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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤68 kilograms), Men

Date19 – 20 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants22 from 22 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

The class was considered open, as the medal podiums at recent internationals had seen multiple different wrestlers. Two wrestlers were dominant in Atlanta, however, with each allowing only a single point on their way to the final – France’s Ghani Yalouz and Poland’s Ryszard Wolny. They had met at the 1995 European final, with Yalouz winning that title, but in Atlanta Wolny won easily, 7-0, to take gold. This was his third Olympics and he would eventually compete in five editions, but this was his only medal. Yalouz was competing in his second of three Olympics, also winning his only medal in Atlanta. The bronze medal went to Russia’s Aleksandr Tretyakov, who would become the top wrestler in this class in the next few years, winning the 1998 World and 1997-98 European titles.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCPTP
1Ryszard WolnyPOLGold
2Ghani YalouzFRASilver
3Aleksandr TretyakovRUSBronze
4Kamandar MadzhydauBLR
5Biser GeorgievBUL
6Grigory PulyayevUZB
7Liubal ColásCUB
8Valeri NikitinEST
9Rodney SmithUSA820
10Samvel ManukyanARM721
11Yalçın KarapınarTUR713
12Ender MemetROU57
13Rustam AdzhyUKR55
14Colin DaynesCAN48
15Marko Yli-HannukselaFIN47
16Yasushi MiyakeJPN34
17Anders MagnussonSWE24
18Kim Yeong-IlKOR22
19Anwar KandafilMAR14
20T'ariel MelelashviliGEO12
=21José EscobarCOL11
=21Attila RepkaHUN11

Round One (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Liubal ColásCUB
decision (4-2) (5:00)
T'ariel MelelashviliGEO
Match #2 Ender MemetROU
fall (3-0) (1:45)
Valeri NikitinEST
Match #3 Yalçın KarapınarTUR
decision (3-0) (6:49)
Samvel ManukyanARM
Match #4 Rodney SmithUSA
decision (6-1) (5:00)
José EscobarCOL
Match #5 Grigory PulyayevUZB
grand superiority (12-0) (2:46)
Colin DaynesCAN
Match #6 Biser GeorgievBUL
grand superiority (10-0) (1:56)
Anwar KandafilMAR
Match #7 Kamandar MadzhydauBLR
decision (3-1) (7:59)
Kim Yeong-IlKOR
Match #8 Marko Yli-HannukselaFIN
decision (6-2) (5:00)
Rustam AdzhyUKR
Match #9 Yasushi MiyakeJPN
decision (4-2) (5:00)
Anders MagnussonSWE
Match #10 Ghani YalouzFRA
decision (8-0) (5:00)
Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
Match #11 Ryszard WolnyPOL
decision (6-1) (5:00)
Attila RepkaHUN

Round Two (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Liubal ColásCUB
decision (3-0) (5:41)
Ender MemetROU
Match #2 Rodney SmithUSA
grand superiority (12-1) (4:33)
Yalçın KarapınarTUR
Match #3 Grigory PulyayevUZB
decision (2-0) (8:00)
Biser GeorgievBUL
Match #4 Kamandar MadzhydauBLR
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Marko Yli-HannukselaFIN
Match #5 Ghani YalouzFRA
grand superiority (10-0) (1:35)
Yasushi MiyakeJPN
Match #6 Ryszard WolnyPOL bye

Quarter-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Ryszard WolnyPOL
decision (6-0) (5:00)
Liubal ColásCUB
Match #2 Grigory PulyayevUZB
decision (4-0) (5:00)
Rodney SmithUSA
Match #3 Kamandar MadzhydauBLR bye
Match #4 Ghani YalouzFRA bye

Semi-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Ryszard WolnyPOL
decision (3-0) (5:00)
Grigory PulyayevUZB
Match #2 Ghani YalouzFRA
decision (4-1) (5:00)
Kamandar MadzhydauBLR

Final Round (20 July 1996)

Match 1/2 Ryszard WolnyPOL
decision (7-0) (5:00)
Ghani YalouzFRA
Match 3/4 Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
decision (4-0) (5:00)
Kamandar MadzhydauBLR
Match 5/6 Biser GeorgievBUL
decision (2-1) (8:00)
Grigory PulyayevUZB
Match 7/8 Liubal ColásCUB
decision (6-1) (5:00)
Valeri NikitinEST

Classification Round Two (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Valeri NikitinEST
fall (6-0) (2:23)
T'ariel MelelashviliGEO
Match #2 Samvel ManukyanARM
grand superiority (12-0) (1:11)
José EscobarCOL
Match #3 Colin DaynesCAN
decision (5-4) (5:00)
Anwar KandafilMAR
Match #4 Rustam AdzhyUKR
decision (2-1) (5:00)
Kim Yeong-IlKOR
Match #5 Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
decision (9-2) (5:00)
Anders MagnussonSWE
Match #6 Attila RepkaHUN bye

Classification Round Three (19 July 1996)

Match #1 Valeri NikitinEST
fall (2-0) (2:03)
Attila RepkaHUN
Match #2 Samvel ManukyanARM
decision (9-3) (5:00)
Colin DaynesCAN
Match #3 Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
decision (3-1) (6:29)
Rustam AdzhyUKR
Match #4 Yalçın KarapınarTUR
decision (9-4) (5:00)
Ender MemetROU
Match #5 Biser GeorgievBUL
decision (1-1) (8:00)
Marko Yli-HannukselaFIN
Match #6 Yasushi MiyakeJPN bye

Classification Round Four (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Valeri NikitinEST
decision (6-0) (5:00)
Yasushi MiyakeJPN
Match #2 Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Samvel ManukyanARM
Match #3 Biser GeorgievBUL
decision (5-0) (5:00)
Yalçın KarapınarTUR
Match #4 Liubal ColásCUB
decision (3-2) (5:00)
Rodney SmithUSA

Classification Round Five (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
decision (4-0) (6:19)
Valeri NikitinEST
Match #2 Biser GeorgievBUL
decision (4-0) (5:00)
Liubal ColásCUB

Classification Round Six (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Aleksandr TretyakovRUS
decision (6-0) (5:00)
Grigory PulyayevUZB
Match #2 Kamandar MadzhydauBLR
decision (3-1) (5:00)
Biser GeorgievBUL