Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 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 57 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	Yuriy Melnichenko  Kazakhstan
Silver	Dennis Hall  United States
Bronze	Sheng Zetian  China

Results

Round 1

	Score
22x20px Nabil Salhi (TUN)	0–4	Aghasi Manukyan (ARM)
Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)	5–1	Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU)
Aleksandr Ignatenko (RUS)	0–11	Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
Marian Sandu (ROU)	3–2	Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
Armando Fernández (MEX)	0–12	Rıfat Yıldız (GER)
Luis Sarmiento (CUB)	5–0	David Maia (POR)
Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)	6–17	Park Chi-ho (KOR)
Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)	0–3	Dennis Hall (USA)
Aigars Jansons (LAT)	4–3	Stanisław Pawłowski (POL)
Vilayet Aghayev (AZE)	4–5	Sheng Zetian (CHN)

Round 2

	Score
Losers table
22x20px Nabil Salhi (TUN)	0–11	Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU)
Aleksandr Ignatenko (RUS)	2–3	Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
Armando Fernández (MEX)	7–3	David Maia (POR)
Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)	8–7	Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)
Stanisław Pawłowski (POL)	3–4	Vilayet Aghayev (AZE)
Winners table
Aghasi Manukyan (ARM)	0–11	Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)	4–0	Marian Sandu (ROU)
Rıfat Yıldız (GER)	4–1	Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
Park Chi-ho (KOR)	2–3	Dennis Hall (USA)
Aigars Jansons (LAT)	1–7	Sheng Zetian (CHN)

Round 3

	Score
Losers table
Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU)	5–6	Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
Armando Fernández (MEX)	0–12	Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)
Vilayet Aghayev (AZE)	7–2	Aghasi Manukyan (ARM)
Marian Sandu (ROU)	0–7	Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
Park Chi-ho (KOR)	2–9	Aigars Jansons (LAT)
Winners table (Quarterfinals)
Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)	1–8	Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
Rıfat Yıldız (GER)		Bye
Dennis Hall (USA)		Bye
Sheng Zetian (CHN)		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Losers table
Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)	4–2	Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)
Vilayet Aghayev (AZE)	0–1	Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
Aigars Jansons (LAT)	4–9	Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
Winners table (Semifinals)
Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)	3–0	Rıfat Yıldız (GER)
Dennis Hall (USA)	1–0	Sheng Zetian (CHN)

Round 5

	Score
Losers table
Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)	2–4	Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)		Bye

Round 6

	Score
Losers table
Rıfat Yıldız (GER)	2–3	Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
Luis Sarmiento (CUB)	2–8	Sheng Zetian (CHN)

Finals

	Score
7th place match
Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)	5–4	Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)
5th place match
Rıfat Yıldız (GER)	0–0 WDR	Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
Bronze medal match
Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)	0–4	Sheng Zetian (CHN)
Gold medal match
Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)	4–1	Dennis Hall (USA)

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
	Dennis Hall (USA)
	Sheng Zetian (CHN)
4	Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
5	Rıfat Yıldız (GER)
6	Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
7	Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
8	Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)
9	Aigars Jansons (LAT)
10	Vilayet Aghayev (AZE)
11	Park Chi-ho (KOR)
12	Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU)
13	Aghasi Manukyan (ARM)
14	Armando Fernández (MEX)
15	Marian Sandu (ROU)
16	Stanisław Pawłowski (POL)
17	Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)
18	David Maia (POR)
19	Aleksandr Ignatenko (RUS)
20	22x20px Nabil Salhi (TUN)

References

• Official Report