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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kg), Men

Date	30 – 31 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants	21 from 21 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

This class was wide open as the last few internationals had been spread among various wrestlers, and the 1995 World Champion, Kevin Jackson, did not make the American team for Atlanta. The final came down to two unheralded wrestlers, Russia’s Khadzhimurat Magomedov and Korea’s Yang Hyeong-Mo, with the match going to overtime, Magomedov winning 2-1 at the 8-minute time limit. In the second round, Kazakh Elmadi Zhabrailov defeated his brother, Gusman Jabrailov, who was wrestling for Moldova, 10-8. Gusman Jabrailov was the 1994 World Champion, while Elmadi had been runner-up in 1995. They were both native Chechnyans and refused to compete for Russia because of the war against Checnya.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	14	Khadzhimurat Magomedov	RUS	–	–	Gold
2	21	Yang Hyeong-Mo	KOR	–	–	Silver
3	15	Amir Reza Khadem Azgadhi	IRI	–	–	Bronze
4	17	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR	–	–
5	8	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE	–	–
6	7	Elmadi Zhabrailov	KAZ	–	–
7	6	Les Gutches	USA	–	–
8	12	Ariel Ramos	CUB	–	–
9	9	Gusman Jabrailov	MDA	9	22
10	16	Avtandil Gogolishvili	GEO	7	14
11	1	Hidekazu Yokoyama	JPN	6	12
12	11	Plamen Penev	BUL	5	10
13	2	Nicolae Ghiță	ROU	4	8
14	19	László Dvorák	HUN	4	7
15	18	Ruslan Khinchagov	UZB	4	5
16	4	Serhiy Hubryniuk	UKR	3	3
=17	20	Luis Varela	VEN	2	4
=17	3	Orlando Rosa	PUR	2	4
=19	10	Cris Brown	AUS	1	2
=19	5	Aliaksandr Sauko	BLR	1	2
21	13	Alioune Diouf	SEN	1	2

Round One

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Hidekazu Yokoyama	JPN	Fall (9-1) (4:18)	Nicolae Ghiță	ROU
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Serhiy Hubryniuk	UKR	Decision (3-1) (5:00)	Orlando Rosa	PUR
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Les Gutches	USA	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Aliaksandr Sauko	BLR
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Elmadi Zhabrailov	KAZ	Decision (4-1) (7:52)	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Gusman Jabrailov	MDA	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:39)	Cris Brown	AUS
Match #6	30 Jul	Hall G	Ariel Ramos	CUB	Decision (3-1) (5:57)	Plamen Penev	BUL
Match #7	30 Jul	Hall G	Khadzhimurat Magomedov	RUS	Decision (3-0) (6:09)	Alioune Diouf	SEN
Match #8	30 Jul	Hall G	Amir Reza Khadem Azgadhi	IRI	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Avtandil Gogolishvili	GEO
Match #9	30 Jul	Hall G	Ruslan Khinchagov	UZB	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR
Match #10	30 Jul	Hall G	László Dvorák	HUN	Decision (6-2) (5:00)	Luis Varela	VEN
Match #11	30 Jul	Hall G	Yang Hyeong-Mo	KOR

Round Two

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Yang Hyeong-Mo	KOR	Decision (4-2) (5:00)	Hidekazu Yokoyama	JPN
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Les Gutches	USA	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Serhiy Hubryniuk	UKR
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Elmadi Zhabrailov	KAZ	Decision (10-8) (5:00)	Gusman Jabrailov	MDA
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Khadzhimurat Magomedov	RUS	Decision (7-4) (5:00)	Ariel Ramos	CUB
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Amir Reza Khadem Azgadhi	IRI	Decision (1-0) (8:00)	Ruslan Khinchagov	UZB
Match #6	30 Jul	Hall G	László Dvorák	HUN

Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Yang Hyeong-Mo	KOR	Decision (2-0) (8:00)	László Dvorák	HUN
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Elmadi Zhabrailov	KAZ	Decision (2-1) (5:00)	Les Gutches	USA
Match #3	31 Jul	Hall G	Khadzhimurat Magomedov	RUS
Match #4	31 Jul	Hall G	Amir Reza Khadem Azgadhi	IRI

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Yang Hyeong-Mo	KOR	Decision (3-2) (6:38)	Elmadi Zhabrailov	KAZ
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Khadzhimurat Magomedov	RUS	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Amir Reza Khadem Azgadhi	IRI

Final Round

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	31 Jul	Hall G	Khadzhimurat Magomedov	RUS	Decision (2-1) (8:00)	Yang Hyeong-Mo	KOR
Match 3/4	31 Jul	Hall G	Amir Reza Khadem Azgadhi	IRI	Decision (0-0) (5:00)	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR
Match 5/6	31 Jul	Hall G	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE	Default (0-0) (0:00)	Elmadi Zhabrailov	KAZ
Match 7/8	31 Jul	Hall G	Les Gutches	USA	Decision (3-0) (6:57)	Ariel Ramos	CUB

Classification Round Two

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Nicolae Ghiță	ROU	Decision (4-3) (5:00)	Orlando Rosa	PUR
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Aliaksandr Sauko	BLR
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Plamen Penev	BUL	Decision (8-2) (5:00)	Cris Brown	AUS
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Avtandil Gogolishvili	GEO	Decision (6-2) (5:00)	Alioune Diouf	SEN
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR	Decision (5-2) (5:00)	Luis Varela	VEN

Classification Round Three

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE	Decision (5-3) (7:57)	Nicolae Ghiță	ROU
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Avtandil Gogolishvili	GEO	Decision (4-1) (5:00)	Plamen Penev	BUL
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR	Decision (7-1) (5:00)	Hidekazu Yokoyama	JPN
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Gusman Jabrailov	MDA	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Serhiy Hubryniuk	UKR
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Ariel Ramos	CUB	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Ruslan Khinchagov	UZB

Classification Round Four

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE	Decision (6-4) (5:24)	Avtandil Gogolishvili	GEO
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR	Decision (5-1) (5:00)	Gusman Jabrailov	MDA
Match #3	31 Jul	Hall G	Ariel Ramos	CUB	Decision (3-1) (5:00)	László Dvorák	HUN
Match #4	31 Jul	Hall G	Les Gutches	USA

Classification Round Five

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Les Gutches	USA
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR	Decision (5-4) (5:00)	Ariel Ramos	CUB

Classification Round Six

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Sebahattin Öztürk	TUR
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Amir Reza Khadem Azgadhi	IRI	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Məhəmməd İbrahimov	AZE