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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 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.

In March 1996 Armenian Armen Nazaryan lost the European title to Ukraine’s Andriy Kalashnykov in the final. In the odd method of international wrestling, in which the competitors are not seeded in any way, they met again in Atlanta, unfortunately in the first round, with Nazaryan winning easily this time, 10-0. Nazaryan advanced to the final where he met a surprising young American, Brandon Paulson. Paulson was little match for Nazaryan, who went ahead quickly 5-0, and held on for the gold medal. Despite his first-round loss Kalashnykov came through the losers’ table to win the bronze medal.

Nazaryan would soon move to Bulgaria and start gaining weight. Representing Bulgaria he won another Olympic gold in 2000 as a featherweight and a bronze medal in the lightweight class in 2004.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCPTP
1Armen NazaryanARMGold
2Brandon PaulsonUSASilver
3Andriy KalashnykovUKRBronze
4Samvel DanielyanRUS
5Lázaro RivasCUB
6Yordan AnevBUL
7Ha Tae-YeonKOR
8Dariusz JabłońskiPOL
9Alfred Ter-MkrtchyanGER718
10Nurym DyusenovKAZ715
11Ibad AkhmedauBLR616
12Valentin RebegeaROU513
13Ulises ValentínDOM414
14Ruslanas VartanovasLTU45
15Khaled El-FarejSYR33
16Shamsiddin KhudoyberdiyevUZB14
=17Pappu JadavIND00
=17Tiebiri GodswillNGR00
=17Joel BasalduaPER01
=17Jon RønningenNOR00

Round One (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Dariusz JabłońskiPOL
fall (6-0) (2:33)
Valentin RebegeaROU
Match #2 Samvel DanielyanRUS
decision (11-4) (5:00)
Shamsiddin KhudoyberdiyevUZB
Match #3 Ha Tae-YeonKOR
grand superiority (10-0) (3:33)
Pappu JadavIND
Match #4 Armen NazaryanARM
grand superiority (10-0) (4:22)
Andriy KalashnykovUKR
Match #5 Lázaro RivasCUB
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Jon RønningenNOR
Match #6 Khaled El-FarejSYR
decision (3-1) (8:00)
Alfred Ter-MkrtchyanGER
Match #7 Yordan AnevBUL
grand superiority (11-0) (1:21)
Tiebiri GodswillNGR
Match #8 Nurym DyusenovKAZ
decision (4-1) (5:00)
Ruslanas VartanovasLTU
Match #9 Ibad AkhmedauBLR
grand superiority (11-0) (1:17)
Ulises ValentínDOM
Match #10 Brandon PaulsonUSA
fall (6-0) (1:37)
Joel BasalduaPER

Round Two (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Samvel DanielyanRUS
decision (8-0) (5:00)
Dariusz JabłońskiPOL
Match #2 Armen NazaryanARM
grand superiority (12-2) (3:33)
Ha Tae-YeonKOR
Match #3 Lázaro RivasCUB
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Khaled El-FarejSYR
Match #4 Yordan AnevBUL
decision (9-6) (5:00)
Nurym DyusenovKAZ
Match #5 Brandon PaulsonUSA
decision (6-1) (5:00)
Ibad AkhmedauBLR

Quarter-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Armen NazaryanARM
decision (3-0) (5:00)
Samvel DanielyanRUS
Match #2 Lázaro RivasCUB bye
Match #3 Yordan AnevBUL bye
Match #4 Brandon PaulsonUSA bye

Semi-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Armen NazaryanARM
decision (7-1) (5:00)
Lázaro RivasCUB
Match #2 Brandon PaulsonUSA
decision (6-2) (5:00)
Yordan AnevBUL

Final Round (20 July 1996)

Match 1/2 Armen NazaryanARM
decision (5-1) (5:00)
Brandon PaulsonUSA
Match 3/4 Andriy KalashnykovUKR
decision (4-1) (5:00)
Samvel DanielyanRUS
Match 5/6 Lázaro RivasCUB
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Yordan AnevBUL
Match 7/8 Ha Tae-YeonKOR
decision (3-2) (5:00)
Dariusz JabłońskiPOL

Classification Round Two (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Valentin RebegeaROU
fall (12-0) (2:52)
Shamsiddin KhudoyberdiyevUZB
Match #2 Andriy KalashnykovUKR
grand superiority (11-0) (2:14)
Pappu JadavIND
Match #3 Alfred Ter-MkrtchyanGER
decision (9-0) (5:00)
Jon RønningenNOR
Match #4 Ruslanas VartanovasLTU
decision (4-0) (5:00)
Tiebiri GodswillNGR
Match #5 Ulises ValentínDOM
fall (14-1) (4:02)
Joel BasalduaPER

Classification Round Three (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Andriy KalashnykovUKR
decision (3-1) (5:00)
Valentin RebegeaROU
Match #2 Alfred Ter-MkrtchyanGER
decision (8-0) (5:00)
Ruslanas VartanovasLTU
Match #3 Dariusz JabłońskiPOL
fall (3-0) (0:47)
Ulises ValentínDOM
Match #4 Ha Tae-YeonKOR
grand superiority (10-0) (2:56)
Khaled El-FarejSYR
Match #5 Nurym DyusenovKAZ
decision (5-4) (5:00)
Ibad AkhmedauBLR

Classification Round Four (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Andriy KalashnykovUKR
fall (3-0) (3:47)
Alfred Ter-MkrtchyanGER
Match #2 Dariusz JabłońskiPOL
decision (3-2) (5:00)
Ha Tae-YeonKOR
Match #3 Samvel DanielyanRUS
grand superiority (11-0) (4:14)
Nurym DyusenovKAZ

Classification Round Five (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Andriy KalashnykovUKR
decision (8-5) (5:37)
Dariusz JabłońskiPOL
Match #2 Samvel DanielyanRUS bye

Classification Round Six (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Samvel DanielyanRUS
decision (9-8) (5:00)
Lázaro RivasCUB
Match #2 Andriy KalashnykovUKR
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Yordan AnevBUL