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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kg), Men

Date	21 – 22 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants	20 from 20 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

The defending champion was Mnatsakan Iskandaryan, who had won the 1994 World title, but he had otherwise not been that impressive in the ensuing two years. In the semi-finals he met Cuban Filiberto Azcuy, bronze medalist at the 1995 Worlds, and the 1995 Pan American Games Champion. Azcuy eked out a 5-4 victory to advance to the final against Finland’s Marko Asell, who was completely unheralded. Azcuy had little trouble with the Finn, winning 8-2 to take the gold medal. Azcuy would return and win another gold medal in 2000 at Sydney, although the weight classes were slightly different.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	7	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	–	–	Gold
2	20	Marko Asell	FIN	–	–	Silver
3	3	Józef Tracz	POL	–	–	Bronze
4	16	Erik Hahn	GER	–	–
5	9	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	–	–
6	4	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	–	–
7	11	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	–	–
8	17	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN	–	–
9	5	Gordy Morgan	USA	6	13
10	12	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE	6	11
11	8	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ	6	8
12	2	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE	4	8
13	14	Nazmi Avluca	TUR	3	3
14	15	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR	2	4
15	1	Aziz Khalfi	MAR	1	2
16	18	Youssef Bouguerra	ALG	1	2
17	10	Néstor García	VEN	1	1
18	6	Rodolfo Hernández	MEX	0	0
AC	19	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	DQ	–
AC	13	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR	DQ	–

Round One

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE	7	Aziz Khalfi	MAR
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	1	Józef Tracz	POL
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Gordy Morgan	USA	10	Rodolfo Hernández	MEX
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	9	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	10	Néstor García	VEN
Match #6	21 Jul	Hall G	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	11	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE
Match #7	21 Jul	Hall G	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR	3	Nazmi Avluca	TUR
Match #8	21 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	4	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR
Match #9	21 Jul	Hall G	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN	13	Youssef Bouguerra	ALG
Match #10	21 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN	4	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL

Round Two

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	5	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	10	Gordy Morgan	USA
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	4	Kim Jin-Su	KOR
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR	2	Erik Hahn	GER
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN	4	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	6	Tamás Berzicza	HUN
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall G	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN

Semi-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	5	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Marko Asell	FIN	10	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR

Final Round

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	22 Jul	Hall G	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	8	Marko Asell	FIN
Match 3/4	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	4	Erik Hahn	GER
Match 5/6	22 Jul	Hall G	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS	0	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR
Match 7/8	22 Jul	Hall G	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	0	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL

Classification Round Two

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	9	Aziz Khalfi	MAR
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ	6	Rodolfo Hernández	MEX
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE	9	Néstor García	VEN
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Nazmi Avluca	TUR	3	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	5	Youssef Bouguerra	ALG

Classification Round Three

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	2	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall G	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE	2	Nazmi Avluca	TUR
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall G	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	5	Jaroslav Zeman	CZE
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall G	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	3	Gordy Morgan	USA
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	5	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN

Classification Round Four

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	6	Torbjörn Kornbakk	SWE
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL	5	Kim Jin-Su	KOR
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	3	Tamás Berzicza	HUN

Classification Round Five

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	4	Stoyan Stoyanov	BUL
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER

Classification Round Six

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall G	Erik Hahn	GER	8	Mnatsakan Iskandaryan	RUS
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall G	Józef Tracz	POL	3	Artur Dzyhasov	UKR