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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kg), Men

Date	21 – 22 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.

The defending champion was Mnatsakan Iskandaryan, who had won the 1994 World title, but he had otherwise not been that impressive in the ensuing two years. In the semi-finals he met Cuban Filiberto Azcuy, bronze medalist at the 1995 Worlds, and the 1995 Pan American Games Champion. Azcuy eked out a 5-4 victory to advance to the final against Finland’s Marko Asell, who was completely unheralded. Azcuy had little trouble with the Finn, winning 8-2 to take the gold medal. Azcuy would return and win another gold medal in 2000 at Sydney, although the weight classes were slightly different.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	7	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	–	–	Gold
2	20	Marko Asell	FIN	–	–	Silver
3	3	Józef Tracz	POL	–	–	Bronze
4	16	Erik Hahn	GER	–	–
5	9	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	–	–
6	4	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	–	–
7	11	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	–	–
8	17	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN	–	–
9	5	Gordy Morgan	USA	6	13
10	12	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE	6	11
11	8	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ	6	8
12	2	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE	4	8
13	14	Nazmi Avluca	TUR	3	3
14	15	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR	2	4
15	1	Aziz Khalfi	MAR	1	2
16	18	Youssef Bouguerra	ALG	1	2
17	10	Néstor García	VEN	1	1
18	6	Rodolfo Hernández	MEX	0	0
AC	19	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	DQ	–
AC	13	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR	DQ	–

Round One

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE	Decision (7-0) (5:00)	Aziz Khalfi	MAR
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	Decision (1-0) (8:00)	Józef Tracz	POL
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Gordy Morgan	USA	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:53)	Rodolfo Hernández	MEX
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	Decision (9-1) (5:00)	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:26)	Néstor García	VEN
Match #6	21 Jul	Hall G	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	Grand superiority (11-0) (4:27)	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE
Match #7	21 Jul	Hall G	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR	Decision (3-0) (7:23)	Nazmi Avluca	TUR
Match #8	21 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	Decision (4-2) (5:00)	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR
Match #9	21 Jul	Hall G	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN	Grand superiority (13-2) (4:37)	Youssef Bouguerra	ALG
Match #10	21 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN	Decision (4-2) (5:00)	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL

Round Two

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	Decision (5-1) (5:00)	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	Decision (10-1) (5:00)	Gordy Morgan	USA
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Kim Jin-Su	KOR
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR	Decision (2-1) (8:00)	Erik Hahn	GER
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN	Decision (4-2) (5:00)	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	Decision (6-2) (5:00)	Tamás Berzicza	HUN
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall G	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN

Semi-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	Decision (5-4) (5:19)	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:24)	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR

Final Round

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	22 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	Decision (8-2) (5:00)	Marko Asell	FIN
Match 3/4	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	Decision (4-2) (5:00)	Erik Hahn	GER
Match 5/6	22 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	Default (0-0) (0:14)	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR
Match 7/8	22 Jul	Hall G	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	Default (0-0) (0:00)	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL

Classification Round Two

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	Decision (9-2) (5:00)	Aziz Khalfi	MAR
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ	Fall (6-0) (2:25)	Rodolfo Hernández	MEX
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE	Decision (9-1) (5:00)	Néstor García	VEN
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Nazmi Avluca	TUR	Decision (3-2) (5:38)	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Youssef Bouguerra	ALG

Classification Round Three

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	Decision (2-1) (8:00)	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE	Decision (2-0) (8:00)	Nazmi Avluca	TUR
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Gordy Morgan	USA
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	Decision (5-2) (5:00)	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN

Classification Round Four

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	Decision (6-0) (5:00)	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Kim Jin-Su	KOR
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	Decision (3-1) (5:00)	Tamás Berzicza	HUN

Classification Round Five

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	Decision (4-2) (5:29)	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER

Classification Round Six

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	Decision (8-5) (5:00)	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	Decision (3-1) (5:00)	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR