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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kg), Men

Date	29 – 30 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants	21 from 21 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

American Terry Brands had won the 1993 and 1995 World Championships and would have been the favorite, except that he did not make the US Team, as he was beaten at the US Trials by Kendall Cross, who had wrestled in this class at Barcelona. Cross was most concerned about Canadian Gia Sissaouri, who had been born in Georgia and had lost the 1995 World final to Brands, and focused much of his training on countering his moves. The two made it to the final, where Cross quickly went up 5-0 and then held on to win gold by 5-3. Brands would make the US team in 2000 and win a bronze medal. His brother, Tom Brands, won the gold medal in Atlanta as a featherweight. Sissaouri would go on to win the 2001 World title.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	13	Kendall Cross	USA	–	–	Gold
2	8	Gia Sissaouri	CAN	–	–	Silver
3	15	Ri Yong-Sam	PRK	–	–	Bronze
4	16	Harun Doğan	TUR	–	–
5	20	Šaban Trstena	MKD	–	–
6	1	Mohammad Talaei	IRI	–	–
7	21	Aliaksandr Huzau	BLR	–	–
8	3	Damir Zakhartdinov	UZB	–	–
9	12	Sonny Abe	JPN	9	22
10	2	Arif Abdullayev	AZE	9	17
11	9	Bagautdin Umakhanov	RUS	7	10
12	18	Serafim Barzakov	BUL	6	14
13	6	Artur Fyodorov	KAZ	5	13
14	5	Nazim Alidjanov	MDA	5	18
15	19	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	4	12
16	10	Michele Liuzzi	ITA	3	5
17	7	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL	2	9
18	4	Aslanbek Fidarov	UKR	1	3
=19	11	Bogdan Ciufulescu	ROU	1	1
=19	17	Cory O'Brien	AUS	1	1
21	14	Talata Embalo	GBS	0	0

Round One

Date	29 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Hall G	Mohammad Talaei	IRI	4	Arif Abdullayev	AZE
Match #2	29 Jul	Hall G	Damir Zakhartdinov	UZB	5	Aslanbek Fidarov	UKR
Match #3	29 Jul	Hall G	Artur Fyodorov	KAZ	10	Nazim Alidjanov	MDA
Match #4	29 Jul	Hall G	Gia Sissaouri	CAN	8	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL
Match #5	29 Jul	Hall G	Bagautdin Umakhanov	RUS	4	Michele Liuzzi	ITA
Match #6	29 Jul	Hall G	Sonny Abe	JPN	10	Bogdan Ciufulescu	ROU
Match #7	29 Jul	Hall G	Kendall Cross	USA	10	Talata Embalo	GBS
Match #8	29 Jul	Hall G	Ri Yong-Sam	PRK	3	Harun Doğan	TUR
Match #9	29 Jul	Hall G	Serafim Barzakov	BUL	10	Cory O'Brien	AUS
Match #10	29 Jul	Hall G	Šaban Trstena	MKD	4	Alejandro Puerto	CUB
Match #11	29 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Huzau	BLR

Round Two

Date	29 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Huzau	BLR	5	Mohammad Talaei	IRI
Match #2	29 Jul	Hall G	Damir Zakhartdinov	UZB	3	Artur Fyodorov	KAZ
Match #3	29 Jul	Hall G	Gia Sissaouri	CAN	1	Bagautdin Umakhanov	RUS
Match #4	29 Jul	Hall G	Kendall Cross	USA	4	Sonny Abe	JPN
Match #5	29 Jul	Hall G	Šaban Trstena	MKD
Match #6	29 Jul	Hall G	Ri Yong-Sam	PRK	5	Serafim Barzakov	BUL

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Šaban Trstena	MKD	7	Aliaksandr Huzau	BLR
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Gia Sissaouri	CAN	8	Damir Zakhartdinov	UZB
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Kendall Cross	USA
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Ri Yong-Sam	PRK

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Gia Sissaouri	CAN	4	Šaban Trstena	MKD
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Kendall Cross	USA	12	Ri Yong-Sam	PRK

Final Round

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Jul	Hall G	Kendall Cross	USA	5	Gia Sissaouri	CAN
Match 3/4	30 Jul	Hall G	Ri Yong-Sam	PRK	3	Harun Doğan	TUR
Match 5/6	30 Jul	Hall G	Šaban Trstena	MKD	4	Mohammad Talaei	IRI
Match 7/8	30 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Huzau	BLR	3	Damir Zakhartdinov	UZB

Classification Round Two

Date	29 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Hall G	Arif Abdullayev	AZE	11	Aslanbek Fidarov	UKR
Match #2	29 Jul	Hall G	Nazim Alidjanov	MDA	7	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL
Match #3	29 Jul	Hall G	Michele Liuzzi	ITA	5	Bogdan Ciufulescu	ROU
Match #4	29 Jul	Hall G	Harun Doğan	TUR	3	Talata Embalo	GBS
Match #5	29 Jul	Hall G	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	9	Cory O'Brien	AUS

Classification Round Three

Date	29 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Hall G	Arif Abdullayev	AZE	4	Nazim Alidjanov	MDA
Match #2	29 Jul	Hall G	Harun Doğan	TUR	4	Michele Liuzzi	ITA
Match #3	29 Jul	Hall G	Mohammad Talaei	IRI	5	Alejandro Puerto	CUB
Match #4	29 Jul	Hall G	Bagautdin Umakhanov	RUS	5	Artur Fyodorov	KAZ
Match #5	29 Jul	Hall G	Sonny Abe	JPN	5	Serafim Barzakov	BUL

Classification Round Four

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Harun Doğan	TUR	3	Arif Abdullayev	AZE
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Mohammad Talaei	IRI	1	Bagautdin Umakhanov	RUS
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Huzau	BLR	6	Sonny Abe	JPN
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Damir Zakhartdinov	UZB

Classification Round Five

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Mohammad Talaei	IRI	4	Damir Zakhartdinov	UZB
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Harun Doğan	TUR	3	Aliaksandr Huzau	BLR

Classification Round Six

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Harun Doğan	TUR	3	Šaban Trstena	MKD
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Ri Yong-Sam	PRK	4	Mohammad Talaei	IRI