Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 68 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 20 to July 21. The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket. The losers advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the bronze medalist for the event.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Dates20–21 July 1996
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryszard Wolny  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ghani Yalouz  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Tretyakov  Russia
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Results

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Round 1

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Score CP
1/16 finals
  Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO) 2–4   Liubal Colás (CUB) 1–3 PP
  Ender Memet (ROM) 3–0 Fall   Valeri Nikitin (EST) 4–0 TO
  Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 3–0   Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 3–0 PO
  Rodney Smith (USA) 6–1   José Escobar (COL) 3–1 PP
  Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 12–0   Colin Daynes (CAN) 4–0 ST
  Anwar Kandafil (MAR) 0–10   Biser Georgiev (BUL) 0–4 ST
  Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 3–1   Kim Young-il (KOR) 3–1 PP
  Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) 6–2   Rustam Adzhi (UKR) 3–1 PP
  Yasushi Miyake (JPN) 4–2   Anders Magnusson (SWE) 3–1 PP
  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–8   Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 0–3 PO
  Ryszard Wolny (POL) 6–1   Attila Repka (HUN) 3–1 PP

Round 2

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1/8 finals
  Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–0   Ender Memet (ROM) 3–0 PO
  Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 1–12   Rodney Smith (USA) 1–4 SP
  Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 2–0   Biser Georgiev (BUL) 3–0 PO
  Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 5–0   Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) 3–0 PO
  Yasushi Miyake (JPN) 0–10   Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 0–4 ST
  Ryszard Wolny (POL) Bye
Repechage
  Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO) 0–6 Fall   Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–4 TO
  Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 12–0   José Escobar (COL) 4–0 ST
  Colin Daynes (CAN) 5–4   Anwar Kandafil (MAR) 3–1 PP
  Kim Young-il (KOR) 1–2   Rustam Adzhi (UKR) 1–3 PP
  Anders Magnusson (SWE) 2–9   Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 1–3 PP
  Attila Repka (HUN) Bye

Round 3

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Quarterfinals
  Ryszard Wolny (POL) 6–0   Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–0 PO
  Rodney Smith (USA) 0–4   Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 0–3 PO
  Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) Bye
  Ghani Yalouz (FRA) Bye
Repechage
  Attila Repka (HUN) 0–2 Fall   Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–4 TO
  Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 9–3   Colin Daynes (CAN) 3–1 PP
  Rustam Adzhi (UKR) 1–3   Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 1–3 PP
  Ender Memet (ROM) 4–9   Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 1–3 PP
  Biser Georgiev (BUL) 1–1   Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) 3–1 PP
  Yasushi Miyake (JPN) Bye

Round 4

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Semifinals
  Ryszard Wolny (POL) 3–0   Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 3–0 PO
  Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 1–4   Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 1–3 PP
Repechage
  Yasushi Miyake (JPN) 0–6   Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–3 PO
  Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 0–5   Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–3 PO
  Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 0–5   Biser Georgiev (BUL) 0–3 PO
  Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–2   Rodney Smith (USA) 3–1 PP

Round 5

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Repechage
  Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–4   Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–3 PO
  Biser Georgiev (BUL) 4–0   Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–0 PO

Round 6

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Repechage
  Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 0–6   Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–3 PO
  Biser Georgiev (BUL) 1–3   Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 1–3 PP

Finals

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Classification 7th–8th
  Valeri Nikitin (EST) 1–6   Liubal Colás (CUB) 1–3 PP
Classification 5th–6th
  Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 1–2   Biser Georgiev (BUL) 1–3 PP
Bronze medal match
  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 4–0   Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 3–0 PO
Gold medal match
  Ryszard Wolny (POL) 7–0   Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 3–0 PO

Final standing

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Rank Athlete
    Ryszard Wolny (POL)
    Ghani Yalouz (FRA)
    Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
4   Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)
5   Biser Georgiev (BUL)
6   Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)
7   Liubal Colás (CUB)
8   Valeri Nikitin (EST)
9   Rodney Smith (USA)
10   Samvel Manukyan (ARM)
11   Yalçın Karapınar (TUR)
12   Ender Memet (ROM)
13   Rustam Adzhi (UKR)
14   Colin Daynes (CAN)
15   Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN)
16   Yasushi Miyake (JPN)
17   Anders Magnusson (SWE)
18   Kim Young-il (KOR)
19   Anwar Kandafil (MAR)
20   Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO)
21   José Escobar (COL)
22   Attila Repka (HUN)

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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