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

Date	19 – 20 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.

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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	19	Andrzej Wroński	POL	–	–	Gold
2	9	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	–	–	Silver
3	2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	5	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS	–	–
5	13	Héctor Milián	CUB	–	–
6	17	Igor Grabovetchi	MDA	–	–
7	8	Heorhiy Soldadze	UKR	–	–
8	10	Todor Manov	BUL	–	–
9	1	Takashi Nonomura	JPN	7	13
10	3	Stipe Damjanović	CRO	6	12
11	18	Urs Bürgler	SUI	6	15
12	11	Jason Gleasman	USA	5	16
13	15	Giuseppe Giunta	ITA	4	3
14	16	Bakur Gogitidze	GEO	4	4
15	6	Emilio Suárez	VEN	3	3
16	12	Ba Yanchuan	CHN	1	2
=17	20	Mohamed Naouar	TUN	0	0
=17	4	Mohamed Basri	MAR	0	0
=17	7	Juan Diego Giraldo	COL	0	0
=17	14	Colbie Bell	CAN	0	0

Round One

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:44)	Takashi Nonomura	JPN
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Stipe Damjanović	CRO	Decision (6-0) (5:00)	Mohamed Basri	MAR
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS	Decision (6-0) (5:00)	Emilio Suárez	VEN
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Heorhiy Soldadze	UKR	Fall (4-0) (0:59)	Juan Diego Giraldo	COL
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	Decision (2-0) (8:00)	Todor Manov	BUL
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Jason Gleasman	USA	Grand superiority (15-2) (4:24)	Ba Yanchuan	CHN
Match #7	19 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	CUB	Grand superiority (12-0) (3:16)	Colbie Bell	CAN
Match #8	19 Jul	Hall G	Giuseppe Giunta	ITA	Decision (1-1) (8:00)	Bakur Gogitidze	GEO
Match #9	19 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	MDA	Decision (4-1) (5:00)	Urs Bürgler	SUI
Match #10	19 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	POL	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:18)	Mohamed Naouar	TUN

Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Stipe Damjanović	CRO
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Heorhiy Soldadze	UKR	Decision (6-3) (5:00)	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Jason Gleasman	USA
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	CUB	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Giuseppe Giunta	ITA
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	POL	Decision (0-0) (8:00)	Igor Grabovetchi	MDA

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Fall (5-0) (2:45)	Heorhiy Soldadze	UKR
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	CUB
Match #4	20 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	POL

Semi-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	Decision (2-1) (8:00)	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	POL	Decision (2-0) (8:00)	Héctor Milián	CUB

Final Round

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	POL	Decision (0-0) (8:00)	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR
Match 3/4	20 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Fall (3-0) (1:50)	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS
Match 5/6	20 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	CUB
Match 7/8	20 Jul	Hall G	Heorhiy Soldadze	UKR

Classification Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Takashi Nonomura	JPN	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:04)	Mohamed Basri	MAR
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Emilio Suárez	VEN	Decision (3-0) (5:57)	Juan Diego Giraldo	COL
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Todor Manov	BUL	Decision (4-0) (5:00)	Ba Yanchuan	CHN
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Bakur Gogitidze	GEO	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Colbie Bell	CAN
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Urs Bürgler	SUI	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:22)	Mohamed Naouar	TUN

Classification Round Three

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Takashi Nonomura	JPN	Decision (3-0) (6:51)	Emilio Suárez	VEN
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Todor Manov	BUL	Decision (3-0) (5:00)	Bakur Gogitidze	GEO
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Stipe Damjanović	CRO	Decision (6-3) (5:00)	Urs Bürgler	SUI
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS	Decision (4-1) (5:00)	Jason Gleasman	USA
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	MDA	Decision (3-2) (5:00)	Giuseppe Giunta	ITA

Classification Round Four

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Todor Manov	BUL	Decision (2-0) (8:00)	Takashi Nonomura	JPN
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS	Decision (5-0) (5:00)	Stipe Damjanović	CRO
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	MDA	Decision (2-2) (8:00)	Heorhiy Soldadze	UKR

Classification Round Five

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS	Decision (3-1) (5:00)	Todor Manov	BUL
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	MDA

Classification Round Six

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Default (5-0) (1:54)	Igor Grabovetchi	MDA
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	RUS	Decision (1-0) (8:00)	Héctor Milián	CUB