Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 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 Freestyle 82 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 29 to July 30.

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	Khadzhimurad Magomedov  Russia
Silver	Yang Hyun-mo  South Korea
Bronze	Amir Reza Khadem  Iran

Results

Round 1

	Score
Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)	9–1 Fall	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)
Orlando Rosa (PUR)	1–3	Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR)
Aleksandr Savko (BLR)	2–3	Les Gutches (USA)
Elmadi Jabrailov (KAZ)	4–1	Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)
Lukman Jabrailov (MDA)	10–0	Cris Brown (AUS)
Plamen Penev (BUL)	1–3	Ariel Ramos (CUB)
Alioune Diouf (SEN)	0–3	Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	3–0	22x20px Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO)
Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)	2–3	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)
László Dvorák (HUN)	6–2	22x20px Luis Varela (VEN)
Yang Hyun-mo (KOR)		Bye

Round 2

	Score
Losers table
Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	4–3	Orlando Rosa (PUR)
Aleksandr Savko (BLR)	0–5	Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)
Cris Brown (AUS)	2–8	Plamen Penev (BUL)
Alioune Diouf (SEN)	2–6	22x20px Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO)
Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)	5–2	22x20px Luis Varela (VEN)
Winners table
Yang Hyun-mo (KOR)	4–2	Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)
Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR)	0–4	Les Gutches (USA)
Elmadi Jabrailov (KAZ)	10–8	Lukman Jabrailov (MDA)
Ariel Ramos (CUB)	4–7	Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	1–0	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)
László Dvorák (HUN)		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Losers table
Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)	3–5	Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)
Plamen Penev (BUL)	1–4	22x20px Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO)
Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)	7–1	Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)
Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR)	0–3	Lukman Jabrailov (MDA)
Ariel Ramos (CUB)	3–2	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)
Winners table (Quarterfinals)
László Dvorák (HUN)	0–2	Yang Hyun-mo (KOR)
Les Gutches (USA)	1–2	Elmadi Jabrailov (KAZ)
Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)		Bye
Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Losers table
Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)	6–4	22x20px Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO)
Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)	5–1	Lukman Jabrailov (MDA)
Ariel Ramos (CUB)	3–1	László Dvorák (HUN)
Les Gutches (USA)		Bye
Winners table (Semifinals)
Yang Hyun-mo (KOR)	3–2	Elmadi Jabrailov (KAZ)
Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)	4–0	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)

Round 5

	Score
Losers table
Les Gutches (USA)	2–3	Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)
Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)	5–4	Ariel Ramos (CUB)

Round 6

	Score
Losers table
Elmadi Jabrailov (KAZ)	WO	Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)
Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)	0–3	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)

Finals

	Score
7th place match
Les Gutches (USA)	3–0	Ariel Ramos (CUB)
5th place match
Elmadi Jabrailov (KAZ)	WO	Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)
Bronze medal match
Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)	0–0	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)
Gold medal match
Yang Hyun-mo (KOR)	1–2	Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
	Yang Hyun-mo (KOR)
	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)
4	Sabahattin Öztürk (TUR)
5	Magomed Ibragimov (AZE)
6	Elmadi Jabrailov (KAZ)
7	Les Gutches (USA)
8	Ariel Ramos (CUB)
9	Lucman Jabrailov (MDA)
10	22x20px Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO)
11	Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN)
12	Plamen Penev (BUL)
13	Nicolae Ghiţă (ROU)
14	László Dvorák (HUN)
15	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)
16	Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR)
17	Orlando Rosa (PUR)
17	22x20px Luis Varela (VEN)
19	Cris Brown (AUS)
19	Aleksandr Savko (BLR)
21	Alioune Diouf (SEN)

References

• Official Report