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Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤48 kg), Men

Date	19 – 20 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants	19 from 19 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

This class would be discontinued after 1996, as the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) shuffled weight limits to decrease the number of weight classes, as mandated by the IOC. The 1995 World Champion was Korean Sim Gwon-Ho, although he was expected to be challenged by the 1993-94 World Champion, Cuban Wilber Sánchez, and Russian Zafar Guliyev, who had won three of the last four European tournaments. Guliyev lost in round two to Sim and was out of contention for gold. Sánchez was upset in the semi-finals by Belarussian Aleksandr Pavlov, runner-up at the 1994 Worlds. The final between Pavlov and Sim went to overtime with Sim winning the gold medal, 4-0 at 6:44. Guliyev did get a bronze medal, defeating North Korean Kang Yong-Gyun, also by 4-0.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	19	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	15	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	–	–	Silver
3	1	Zafar Guliyev	RUS	–	–	Bronze	1
4	17	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	–	–
5	13	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	–	–
6	8	Gela Papashvili	GEO	–	–
7	2	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	–	–
8	6	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE	–	–
9	7	Francesco Costantino	ITA	8	21
10	9	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	5	14
11	3	Bayram Özdemir	TUR	7	17
12	11	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER	5	11
13	14	Mujaahid Maynard	USA	5	7
14	12	Tahir Zahidov	AZE	4	11
15	18	Piotr Jabłoński	POL	2	4
16	16	José Ochoa	VEN	0	2
17	4	Enrique Aguilar	MEX	0	0
18	5	Jorge Yllescas	PER	0	0
19	10	Abdullah Al-Izani	YEM	0	0

Round One

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev	RUS	3	Hiroshi Kado	JPN
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Bayram Özdemir	TUR	11	Enrique Aguilar	MEX
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE	10	Jorge Yllescas	PER
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Gela Papashvili	GEO	8	Francesco Costantino	ITA
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	10	Abdullah Al-Izani	YEM
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER	10	Tahir Zahidov	AZE
Match #7	19 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	12	Mujaahid Maynard	USA
Match #8	19 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	11	José Ochoa	VEN
Match #9	19 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	9	Piotr Jabłoński	POL
Match #10	19 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR

Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	2	Zafar Guliyev	RUS
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE	3	Bayram Özdemir	TUR
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Gela Papashvili	GEO	7	Bratan Tsenov	BUL
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	1	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	3	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	4	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB
Match #4	20 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR

Semi-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	11	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	5	Wilber Sánchez	CUB

Final Round

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	4	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR
Match 3/4	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev	RUS	4	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK
Match 5/6	20 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	4	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match 7/8	20 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	1	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE

Classification Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	10	Enrique Aguilar	MEX
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Francesco Costantino	ITA	10	Jorge Yllescas	PER
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Tahir Zahidov	AZE	11	Abdullah Al-Izani	YEM
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Mujaahid Maynard	USA	4	José Ochoa	VEN
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Piotr Jabłoński	POL

Classification Round Three

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	9	Piotr Jabłoński	POL
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Francesco Costantino	ITA	5	Tahir Zahidov	AZE
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev	RUS	6	Mujaahid Maynard	USA
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Bayram Özdemir	TUR	4	Bratan Tsenov	BUL
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	3	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER

Classification Round Four

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	4	Francesco Costantino	ITA
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev	RUS	7	Bayram Özdemir	TUR
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	10	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE

Classification Round Five

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	11	Hiroshi Kado	JPN
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev	RUS

Classification Round Six

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev	RUS	6	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	7	Wilber Sánchez	CUB