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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kilograms), Men

Date19 – 20 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants20 from 20 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

Three wrestlers were expected to contend for the medals. Poland’s Andrzej Wroński was Olympic gold medalist in this class in 1988 and had finished fourth in 1992, and had won the Worlds and Europeans in 1994. Belarussian Sergey Lishtvan had won the 1996 European Championships. Sweden’s Mikael Ljungberg was World Champion in 1993 and 1995. Also highly considered was Cuba’s Héctor Milián, the defending gold medalist. Form held in this class as the semi-finals came down to Lishtvan against Ljungberg, and Wroński against Milián. Both matches were close but Wroński and Lishtvan advanced to the final. The final was excruciatingly boring, ending in a scoreless tie, decided by an officials’ decision, as Wroński won his second gold medal. Ljungberg won the bronze medal and would return in 2000 at Sydney and win gold.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCPTP
1Andrzej WrońskiPOLGold
2Siarhei LishtvanBLRSilver
3Mikael LjungbergSWEBronze
4Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
5Héctor MiliánCUB
6Igor GrabovetchiMDA
7Heorhiy SoldadzeUKR
8Todor ManovBUL
9Takashi NonomuraJPN713
10Stipe DamjanovićCRO612
11Urs BürglerSUI615
12Jason GleasmanUSA516
13Giuseppe GiuntaITA43
14Bak'ur Gogit'idzeGEO44
15Emilio SuárezVEN33
16Ba YanchuanCHN12
=17Mohamed NaouarTUN00
=17Mohamed BasriMAR00
=17Juan Diego GiraldoCOL00
=17Colbie BellCAN00

Round One (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Mikael LjungbergSWE
grand superiority (10-0) (1:44)
Takashi NonomuraJPN
Match #2 Stipe DamjanovićCRO
decision (6-0) (5:00)
Mohamed BasriMAR
Match #3 Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
decision (6-0) (5:00)
Emilio SuárezVEN
Match #4 Heorhiy SoldadzeUKR
fall (4-0) (0:59)
Juan Diego GiraldoCOL
Match #5 Siarhei LishtvanBLR
decision (2-0) (8:00)
Todor ManovBUL
Match #6 Jason GleasmanUSA
grand superiority (15-2) (4:24)
Ba YanchuanCHN
Match #7 Héctor MiliánCUB
grand superiority (12-0) (3:16)
Colbie BellCAN
Match #8 Giuseppe GiuntaITA
decision (1-1) (8:00)
Bak'ur Gogit'idzeGEO
Match #9 Igor GrabovetchiMDA
decision (4-1) (5:00)
Urs BürglerSUI
Match #10 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
grand superiority (10-0) (1:18)
Mohamed NaouarTUN

Round Two (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Mikael LjungbergSWE
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Stipe DamjanovićCRO
Match #2 Heorhiy SoldadzeUKR
decision (6-3) (5:00)
Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
Match #3 Siarhei LishtvanBLR
decision (3-0) (5:00)
Jason GleasmanUSA
Match #4 Héctor MiliánCUB
decision (3-0) (5:00)
Giuseppe GiuntaITA
Match #5 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (0-0) (8:00)
Igor GrabovetchiMDA

Quarter-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Mikael LjungbergSWE
fall (5-0) (2:45)
Heorhiy SoldadzeUKR
Match #2 Siarhei LishtvanBLR bye
Match #3 Héctor MiliánCUB bye
Match #4 Andrzej WrońskiPOL bye

Semi-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Siarhei LishtvanBLR
decision (2-1) (8:00)
Mikael LjungbergSWE
Match #2 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (2-0) (8:00)
Héctor MiliánCUB

Final Round (20 July 1996)

Match 1/2 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (0-0) (8:00)
Siarhei LishtvanBLR
Match 3/4 Mikael LjungbergSWE
fall (3-0) (1:50)
Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
Match 5/6 Héctor MiliánCUB bye
Match 7/8 Heorhiy SoldadzeUKR bye

Classification Round Two (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Takashi NonomuraJPN
grand superiority (10-0) (3:04)
Mohamed BasriMAR
Match #2 Emilio SuárezVEN
decision (3-0) (5:57)
Juan Diego GiraldoCOL
Match #3 Todor ManovBUL
decision (4-0) (5:00)
Ba YanchuanCHN
Match #4 Bak'ur Gogit'idzeGEO
decision (3-0) (5:00)
Colbie BellCAN
Match #5 Urs BürglerSUI
grand superiority (11-0) (2:22)
Mohamed NaouarTUN

Classification Round Three (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Takashi NonomuraJPN
decision (3-0) (6:51)
Emilio SuárezVEN
Match #2 Todor ManovBUL
decision (3-0) (5:00)
Bak'ur Gogit'idzeGEO
Match #3 Stipe DamjanovićCRO
decision (6-3) (5:00)
Urs BürglerSUI
Match #4 Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
decision (4-1) (5:00)
Jason GleasmanUSA
Match #5 Igor GrabovetchiMDA
decision (3-2) (5:00)
Giuseppe GiuntaITA

Classification Round Four (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Todor ManovBUL
decision (2-0) (8:00)
Takashi NonomuraJPN
Match #2 Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Stipe DamjanovićCRO
Match #3 Igor GrabovetchiMDA
decision (2-2) (8:00)
Heorhiy SoldadzeUKR

Classification Round Five (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
decision (3-1) (5:00)
Todor ManovBUL
Match #2 Igor GrabovetchiMDA bye

Classification Round Six (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Mikael LjungbergSWE
default (5-0) (1:54)
Igor GrabovetchiMDA
Match #2 Teymuraz EdisherashviliRUS
decision (1-0) (8:00)
Héctor MiliánCUB