Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	48 kg			48 kg
	52 kg			52 kg
	57 kg			57 kg
	62 kg			62 kg
	68 kg			68 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	82 kg			82 kg
	90 kg			90 kg
	100 kg			100 kg
	130 kg			130 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 19 to July 20.

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.

Medalists

Gold	Sim Kwon-ho  South Korea
Silver	Aleksandr Pavlov  Belarus
Bronze	Zafar Guliyev  Russia

Results

Round 1

	Score
Zafar Guliyev (RUS)	3–2	Hiroshi Kado (JPN)
Bayram Özdemir (TUR)	11–0	Enrique Aguilar (MEX)
Jorge Yllescas (PER)	0–10	Ioannis Agakatzanian (GRE)
Francesco Costantino (ITA)	6–8	22x20px Gela Papashvili (GEO)
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	10–0	Abdullah Al-Ezani (YEM)
Oleg Kutscherenko (GER)	10–0	Tahir Zahidov (AZE)
Wilber Sánchez (CUB)	12–3	Mujaahid Maynard (USA)
Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)	11–0	22x20px José Ochoa (VEN)
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	9–3	Piotr Jabłoński (POL)
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)		Bye

Round 2

	Score
Losers table
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	10–0	Enrique Aguilar (MEX)
Jorge Yllescas (PER)	0–10	Francesco Costantino (ITA)
Abdullah Al-Ezani (YEM)	0–11	Tahir Zahidov (AZE)
Mujaahid Maynard (USA)	4–2 Fall	22x20px José Ochoa (VEN)
Piotr Jabłoński (POL)		Bye
Winners table
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	2–1	Zafar Guliyev (RUS)
Bayram Özdemir (TUR)	2–3 DQ	Ioannis Agakatzanian (GRE)
22x20px Gela Papashvili (GEO)	7–4	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)
Oleg Kutscherenko (GER)	1–1	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)
Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)	3–2	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)

Round 3

	Score
Losers table
Piotr Jabłoński (POL)	1–9	Hiroshi Kado (JPN)
Francesco Costantino (ITA)	5–0	Tahir Zahidov (AZE)
Mujaahid Maynard (USA)	0–6	Zafar Guliyev (RUS)
Bayram Özdemir (TUR)	4–0	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)
Oleg Kutscherenko (GER)	0–3	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)
Winners table (Quarterfinals)
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	4–1	Ioannis Agakatzanian (GRE)
22x20px Gela Papashvili (GEO)		Bye
Wilber Sánchez (CUB)		Bye
Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Losers table
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	4–0	Francesco Costantino (ITA)
Zafar Guliyev (RUS)	7–0	Bayram Özdemir (TUR)
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	10–0	Ioannis Agakatzanian (GRE)
Winners table (Semifinals)
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	11–0	22x20px Gela Papashvili (GEO)
Wilber Sánchez (CUB)	0–5	Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)

Round 5

	Score
Losers table
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	0–11	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)
Zafar Guliyev (RUS)		Bye

Round 6

	Score
Losers table
22x20px Gela Papashvili (GEO)	0–6	Zafar Guliyev (RUS)
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	7–0	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)

Finals

	Score
7th place match
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	1–0 WDR	Ioannis Agakatzanian (GRE)
5th place match
22x20px Gela Papashvili (GEO)	0–4	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)
Bronze medal match
Zafar Guliyev (RUS)	4–0	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)
Gold medal match
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	4–0	Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)
	Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)
	Zafar Guliyev (RUS)
4	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)
5	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)
6	22x20px Gela Papashvili (GEO)
7	Hiroshi Kado (JPN)
8	Ioannis Agakatzanian (GRE)
9	Francesco Costantino (ITA)
10	Bayram Özdemir (TUR)
11	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)
12	Oleg Kutscherenko (GER)
13	Mujaahid Maynard (USA)
14	Tahir Zahidov (AZE)
15	Piotr Jabłoński (POL)
16	22x20px José Ochoa (VEN)
17	Enrique Aguilar (MEX)
18	Jorge Yllescas (PER)
19	Abdullah Al-Ezani (YEM)

References

• Official Report