| | Event type
Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 kilograms), Men
| Date | 21 – 22 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 was expected to be an easy victory for Russian Sergey Martynov, who had won the last four World Championships, and three of the last five Europeans, including earlier in 1996. In round two he was drawn against Juan Luis Marén, the bronze medalist from Barcelona, and Marén knocked Martynov out of gold medal contention, defeating him 5-4. Marén went to the final where he met Poland’s Włodzimierz Zawadzki, medalist at the 1994-95 Worlds, and the 1991 and 1995 European Champion. Zawadzki won a well-fought match, 3-1, to take the gold medal. Marén would win another silver medal in this class, his third Olympic medal, at Sydney in 2000.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Włodzimierz Zawadzki |  POL | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Juan Luis Marén |  CUB | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Mehmet Akif Pirim |  TUR | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | K'oba Guliashvili |  GEO | – | – | |||
| 5 | Ivan Ivanov |  BUL | – | – | |||
| 6 | Hryhoriy Kamyshenko |  UKR | – | – | |||
| 7 | Mkhitar Manukyan |  ARM | – | – | |||
| 8 | Sergey Martynov |  RUS | – | – | |||
| 9 | Choi Sang-Seon |  KOR | 7 | 18 | |||
| 10 | David Zuniga |  USA | 5 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Ahad Pazach |  IRI | 5 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Hu Guohong |  CHN | 4 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Ihar Pietrenka |  BLR | 4 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Usama Aziz |  SWE | 4 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Marco Sánchez |  PUR | 2 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Bakhodir Kurbanov |  UZB | 2 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Aristidis Roumpenian |  GRE | 2 | 2 | |||
| 18 | Ainsley Robinson |  CAN | 1 | 2 | |||
| 19 | Winston Santos |  VEN | 0 | 0 |
Round One (21 July 1996)
| Match #1 | K'oba Guliashvili | GEO | decision (4-1) (7:43) | Aristidis Roumpenian | GRE |
| Match #2 | Włodzimierz Zawadzki | POL | decision (4-3) (5:00) | Ihar Pietrenka | BLR |
| Match #3 | Usama Aziz | SWE | decision (6-5) (7:25) | Marco Sánchez | PUR |
| Match #4 | Mkhitar Manukyan | ARM | grand superiority (11-0) (1:34) | Hu Guohong | CHN |
| Match #5 | Hryhoriy Kamyshenko | UKR | grand superiority (10-0) (3:34) | Winston Santos | VEN |
| Match #6 | Ivan Ivanov | BUL | decision (1-1) (8:00) | Mehmet Akif Pirim | TUR |
| Match #7 | David Zuniga | USA | decision (3-2) (5:00) | Ainsley Robinson | CAN |
| Match #8 | Sergey Martynov | RUS | decision (3-0) (5:00) | Choi Sang-Seon | KOR |
| Match #9 | Juan Luis Marén | CUB | decision (5-2) (5:00) | Ahad Pazach | IRI |
| Match #10 | Bakhodir Kurbanov | UZB | bye |
Round Two (21 July 1996)
| Match #1 | K'oba Guliashvili | GEO | decision (10-3) (5:05) | Bakhodir Kurbanov | UZB |
| Match #2 | Włodzimierz Zawadzki | POL | decision (3-1) (5:00) | Usama Aziz | SWE |
| Match #3 | Hryhoriy Kamyshenko | UKR | decision (3-2) (6:01) | Mkhitar Manukyan | ARM |
| Match #4 | Ivan Ivanov | BUL | decision (3-1) (7:56) | David Zuniga | USA |
| Match #5 | Juan Luis Marén | CUB | decision (5-4) (5:20) | Sergey Martynov | RUS |
Quarter-Finals (22 July 1996)
| Match #1 | Włodzimierz Zawadzki | POL | decision (3-1) (5:00) | K'oba Guliashvili | GEO |
| Match #2 | Hryhoriy Kamyshenko | UKR | bye | ||
| Match #3 | Ivan Ivanov | BUL | bye | ||
| Match #4 | Juan Luis Marén | CUB | bye |
Semi-Finals (22 July 1996)
| Match #1 | Włodzimierz Zawadzki | POL | decision (8-2) (5:00) | Hryhoriy Kamyshenko | UKR |
| Match #2 | Juan Luis Marén | CUB | decision (4-1) (5:00) | Ivan Ivanov | BUL |
Final Round (22 July 1996)
| Match 1/2 | Włodzimierz Zawadzki | POL | decision (3-1) (5:00) | Juan Luis Marén | CUB |
| Match 3/4 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | TUR | decision (9-0) (5:00) | K'oba Guliashvili | GEO |
| Match 5/6 | Ivan Ivanov | BUL | decision (3-0) (5:00) | Hryhoriy Kamyshenko | UKR |
| Match 7/8 | Mkhitar Manukyan | ARM | bye |
Classification Round Two (21 July 1996)
| Match #1 | Ihar Pietrenka | BLR | decision (3-1) (5:00) | Aristidis Roumpenian | GRE |
| Match #2 | Hu Guohong | CHN | decision (8-3) (5:00) | Marco Sánchez | PUR |
| Match #3 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | TUR | decision (5-0) (5:00) | Winston Santos | VEN |
| Match #4 | Choi Sang-Seon | KOR | decision (7-0) (5:00) | Ainsley Robinson | CAN |
| Match #5 | Ahad Pazach | IRI | bye |
Classification Round Three (21 July 1996)
| Match #1 | Ahad Pazach | IRI | fall (6-2) (4:40) | Ihar Pietrenka | BLR |
| Match #2 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | TUR | decision (3-1) (5:00) | Hu Guohong | CHN |
| Match #3 | Choi Sang-Seon | KOR | grand superiority (11-1) (4:18) | Bakhodir Kurbanov | UZB |
| Match #4 | Mkhitar Manukyan | ARM | decision (4-0) (5:00) | Usama Aziz | SWE |
| Match #5 | Sergey Martynov | RUS | decision (6-6) (8:00) | David Zuniga | USA |
Classification Round Four (22 July 1996)
| Match #1 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | TUR | decision (4-0) (5:00) | Ahad Pazach | IRI |
| Match #2 | Mkhitar Manukyan | ARM | fall (5-0) (2:16) | Choi Sang-Seon | KOR |
| Match #3 | K'oba Guliashvili | GEO | decision (7-2) (5:00) | Sergey Martynov | RUS |
Classification Round Five (22 July 1996)
| Match #1 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | TUR | decision (9-4) (5:00) | Mkhitar Manukyan | ARM |
| Match #2 | K'oba Guliashvili | GEO | bye |
Classification Round Six (22 July 1996)
| Match #1 | Mehmet Akif Pirim | TUR | decision (2-1) (8:00) | Hryhoriy Kamyshenko | UKR |
| Match #2 | K'oba Guliashvili | GEO | decision (3-1) (5:00) | Ivan Ivanov | BUL |