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Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤48 kg), Men

Date	19 – 20 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 class would be discontinued after 1996, as the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) shuffled weight limits to decrease the number of weight classes, as mandated by the IOC. The 1995 World Champion was Korean Sim Gwon-Ho, although he was expected to be challenged by the 1993-94 World Champion, Cuban Wilber Sánchez, and Russian Zafar Guliyev, who had won three of the last four European tournaments. Guliyev lost in round two to Sim and was out of contention for gold. Sánchez was upset in the semi-finals by Belarussian Aleksandr Pavlov, runner-up at the 1994 Worlds. The final between Pavlov and Sim went to overtime with Sim winning the gold medal, 4-0 at 6:44. Guliyev did get a bronze medal, defeating North Korean Kang Yong-Gyun, also by 4-0.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	19	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	15	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	–	–	Silver
3	1	Zafar Guliyev	RUS	–	–	Bronze	1
4	17	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	–	–
5	13	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	–	–
6	8	Gela Papashvili	GEO	–	–
7	2	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	–	–
8	6	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE	–	–
9	7	Francesco Costantino	ITA	8	21
10	9	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	5	14
11	3	Bayram Özdemir	TUR	7	17
12	11	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER	5	11
13	14	Mujaahid Maynard	USA	5	7
14	12	Tahir Zahidov	AZE	4	11
15	18	Piotr Jabłoński	POL	2	4
16	16	José Ochoa	VEN	0	2
17	4	Enrique Aguilar	MEX	0	0
18	5	Jorge Yllescas	PER	0	0
19	10	Abdullah Al-Izani	YEM	0	0

Round One

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev 2	RUS	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Hiroshi Kado	JPN
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Bayram Özdemir	TUR	Grand superiority (11-0) (4:13)	Enrique Aguilar	MEX
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:06)	Jorge Yllescas	PER
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Gela Papashvili	GEO	Decision (8-6) (5:00)	Francesco Costantino	ITA
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:11)	Abdullah Al-Izani	YEM
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:08)	Tahir Zahidov	AZE
Match #7	19 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	Decision (12-3) (5:00)	Mujaahid Maynard	USA
Match #8	19 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	Grand superiority (11-0) (1:43)	José Ochoa	VEN
Match #9	19 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Decision (9-3) (5:00)	Piotr Jabłoński	POL
Match #10	19 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR

Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Decision (2-1) (8:00)	Zafar Guliyev 3	RUS
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE	Decision (3-2) (6:26)	Bayram Özdemir	TUR
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Gela Papashvili	GEO	Decision (7-4) (5:00)	Bratan Tsenov	BUL
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	Decision (1-1) (8:00)	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Decision (4-1) (5:00)	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB
Match #4	20 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR

Semi-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Grand superiority (11-0) (4:14)	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR	Decision (5-0) (7:59)	Wilber Sánchez	CUB

Final Round

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Jul	Hall G	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Decision (4-0) (6:10)	Aliaksandr Paulau	BLR
Match 3/4	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev 4	RUS	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK
Match 5/6	20 Jul	Hall G	Wilber Sánchez	CUB	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match 7/8	20 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	Decision (1-0) (5:00)	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE

Classification Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:29)	Enrique Aguilar	MEX
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Francesco Costantino	ITA	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:28)	Jorge Yllescas	PER
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Tahir Zahidov	AZE	Grand superiority (11-0) (1:58)	Abdullah Al-Izani	YEM
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Mujaahid Maynard	USA	Fall (4-2) (2:31)	José Ochoa	VEN
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Piotr Jabłoński	POL

Classification Round Three

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	Decision (9-1) (5:00)	Piotr Jabłoński	POL
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Francesco Costantino	ITA	Decision (5-0) (7:28)	Tahir Zahidov	AZE
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev 5	RUS	Decision (6-0) (5:00)	Mujaahid Maynard	USA
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Bayram Özdemir	TUR	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Bratan Tsenov	BUL
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Oleg Kutscherenko	GER

Classification Round Four

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Hiroshi Kado	JPN	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Francesco Costantino	ITA
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev 6	RUS	Decision (7-0) (5:00)	Bayram Özdemir	TUR
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:56)	Ioannis Agkakatzanian	GRE

Classification Round Five

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Grand superiority (11-0) (0:31)	Hiroshi Kado	JPN
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev 7	RUS

Classification Round Six

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Zafar Guliyev 8	RUS	Decision (6-0) (5:00)	Gela Papashvili	GEO
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Decision (7-0) (5:00)	Wilber Sánchez	CUB