Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

Sport event

Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad

Venue

Georgia World Congress Center

Dates

20–21 July 1996

Competitors

22 from 22 nations

Medalists

		Ryszard Wolny	Poland
		Ghani Yalouz	France
		Aleksandr Tretyakov	Russia

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Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The men's Greco-Roman 68 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 20 to July 21. The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket. The losers advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the bronze medalist for the event.

Results

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO)	2–4	Liubal Colás (CUB)	1–3 PP
Ender Memet (ROM)	3–0 Fall	Valeri Nikitin (EST)	4–0 TO
Yalçın Karapınar (TUR)	3–0	Samvel Manukyan (ARM)	3–0 PO
Rodney Smith (USA)	6–1	José Escobar (COL)	3–1 PP
Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)	12–0	Colin Daynes (CAN)	4–0 ST
Anwar Kandafil (MAR)	0–10	Biser Georgiev (BUL)	0–4 ST
Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)	3–1	Kim Young-il (KOR)	3–1 PP
Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN)	6–2	Rustam Adzhi (UKR)	3–1 PP
Yasushi Miyake (JPN)	4–2	Anders Magnusson (SWE)	3–1 PP
Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	0–8	Ghani Yalouz (FRA)	0–3 PO
Ryszard Wolny (POL)	6–1	Attila Repka (HUN)	3–1 PP

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Liubal Colás (CUB)	3–0	Ender Memet (ROM)	3–0 PO
Yalçın Karapınar (TUR)	1–12	Rodney Smith (USA)	1–4 SP
Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)	2–0	Biser Georgiev (BUL)	3–0 PO
Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)	5–0	Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN)	3–0 PO
Yasushi Miyake (JPN)	0–10	Ghani Yalouz (FRA)	0–4 ST
Ryszard Wolny (POL)		Bye
Repechage
Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO)	0–6 Fall	Valeri Nikitin (EST)	0–4 TO
Samvel Manukyan (ARM)	12–0	José Escobar (COL)	4–0 ST
Colin Daynes (CAN)	5–4	Anwar Kandafil (MAR)	3–1 PP
Kim Young-il (KOR)	1–2	Rustam Adzhi (UKR)	1–3 PP
Anders Magnusson (SWE)	2–9	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	1–3 PP
Attila Repka (HUN)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Ryszard Wolny (POL)	6–0	Liubal Colás (CUB)	3–0 PO
Rodney Smith (USA)	0–4	Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)	0–3 PO
Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)		Bye
Ghani Yalouz (FRA)		Bye
Repechage
Attila Repka (HUN)	0–2 Fall	Valeri Nikitin (EST)	0–4 TO
Samvel Manukyan (ARM)	9–3	Colin Daynes (CAN)	3–1 PP
Rustam Adzhi (UKR)	1–3	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	1–3 PP
Ender Memet (ROM)	4–9	Yalçın Karapınar (TUR)	1–3 PP
Biser Georgiev (BUL)	1–1	Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN)	3–1 PP
Yasushi Miyake (JPN)		Bye

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Ryszard Wolny (POL)	3–0	Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)	3–0 PO
Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)	1–4	Ghani Yalouz (FRA)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Yasushi Miyake (JPN)	0–6	Valeri Nikitin (EST)	0–3 PO
Samvel Manukyan (ARM)	0–5	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	0–3 PO
Yalçın Karapınar (TUR)	0–5	Biser Georgiev (BUL)	0–3 PO
Liubal Colás (CUB)	3–2	Rodney Smith (USA)	3–1 PP

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Valeri Nikitin (EST)	0–4	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	0–3 PO
Biser Georgiev (BUL)	4–0	Liubal Colás (CUB)	3–0 PO

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)	0–6	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	0–3 PO
Biser Georgiev (BUL)	1–3	Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)	1–3 PP

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Valeri Nikitin (EST)	1–6	Liubal Colás (CUB)	1–3 PP
Classification 5th–6th
Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)	1–2	Biser Georgiev (BUL)	1–3 PP
Bronze medal match
Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)	4–0	Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)	3–0 PO
Gold medal match
Ryszard Wolny (POL)	7–0	Ghani Yalouz (FRA)	3–0 PO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Ryszard Wolny (POL)
	Ghani Yalouz (FRA)
	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
4	Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)
5	Biser Georgiev (BUL)
6	Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)
7	Liubal Colás (CUB)
8	Valeri Nikitin (EST)
9	Rodney Smith (USA)
10	Samvel Manukyan (ARM)
11	Yalçın Karapınar (TUR)
12	Ender Memet (ROM)
13	Rustam Adzhi (UKR)
14	Colin Daynes (CAN)
15	Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN)
16	Yasushi Miyake (JPN)
17	Anders Magnusson (SWE)
18	Kim Young-il (KOR)
19	Anwar Kandafil (MAR)
20	Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO)
21	José Escobar (COL)
22	Attila Repka (HUN)

References

"Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

External links

Official Report

v t e Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman lightweight
1908: Enrico Porro (ITA) 1912: Emil Väre (FIN) 1920: Emil Väre (FIN) 1924: Oskari Friman (FIN) 1928: Lajos Keresztes (HUN) 1932: Erik Malmberg (SWE) 1936: Lauri Koskela (FIN) 1948: Gustav Freij (SWE) 1952: Shazam Safin (URS) 1956: Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN) 1960: Avtandil Koridze (URS) 1964: Kazım Ayvaz (TUR) 1968: Muneji Munemura (JPN) 1972: Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) 1976: Suren Nalbandyan (URS) 1980: Ștefan Rusu (ROM) 1984: Vlado Lisjak (YUG) 1988: Levon Julfalakyan (URS) 1992: Attila Repka (HUN) 1996: Ryszard Wolny (POL) 2000: Filiberto Azcuy (CUB) 2004: Farid Mansurov (AZE) 2008: Steeve Guénot (FRA) 2012: Kim Hyeon-woo (KOR) 2016: Davor Štefanek (SRB) 2020: Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI) 2024: Saeid Esmaeili (IRI)
1908: 66.5 kg 1912–1928: 67.5 kg 1932–1936: 66 kg 1948–1960: 67 kg 1964–1968: 70 kg 1972–1996: 68 kg 2000: 69 kg 2004–2016: 66 kg 2020–present: 67 kg

Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman lightweight

1908: 66.5 kg
1912–1928: 67.5 kg
1932–1936: 66 kg
1948–1960: 67 kg
1964–1968: 70 kg
1972–1996: 68 kg
2000: 69 kg
2004–2016: 66 kg
2020–present: 67 kg

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