Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Wrestling; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	20 July – 2 August 1996
No. of events	20
Competitors	401 from 75 nations
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling.^[1]

Dates20 July – 2 August 1996

No. of events20

Competitors401 from 75 nations

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Kim Il North Korea	Armen Mkrtchyan Armenia	Alexis Vila Cuba
52 kg details	Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan	Maulen Mamyrov Kazakhstan
57 kg details	Kendall Cross United States	Guivi Sissaouri Canada	Ri Yong-sam North Korea
62 kg details	Tom Brands United States	Jang Jae-sung South Korea	Elbrus Tedeyev Ukraine
68 kg details	Vadim Bogiev Russia	Townsend Saunders United States	Zaza Zazirov Ukraine
74 kg details	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia	Park Jang-soon South Korea	Takuya Ota Japan
82 kg details	Khadzhimurad Magomedov Russia	Yang Hyung-mo South Korea	Amir Reza Khadem Iran
90 kg details	Rasoul Khadem Iran	Makharbek Khadartsev Russia	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia
100 kg details	Kurt Angle United States	Abbas Jadidi Iran	Arawat Sabejew Germany
130 kg details	Mahmut Demir Turkey	Aleksey Medvedev Belarus	Bruce Baumgartner United States

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Sim Kwon-ho South Korea	Aleksandr Pavlov Belarus	Zafar Guliev Russia
52 kg details	Armen Nazaryan Armenia	Brandon Paulson United States	Andriy Kalashnikov Ukraine
57 kg details	Yuriy Melnichenko Kazakhstan	Dennis Hall United States	Sheng Zetian China
62 kg details	Włodzimierz Zawadzki Poland	Juan Marén Cuba	Mehmet Akif Pirim Turkey
68 kg details	Ryszard Wolny Poland	Ghani Yalouz France	Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia
74 kg details	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba	Marko Asell Finland	Józef Tracz Poland
82 kg details	Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey	Thomas Zander Germany	Valery Tsilent Belarus
90 kg details	Vyacheslav Oliynyk Ukraine	Jacek Fafiński Poland	Maik Bullmann Germany
100 kg details	Andrzej Wroński Poland	Sergey Lishtvan Belarus	Mikael Ljungberg Sweden
130 kg details	Aleksandr Karelin Russia	Matt Ghaffari United States	Sergei Mureiko Moldova

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	1	2	7
2	United States	3	4	1	8
3	Poland	3	1	1	5
4	Turkey	2	0	1	3
5	South Korea	1	3	0	4
6	Cuba	1	1	1	3
6	Iran	1	1	1	3
8	Armenia	1	1	0	2
9	Ukraine	1	0	3	4
10	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
10	North Korea	1	0	1	2
12	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
13	Belarus	0	3	1	4
14	Germany	0	1	2	3
15	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
19	China	0	0	1	1
	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		20	20	20	60

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