Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Kim Il North Korea	Armen Mkrtchyan Armenia	Alexis Vila Cuba
52 kg	Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan	Maulen Mamyrov Kazakhstan
57 kg	Kendall Cross United States	Guivi Sissaouri Canada	Ri Yong-sam North Korea
62 kg	Tom Brands United States	Jang Jae-sung South Korea	Elbrus Tedeyev Ukraine
68 kg	Vadim Bogiyev Russia	Townsend Saunders United States	Zaza Zazirov Ukraine
74 kg	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia	Park Jang-soon South Korea	Takuya Ota Japan
82 kg	Khadzhimurad Magomedov Russia	Yang Hyun-mo South Korea	Amir Reza Khadem Iran
90 kg	Rasoul Khadem Iran	Makharbek Khadartsev Russia	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia (country)
100 kg	Kurt Angle United States	Abbas Jadidi Iran	Arawat Sabejew Germany
130 kg	Mahmut Demir Turkey	Aleksey Medvedev Belarus	Bruce Baumgartner United States

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Sim Kwon-ho South Korea	Aleksandr Pavlov Belarus	Zafar Guliyev Russia
52 kg	Armen Nazaryan Armenia	Brandon Paulson United States	Andriy Kalashnykov Ukraine
57 kg	Yuriy Melnichenko Kazakhstan	Dennis Hall United States	Sheng Zetian China
62 kg	Włodzimierz Zawadzki Poland	Juan Marén Cuba	Mehmet Akif Pirim Turkey
68 kg	Ryszard Wolny Poland	Ghani Yalouz France	Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia
74 kg	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba	Marko Asell Finland	Józef Tracz Poland
82 kg	Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey	Thomas Zander Germany	Valery Tsilent Belarus
90 kg	Vyacheslav Oliynyk Ukraine	Jacek Fafiński Poland	Maik Bullmann Germany
100 kg	Andrzej Wroński Poland	Sergey Lishtvan Belarus	Mikael Ljungberg Sweden
130 kg	Aleksandr Karelin Russia	Matt Ghaffari United States	Sergei Mureiko Moldova

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	4	1	2	7
2	United States (USA)	3	4	1	8
3	Poland (POL)	3	1	1	5
4	Turkey (TUR)	2	0	1	3
5	South Korea (KOR)	1	3	0	4
6	Cuba (CUB)	1	1	1	3
6	Iran (IRI)	1	1	1	3
8	Armenia (ARM)	1	1	0	2
9	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	3	4
10	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	1	2
10	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	1	2
12	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
13	Belarus (BLR)	0	3	1	4
14	Germany (GER)	0	1	2	3
15	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	1	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
19	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Georgia (country) (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

A total of 401 wrestlers from 75 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:

Events at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta)

Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

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List of medalists Freestyle Greco-Roman List of Olympic venues

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