competitions were held, ten each in freestyle and ten in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Georgia World Congress Center .

Balance sheet

Georgia World Congress Center

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	4th	1	2	7th
2	United States	3	4th	1	8th
3	Poland	3	1	1	5
4th	Turkey	2	-	1	3
5	South Korea	1	3	-	4th
6th	Iran	1	1	1	3
	Cuba	1	1	1	3
8th	Armenia	1	1	-	2
9	Ukraine	1	-	3	4th
10	Kazakhstan	1	-	1	2
	North Korea	1	-	1	2
12	Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
13	Belarus	-	3	1	4th
14th	Germany	-	1	2	3
15th	Azerbaijan	-	1	-	1
	Finland	-	1	-	1
	France	-	1	-	1
	Canada	-	1	-	1
19th	China	-	-	1	1
	Georgia	-	-	1	1
	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Moldova	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Freestyle competitor gold silver bronze Paper weight Kim Il-ong Poor Mkrtchyan Alexis Vila Flyweight Valentin Jordanow Namiq Abdullayev Maw Mamyrow Bantamweight Kendall Cross Guivi Sissaouri Ri Yong-sam Featherweight Thomas Brands Jang Jae-sung Elbrus Tedeev lightweight Vadim Bogiev Townsend Saunders Sasa Sazirov Welterweight Buwaissar Saitijew Park Jang-soon Takuya Ōta medium weight Khadzhimurad Magomedov Yang Hyun-mo Amir Reza Khadem Light heavyweight Rasoul Khadem Macharbek Chadarzew Eldari Luka Kurtanidze Heavyweight Kurt Angle Abbas Jadidi Arawat Sabeyev Super heavyweight Mahmut Demir Alyaksey Myadswedseu Bruce Baumgartner

Greco-Roman style competitor gold silver bronze Paper weight Sim Gwon-ho Aljaksandr Paulau Safar Guliev Flyweight Poor Nazarjan Brandon Paulson Andrii Kalaschnykov Bantamweight Yuri Melnichenko Dennis Hall Sheng Zetian Featherweight Włodzimierz Zawadzki Juan Luis Marén Akif Pirim lightweight Ryszard Wolny Ghani Yalouz Alexander Tretyakov Welterweight Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera Marko Asell Jozef Tracz medium weight Hamza Yerlikaya Thomas Zander Waleryj Zilenz Light heavyweight Vyacheslav Olijnyk Jacek Fafiński Maik Bullmann Heavyweight Andrzej Wroński Syarhej Lishtvan Mikael Ljungberg Super heavyweight Alexander Karelin Matt Ghaffari Sergei Mureiko

Results freestyle

Paper weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	PRK	Kim Il-ong
2	POOR	Poor Mkrtchyan
3	CUB	Alexis Vila
4th	RUS	Wugar Orudschow
5	COR	Young Soon-won
6th	MDA	Vitalie Railean
7th	ROME	Gheorghe Corduneanu
8th	United States	Robert Eiter

Date: July 29th to 30th, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	BUL	Valentin Jordanow
2	AZE	Namiq Abdullayev
3	KAZ	Maw Mamyrow
4th	RUS	Chechenol Mongush
5	IRI	Gholamreza Mohammadi
6th	DOOR	Metin Topaktaş
7th	UZB	Adhamjon Achilov
8th	CAN	Greg Woodcroft

Date: July 31 to August 1, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Kendall Cross
2	CAN	Guivi Sissaouri
3	PRK	Ri Yong-sam
4th	DOOR	Harun Dogan
5	MKD	Saban Trstena
6th	IRI	Mohammad Talaee
7th	BLR	Aljaksandr Husau
8th	UZB	Damir Zakhartdinov

Date: July 29th to 30th, 1996
21 participants from 21 countries

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Thomas Brands
2	COR	Jang Jae-sung
3	UKR	Elbrus Tedeev
4th	JPN	Takahiro Wada
5	RUS	Magomed Azizov
6th	ITA	Giovanni Schillaci
7th	CAN	Marty Calder
8th	USB	Ramil Islamov
13	GER	Jürgen Scheibe
20th	SUI	Martin Muller

Date: July 31st to August 1st, 1996
21 participants from 21 countries

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	RUS	Vadim Bogiev
2	United States	Townsend Saunders
3	UKR	Sasa Sazirov
4th	CUB	Yosvany Sánchez
5	POOR	Arajik Geworgjan
6th	COR	Hwang Sang-ho
7th	EST	Küllo Kõiv
8th	SYR	Ahmad Al-Osta

Date: July 29th to 30th, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Welter weight (up to 74 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	RUS	Buwaissar Saitijew
2	COR	Park Jang-soon
3	JPN	Takuya Ōta
4th	BUL	Plamen Paskalev
5	GER	Alexander Leipold
6th	United States	Kenny Monday
7th	MDA	Victor Peicov
8th	AZE	Məmmədsalam Haciyev

Date: July 31st to August 1st, 1996
22 participants from 22 countries

Middle weight (up to 82 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	RUS	Khadzhimurad Magomedov
2	COR	Yang Hyun-mo
3	IRI	Amir Reza Khadem
4th	DOOR	Sabahattin Öztürk
5	AZE	Mogamed Ibragimov
6th	KAZ	Elmadi Schabrailow
7th	United States	Les Gutches
8th	CUB	Ariel Ramos

