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Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Dates20–21 July 1996
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ryszard Wolny  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ghani Yalouz  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Tretyakov  Russia
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The men's Greco-Roman 68 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 20 to July 21. 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

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Round 1

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Score CP
1/16 finals
 Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO) 2–4  Liubal Colás (CUB) 1–3 PP
 Ender Memet (ROM) 3–0 Fall  Valeri Nikitin (EST) 4–0 TO
 Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 3–0  Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 3–0 PO
 Rodney Smith (USA) 6–1  José Escobar (COL) 3–1 PP
 Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 12–0  Colin Daynes (CAN) 4–0 ST
 Anwar Kandafil (MAR) 0–10  Biser Georgiev (BUL) 0–4 ST
 Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 3–1  Kim Young-il (KOR) 3–1 PP
 Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) 6–2  Rustam Adzhi (UKR) 3–1 PP
 Yasushi Miyake (JPN) 4–2  Anders Magnusson (SWE) 3–1 PP
 Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–8  Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 0–3 PO
 Ryszard Wolny (POL) 6–1  Attila Repka (HUN) 3–1 PP

Round 2

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Score CP
1/8 finals
 Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–0  Ender Memet (ROM) 3–0 PO
 Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 1–12  Rodney Smith (USA) 1–4 SP
 Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 2–0  Biser Georgiev (BUL) 3–0 PO
 Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 5–0  Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) 3–0 PO
 Yasushi Miyake (JPN) 0–10  Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 0–4 ST
 Ryszard Wolny (POL) Bye
Repechage
 Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO) 0–6 Fall  Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–4 TO
 Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 12–0  José Escobar (COL) 4–0 ST
 Colin Daynes (CAN) 5–4  Anwar Kandafil (MAR) 3–1 PP
 Kim Young-il (KOR) 1–2  Rustam Adzhi (UKR) 1–3 PP
 Anders Magnusson (SWE) 2–9  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 1–3 PP
 Attila Repka (HUN) Bye

Round 3

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Score CP
Quarterfinals
 Ryszard Wolny (POL) 6–0  Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–0 PO
 Rodney Smith (USA) 0–4  Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 0–3 PO
 Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) Bye
 Ghani Yalouz (FRA) Bye
Repechage
 Attila Repka (HUN) 0–2 Fall  Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–4 TO
 Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 9–3  Colin Daynes (CAN) 3–1 PP
 Rustam Adzhi (UKR) 1–3  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 1–3 PP
 Ender Memet (ROM) 4–9  Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 1–3 PP
 Biser Georgiev (BUL) 1–1  Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) 3–1 PP
 Yasushi Miyake (JPN) Bye

Round 4

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Score CP
Semifinals
 Ryszard Wolny (POL) 3–0  Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 3–0 PO
 Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 1–4  Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 1–3 PP
Repechage
 Yasushi Miyake (JPN) 0–6  Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–3 PO
 Samvel Manukyan (ARM) 0–5  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–3 PO
 Yalçın Karapınar (TUR) 0–5  Biser Georgiev (BUL) 0–3 PO
 Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–2  Rodney Smith (USA) 3–1 PP

Round 5

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Score CP
Repechage
 Valeri Nikitin (EST) 0–4  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–3 PO
 Biser Georgiev (BUL) 4–0  Liubal Colás (CUB) 3–0 PO

Round 6

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Score CP
Repechage
 Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 0–6  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 0–3 PO
 Biser Georgiev (BUL) 1–3  Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 1–3 PP

Finals

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Score CP
Classification 7th–8th
 Valeri Nikitin (EST) 1–6  Liubal Colás (CUB) 1–3 PP
Classification 5th–6th
 Grigori Pulyaev (UZB) 1–2  Biser Georgiev (BUL) 1–3 PP
Bronze medal match
 Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) 4–0  Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR) 3–0 PO
Gold medal match
 Ryszard Wolny (POL) 7–0  Ghani Yalouz (FRA) 3–0 PO

Final standing

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Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ryszard Wolny (POL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ghani Yalouz (FRA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
4  Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)
5  Biser Georgiev (BUL)
6  Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)
7  Liubal Colás (CUB)
8  Valeri Nikitin (EST)
9  Rodney Smith (USA)
10  Samvel Manukyan (ARM)
11  Yalçın Karapınar (TUR)
12  Ender Memet (ROM)
13  Rustam Adzhi (UKR)
14  Colin Daynes (CAN)
15  Marko Yli-Hannuksela (FIN)
16  Yasushi Miyake (JPN)
17  Anders Magnusson (SWE)
18  Kim Young-il (KOR)
19  Anwar Kandafil (MAR)
20  Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO)
21  José Escobar (COL)
22  Attila Repka (HUN)

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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