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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

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

In March 1996 Armenian Armen Nazaryan lost the European title to Ukraine’s Andriy Kalashnykov in the final. In the odd method of international wrestling, in which the competitors are not seeded in any way, they met again in Atlanta, unfortunately in the first round, with Nazaryan winning easily this time, 10-0. Nazaryan advanced to the final where he met a surprising young American, Brandon Paulson. Paulson was little match for Nazaryan, who went ahead quickly 5-0, and held on for the gold medal. Despite his first-round loss Kalashnykov came through the losers’ table to win the bronze medal.

Nazaryan would soon move to Bulgaria and start gaining weight. Representing Bulgaria he won another Olympic gold in 2000 as a featherweight and a bronze medal in the lightweight class in 2004.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	8	Armen Nazaryan	ARM	–	–	Gold
2	20	Brandon Paulson	USA	–	–	Silver
3	7	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	–	–	Bronze
4	3	Samvel Danielyan	RUS	–	–
5	10	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	–	–
6	13	Yordan Anev	BUL	–	–
7	6	Ha Tae-Yeon	KOR	–	–
8	2	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	–	–
9	11	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	7	18
10	16	Nurym Dyusenov	KAZ	7	15
11	17	Ibad Akhmedau	BLR	6	16
12	1	Valentin Rebegea	ROU	5	13
13	18	Ulises Valentín	DOM	4	14
14	15	Ruslanas Vartanovas	LTU	4	5
15	12	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	3	3
16	4	Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiyev	UZB	1	4
=17	5	Pappu Jadav	IND	0	0
=17	14	Tiebiri Godswill	NGR	0	0
=17	19	Joel Basaldua	PER	0	1
=17	9	Jon Rønningen	NOR	0	0

Round One

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	Fall (6-0) (2:33)	Valentin Rebegea	ROU
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Samvel Danielyan	RUS	Decision (11-4) (5:00)	Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiyev	UZB
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Ha Tae-Yeon	KOR	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:33)	Pappu Jadav	IND
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Armen Nazaryan	ARM	Grand superiority (10-0) (4:22)	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Jon Rønningen	NOR
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	Decision (3-1) (8:00)	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER
Match #7	19 Jul	Hall G	Yordan Anev	BUL	Grand superiority (11-0) (1:21)	Tiebiri Godswill	NGR
Match #8	19 Jul	Hall G	Nurym Dyusenov	KAZ	Decision (4-1) (5:00)	Ruslanas Vartanovas	LTU
Match #9	19 Jul	Hall G	Ibad Akhmedau	BLR	Grand superiority (11-0) (1:17)	Ulises Valentín	DOM
Match #10	19 Jul	Hall G	Brandon Paulson	USA	Fall (6-0) (1:37)	Joel Basaldua	PER

Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Samvel Danielyan	RUS	Decision (8-0) (5:00)	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Armen Nazaryan	ARM	Grand superiority (12-2) (3:33)	Ha Tae-Yeon	KOR
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Khaled El-Farej	SYR
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Yordan Anev	BUL	Decision (9-6) (5:00)	Nurym Dyusenov	KAZ
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Brandon Paulson	USA	Decision (6-1) (5:00)	Ibad Akhmedau	BLR

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Armen Nazaryan	ARM	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Samvel Danielyan	RUS
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Lázaro Rivas	CUB
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Yordan Anev	BUL
Match #4	20 Jul	Hall G	Brandon Paulson	USA

Semi-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Armen Nazaryan	ARM	Decision (7-1) (5:00)	Lázaro Rivas	CUB
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Brandon Paulson	USA	Decision (6-2) (5:00)	Yordan Anev	BUL

Final Round

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Jul	Hall G	Armen Nazaryan	ARM	Decision (5-1) (5:00)	Brandon Paulson	USA
Match 3/4	20 Jul	Hall G	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Decision (4-1) (5:00)	Samvel Danielyan	RUS
Match 5/6	20 Jul	Hall G	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Yordan Anev	BUL
Match 7/8	20 Jul	Hall G	Ha Tae-Yeon	KOR	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL

Classification Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Valentin Rebegea	ROU	Fall (12-0) (2:52)	Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiyev	UZB
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:14)	Pappu Jadav	IND
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	Decision (9-0) (5:00)	Jon Rønningen	NOR
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Ruslanas Vartanovas	LTU	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Tiebiri Godswill	NGR
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Ulises Valentín	DOM	Fall (14-1) (4:02)	Joel Basaldua	PER

Classification Round Three

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Decision (3-1) (5:00)	Valentin Rebegea	ROU
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	Decision (8-0) (5:00)	Ruslanas Vartanovas	LTU
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	Fall (3-0) (0:47)	Ulises Valentín	DOM
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Ha Tae-Yeon	KOR	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:56)	Khaled El-Farej	SYR
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Nurym Dyusenov	KAZ	Decision (5-4) (5:00)	Ibad Akhmedau	BLR

Classification Round Four

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Fall (3-0) (3:47)	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Ha Tae-Yeon	KOR
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Samvel Danielyan	RUS	Grand superiority (11-0) (4:14)	Nurym Dyusenov	KAZ

Classification Round Five

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Decision (8-5) (5:37)	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Samvel Danielyan	RUS

Classification Round Six

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Samvel Danielyan	RUS	Decision (9-8) (5:00)	Lázaro Rivas	CUB
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Yordan Anev	BUL