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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kg), Men

Date	19 – 20 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants	22 from 22 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

The class was considered open, as the medal podiums at recent internationals had seen multiple different wrestlers. Two wrestlers were dominant in Atlanta, however, with each allowing only a single point on their way to the final – France’s Ghani Yalouz and Poland’s Ryszard Wolny. They had met at the 1995 European final, with Yalouz winning that title, but in Atlanta Wolny won easily, 7-0, to take gold. This was his third Olympics and he would eventually compete in five editions, but this was his only medal. Yalouz was competing in his second of three Olympics, also winning his only medal in Atlanta. The bronze medal went to Russia’s Aleksandr Tretyakov, who would become the top wrestler in this class in the next few years, winning the 1998 World and 1997-98 European titles.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	21	Ryszard Wolny	POL	–	–	Gold
2	20	Ghani Yalouz	FRA	–	–	Silver
3	19	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS	–	–	Bronze
4	13	Kamandar Madzhydau	BLR	–	–
5	12	Biser Georgiev	BUL	–	–
6	9	Grigory Pulyayev	UZB	–	–
7	2	Liubal Colás	CUB	–	–
8	4	Valeri Nikitin	EST	–	–
9	7	Rodney Smith	USA	8	20
10	6	Samvel Manukyan	ARM	7	21
11	5	Yalçın Karapınar	TUR	7	13
12	3	Ender Memet	ROU	5	7
13	16	Rustam Adzhy	UKR	5	5
14	10	Colin Daynes	CAN	4	8
15	15	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	4	7
16	17	Yasushi Miyake	JPN	3	4
17	18	Anders Magnusson	SWE	2	4
18	14	Kim Yeong-Il	KOR	2	2
19	11	Anwar Kandafil	MAR	1	4
20	1	Tariel Melelashvili	GEO	1	2
=21	8	José Escobar	COL	1	1
=21	22	Attila Repka	HUN	1	1

Round One

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Liubal Colás	CUB	4	Tariel Melelashvili	GEO
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Ender Memet	ROU	3	Valeri Nikitin	EST
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Yalçın Karapınar	TUR	3	Samvel Manukyan	ARM
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Rodney Smith	USA	6	José Escobar	COL
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Grigory Pulyayev	UZB	12	Colin Daynes	CAN
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Biser Georgiev	BUL	10	Anwar Kandafil	MAR
Match #7	19 Jul	Hall G	Kamandar Madzhydau	BLR	3	Kim Yeong-Il	KOR
Match #8	19 Jul	Hall G	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	6	Rustam Adzhy	UKR
Match #9	19 Jul	Hall G	Yasushi Miyake	JPN	4	Anders Magnusson	SWE
Match #10	19 Jul	Hall G	Ghani Yalouz	FRA	8	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS
Match #11	19 Jul	Hall G	Ryszard Wolny	POL	6	Attila Repka	HUN

Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Liubal Colás	CUB	3	Ender Memet	ROU
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Rodney Smith	USA	12	Yalçın Karapınar	TUR
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Grigory Pulyayev	UZB	2	Biser Georgiev	BUL
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Kamandar Madzhydau	BLR	5	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Ghani Yalouz	FRA	10	Yasushi Miyake	JPN
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Ryszard Wolny	POL

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Ryszard Wolny	POL	6	Liubal Colás	CUB
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Grigory Pulyayev	UZB	4	Rodney Smith	USA
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Kamandar Madzhydau	BLR
Match #4	20 Jul	Hall G	Ghani Yalouz	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Ryszard Wolny	POL	3	Grigory Pulyayev	UZB
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Ghani Yalouz	FRA	4	Kamandar Madzhydau	BLR

Final Round

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Jul	Hall G	Ryszard Wolny	POL	7	Ghani Yalouz	FRA
Match 3/4	20 Jul	Hall G	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS	4	Kamandar Madzhydau	BLR
Match 5/6	20 Jul	Hall G	Biser Georgiev	BUL	2	Grigory Pulyayev	UZB
Match 7/8	20 Jul	Hall G	Liubal Colás	CUB	6	Valeri Nikitin	EST

Classification Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Valeri Nikitin	EST	6	Tariel Melelashvili	GEO
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Samvel Manukyan	ARM	12	José Escobar	COL
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Colin Daynes	CAN	5	Anwar Kandafil	MAR
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Rustam Adzhy	UKR	2	Kim Yeong-Il	KOR
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS	9	Anders Magnusson	SWE
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Attila Repka	HUN

Classification Round Three

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Valeri Nikitin	EST	2	Attila Repka	HUN
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Samvel Manukyan	ARM	9	Colin Daynes	CAN
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS	3	Rustam Adzhy	UKR
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Yalçın Karapınar	TUR	9	Ender Memet	ROU
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Biser Georgiev	BUL	1	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Yasushi Miyake	JPN

Classification Round Four

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Valeri Nikitin	EST	6	Yasushi Miyake	JPN
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS	5	Samvel Manukyan	ARM
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Biser Georgiev	BUL	5	Yalçın Karapınar	TUR
Match #4	20 Jul	Hall G	Liubal Colás	CUB	3	Rodney Smith	USA

Classification Round Five

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS	4	Valeri Nikitin	EST
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Biser Georgiev	BUL	4	Liubal Colás	CUB

Classification Round Six

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Aleksandr Tretyakov	RUS	6	Grigory Pulyayev	UZB
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Kamandar Madzhydau	BLR	3	Biser Georgiev	BUL