Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

Men's freestyle 68 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	29–30 July 1996
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Vadim Bogiev  Russia Townsend Saunders  United States Zaza Zazirov  Ukraine

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Men's Freestyle 68 kilograms 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.^[1]

Results

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Arsen Fadzaev (UZB)	2–2	Akbar Fallah (IRI)	3–1 PP
Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	10–0	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	4–0 ST
Félix Diédhiou (SEN)	0–12 Fall	Küllo Kõiv (EST)	0–4 TO
János Fórizs (HUN)	0–3	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	0–3 PO
Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)	7–0	Paulo Ibire (ARG)	3–0 PO
Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	1–3	Oleg Gogol (BLR)	1–3 PP
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	9–1	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	3–1 PP
Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	1–3	Townsend Saunders (USA)	1–3 PP
Craig Roberts (CAN)	12–2	Richard Weiss (AUS)	4–1 SP
Vadim Bogiev (RUS)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Vadim Bogiev (RUS)	3–1	Arsen Fadzaev (UZB)	3–1 PP
Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	5–0	Küllo Kõiv (EST)	3–0 PO
Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	3–5	Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)	1–3 PP
Oleg Gogol (BLR)	2–3	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	1–3 PP
Townsend Saunders (USA)	3–1	Craig Roberts (CAN)	3–1 PP
Repechage
Akbar Fallah (IRI)	1–0	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	3–0 PO
Félix Diédhiou (SEN)	1–13	János Fórizs (HUN)	1–4 SP
Paulo Ibire (ARG)	0–10	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	0–4 ST
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	4–1	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	3–1 PP
Richard Weiss (AUS)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Vadim Bogiev (RUS)	6–4	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	3–1 PP
Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)		Bye
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)		Bye
Townsend Saunders (USA)		Bye
Repechage
Richard Weiss (AUS)	0–5	Akbar Fallah (IRI)	0–3 PO
János Fórizs (HUN)	2–6	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	1–3 PP
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	11–9	Arsen Fadzaev (UZB)	3–1 PP
Küllo Kõiv (EST)	5–1	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	3–1 PP
Oleg Gogol (BLR)	4–0	Craig Roberts (CAN)	3–0 PO

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Vadim Bogiev (RUS)	3–2	Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)	3–1 PP
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	0–4	Townsend Saunders (USA)	0–3 PO
Repechage
Akbar Fallah (IRI)	1–3	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	1–3 PP
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	1–4	Küllo Kõiv (EST)	1–3 PP
Oleg Gogol (BLR)	1–6	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	1–3 PP

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	6–0	Küllo Kõiv (EST)	3–0 PO
Zaza Zazirov (UKR)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)	0–7 Fall	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	0–4 TO
Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	8–4	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	3–1 PP

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Küllo Kõiv (EST)	7–2	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	3–1 PP
Classification 5th–6th
Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)	0–0	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	0–3 PO
Bronze medal match
Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	8–6	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	3–1 PP
Gold medal match
Vadim Bogiev (RUS)	1–1	Townsend Saunders (USA)	3–1 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Vadim Bogiev (RUS)
	Townsend Saunders (USA)
	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)
4	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)
5	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
6	Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)
7	Küllo Kõiv (EST)
8	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)
9	Oleg Gogol (BLR)
10	Akbar Fallah (IRI)
11	János Fórizs (HUN)
12	Craig Roberts (CAN)
13	Arsen Fadzaev (UZB)
14	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)
15	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)
16	Richard Weiss (AUS)
17	Félix Diédhiou (SEN)
18	Paulo Ibire (ARG)
18	Ibo Oziti (NGR)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

External links

• Official Report