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Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤100 kg), Men

Date	30 – 31 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.

The two favorites were American Kurt Angle, the 1995 World Champion, and Iran’s Abbas Jadidi, who seemed to have won the 1993 World title in light-heavyweight, only to lose it on a doping positive. He returned in 1995, placing at the 1995 Worlds, behind Angle. Angle and Jadidi met in the final, and neither wrestler could gain an advantage, the match going to overtime. It ended after eight minutes, with the score still tied at 1-1. The tie-breaker was number of passivity cautions, but both wrestlers had had only two such cautions, so it came down to an official’s decision. When the referee raised Angle’s hand, declaring him the gold medalist, Jadidi went to his knees and begged the officials to review the tapes and reverse the decision. They did not. Jadidi would go on to win the 1998 World Championships. Angle turned professional and became one of the top, and most popular, wrestlers in WWE.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	6	Kurt Angle	USA	–	–	Gold
2	14	Abbas Jadidi	IRI	–	–	Silver
3	2	Arawat Sabejew	GER	–	–	Bronze
4	1	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR	–	–
5	18	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	–	–
6	7	Konstantin Aleksandrov	KGZ	–	–
7	19	Sahid Murtazaliyev	UKR	–	–
8	16	Oleg Ladik	CAN	–	–
9	4	Wilfredo Morales	CUB	7	11
10	5	Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar	MGL	6	10
11	13	Davud Məhəmmədov	AZE	5	11
12	10	Arvi Aavik	EST	5	9
13	12	Zaza Tqeshelashvili	GEO	4	5
14	11	Leri Khabelovi	RUS	3	2
15	8	Milan Mazáč	SVK	2	3
16	9	Daniel Sánchez	PUR	1	2
17	3	Kim Tae-U	KOR	1	1
=18	15	Shkëlqim Troplini	ALB	0	0
=18	17	Ben Vincent	AUS	0	0

Round One

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Arawat Sabejew	GER	3	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Wilfredo Morales	CUB	6	Kim Tae-U	KOR
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Kurt Angle	USA	4	Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar	MGL
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Konstantin Aleksandrov	KGZ	2	Milan Mazáč	SVK
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Arvi Aavik	EST	8	Daniel Sánchez	PUR
Match #6	30 Jul	Hall G	Leri Khabelovi	RUS	2	Zaza Tqeshelashvili	GEO
Match #7	30 Jul	Hall G	Abbas Jadidi	IRI	4	Davud Məhəmmədov	AZE
Match #8	30 Jul	Hall G	Oleg Ladik	CAN	7	Shkëlqim Troplini	ALB
Match #9	30 Jul	Hall G	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	11	Ben Vincent	AUS
Match #10	30 Jul	Hall G	Sahid Murtazaliyev	UKR

Round Two

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Sahid Murtazaliyev	UKR	13	Arawat Sabejew	GER
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Kurt Angle	USA	2	Wilfredo Morales	CUB
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Konstantin Aleksandrov	KGZ	1	Arvi Aavik	EST
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Abbas Jadidi	IRI	4	Leri Khabelovi	RUS
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	3	Oleg Ladik	CAN

Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Kurt Angle	USA	4	Sahid Murtazaliyev	UKR
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Konstantin Aleksandrov	KGZ
Match #3	31 Jul	Hall G	Abbas Jadidi	IRI
Match #4	31 Jul	Hall G	Marek Garmulewicz	POL

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Kurt Angle	USA	4	Konstantin Aleksandrov	KGZ
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Abbas Jadidi	IRI	4	Marek Garmulewicz	POL

Final Round

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	31 Jul	Hall G	Kurt Angle	USA	1	Abbas Jadidi	IRI
Match 3/4	31 Jul	Hall G	Arawat Sabejew	GER	7	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR
Match 5/6	31 Jul	Hall G	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	0	Konstantin Aleksandrov	KGZ
Match 7/8	31 Jul	Hall G	Sahid Murtazaliyev	UKR	3	Oleg Ladik	CAN

Classification Round Two

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR	3	Kim Tae-U	KOR
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar	MGL	4	Milan Mazáč	SVK
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Zaza Tqeshelashvili	GEO	3	Daniel Sánchez	PUR
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Davud Məhəmmədov	AZE	10	Shkëlqim Troplini	ALB
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Ben Vincent	AUS

Classification Round Three

Date	30 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR	10	Ben Vincent	AUS
Match #2	30 Jul	Hall G	Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar	MGL	6	Zaza Tqeshelashvili	GEO
Match #3	30 Jul	Hall G	Arawat Sabejew	GER	3	Davud Məhəmmədov	AZE
Match #4	30 Jul	Hall G	Wilfredo Morales	CUB	3	Arvi Aavik	EST
Match #5	30 Jul	Hall G	Oleg Ladik	CAN	0	Leri Khabelovi	RUS

Classification Round Four

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR	3	Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar	MGL
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Arawat Sabejew	GER	3	Wilfredo Morales	CUB
Match #3	31 Jul	Hall G	Sahid Murtazaliyev	UKR	4	Oleg Ladik	CAN

Classification Round Five

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR	8	Sahid Murtazaliyev	UKR
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Arawat Sabejew	GER

Classification Round Six

Date	31 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Hall G	Arawat Sabejew	GER	10	Konstantin Aleksandrov	KGZ
Match #2	31 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Kavaleuski	BLR	4	Marek Garmulewicz	POL