Date: July 30th to 31st, 1996
21 participants from 21 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	IRI	Rasoul Khadem
2	RUS	Macharbek Chadarzew
3	GEO	Eldari Luka Kurtanidze
4th	SVK	Jozef Lohyňa
5	UKR	Jambulate Tedeev
6th	NGA	Victor Kodei
7th	United States	Melvin Douglas
8th	COR	Kim Ik-hee
12	GER	Heiko Balz

Date: August 1st to 2nd, 1996
21 participants from 21 countries

Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Kurt Angle
2	IRI	Abbas Jadidi
3	GER	Arawat Sabeyev
4th	BLR	Syarhej Kawalewski
5	POLE	Marek Garmulewicz
6th	KGZ	Konstantin Aleksandrov
7th	UKR	Sagid Murtasaliev
8th	CAN	Oleg Ladik

Date: July 30th to 31st, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Super heavy weight (up to 130 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	DOOR	Mahmut Demir
2	BLR	Alyaksey Myadswedseu
3	United States	Bruce Baumgartner
4th	RUS	Andrei Shumilin
5	KGZ	Alexander Kowalewski
6th	GER	Sven Thiele
7th	UKR	Mirabi Valiev
8th	GRE	Petros Bourdoulis

Date: August 1st to 2nd, 1996
18 participants from 18 countries

Results Greco-Roman style

Paper weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Sim Gwon-ho
2	BLR	Aljaksandr Paulau
3	RUS	Safar Guliev
4th	PRK	Kang Yong-gyun
5	CUB	Wilber Sánchez
6th	GEO	Gela Papashvili
7th	JPN	Hiroshi Kado
8th	GRE	Ioannis Agakatzanian
12	GER	Oleg Kutscherenko

Date: July 19-20, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	POOR	Poor Nazarjan
2	United States	Brandon Paulson
3	UKR	Andrii Kalaschnykov
4th	RUS	Samwel Danijeljan
5	CUB	Lázaro Rivas
6th	BUL	Jordan Anew
7th	COR	Ha Tae-yeon
8th	POLE	Dariusz Jabłoński
9	GER	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan

Date: July 19-20, 1996
20 participants from 20 countries

Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	KAZ	Yuri Melnichenko
2	United States	Dennis Hall
3	CHN	Sheng Zetian
4th	UKR	Ruslan Khakymov
5	GER	Rıfat Yıldız
6th	CUB	Luis Sarmiento
7th	GRE	Sarkis Elgkian
8th	JPN	Kenkichi Nishimi

Date: July 19-20, 1996
20 participants from 20 countries

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	POLE	Włodzimierz Zawadzki
2	CUB	Juan Luis Marén
3	DOOR	Akif Pirim
4th	GEO	Koba Guliashvili
5	BUL	Ivan Radnev
6th	UKR	Hrihoriy Kamyshenko
7th	POOR	Mchitar Manukjan
8th	RUS	Sergei Martynov

Date: July 21-22, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	POLE	Ryszard Wolny
2	FRA	Ghani Yalouz
3	RUS	Alexander Tretyakov
4th	BLR	Kamandar Majydau
5	BUL	Biser Georgiev
6th	UZB	Grigory Pulyaev
7th	CUB	Liubal Colas
8th	EST	Valeri Nikitin

Date: July 19-20, 1996
22 participants from 22 countries

Welter weight (up to 74 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	CUB	Filiberto Ascuy
2	FIN	Marko Asell
3	POLE	Jozef Tracz
4th	GER	Erik Hahn
5	BUL	Mnazakan Iskandaryan
6th	HUN	Tamás Berzicza
7th	COR	Kim Jin-soo
8th	JPN	Takamitsu Katayama

Date: July 21-22, 1996
20 participants from 20 countries

Middle weight (up to 82 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	DOOR	Hamza Yerlikaya
2	GER	Thomas Zander
3	BLR	Waleryj Zilenz
4th	KAZ	Stop at Turlykhanov
5	ISR	Gocha Tsitsiashvili
6th	SWE	Martin Lidberg
7th	POOR	Levon Geghamjan
8th	KGZ	Raatbek Sanatbayev

Date: July 19-20, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	UKR	Vyacheslav Olijnyk
2	POLE	Jacek Fafiński
3	GER	Maik Bullmann
4th	BLR	Alyaksandr Sidarenka
5	DOOR	Hakkı Başar
6th	GRE	Iordanis Konstantinidis
7th	United States	Derrick Waldroup
8th	CZE	Marek Švec

Date: July 21-22, 1996
23 participants from 23 countries

Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	POLE	Andrzej Wroński
2	BLR	Syarhej Lishtvan
3	SWE	Mikael Ljungberg
4th	RUS	Teymuras Edishashvili
5	CUB	Héctor Milián
6th	MDA	Igor Grabovetchi
7th	UKR	Heorhiy Soldadze
8th	BUL	Todor Manow
11	SUI	Urs Bürgler

Date: July 19-20, 1996
20 participants from 20 countries

Super heavy weight (up to 130 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	RUS	Alexander Karelin
2	United States	Matt Ghaffari
3	MDA	Sergei Mureiko
4th	UKR	Petro Kotok
5	GRE	Panagiotis Poikilidis
6th	GER	René Schiekel
7th	SWE	Tomas Johansson
8th	JPN	Kenichi Suzuki

Date: July 21-22, 1996
19 participants from 19 countries

Web links

• Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1996 Summer Games (PDF, 26.9 MB)