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

Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	20–21 July 1996
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Sim Kwon-ho  South Korea Aleksandr Pavlov  Belarus Zafar Guliev  Russia

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The men's Greco-Roman 48 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.

Results

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Zafar Guliev (RUS)	3–2	Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	3–1 PP
Bayram Özdemir (TUR)	11–0	Enrique Aguilar (MEX)	4–0 ST
Jorge Yllescas (PER)	0–10	Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE)	0–4 ST
Francesco Costantino (ITA)	6–8	Gela Papashvili (GEO)	1–3 PP
Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	10–0	Abdullah Al-Izani (YEM)	4–0 ST
Oleg Kutscherenko (GER)	10–0	Tahir Zahidov (AZE)	4–0 ST
Wilber Sánchez (CUB)	12–3	Mujaahid Maynard (USA)	3–1 PP
Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)	11–0	José Ochoa (VEN)	4–0 ST
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	9–3	Piotr Jabłoński (POL)	3–1 PP
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	2–1	Zafar Guliev (RUS)	3–1 PP
Bayram Özdemir (TUR)	2–3	Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE)	0–4 EF
Gela Papashvili (GEO)	7–4	Bratan Tsenov (BUL)	3–1 PP
Oleg Kutscherenko (GER)	1–1	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)	1–3 PP
Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)	3–2	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	3–1 PP
Repechage
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	10–0	Enrique Aguilar (MEX)	4–0 ST
Jorge Yllescas (PER)	0–10	Francesco Costantino (ITA)	0–4 ST
Abdullah Al-Izani (YEM)	0–11	Tahir Zahidov (AZE)	0–4 ST
Mujaahid Maynard (USA)	4–2 Fall	José Ochoa (VEN)	4–0 TO
Piotr Jabłoński (POL)		Bye

Round 3

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

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	11–0	Gela Papashvili (GEO)	4–0 ST
Wilber Sánchez (CUB)	0–5	Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)	0–3 PO
Repechage
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	4–0	Francesco Costantino (ITA)	3–0 PO
Zafar Guliev (RUS)	7–0	Bayram Özdemir (TUR)	3–0 PO
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	10–0	Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE)	4–0 ST

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	0–11	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	0–4 ST
Zafar Guliev (RUS)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Gela Papashvili (GEO)	0–6	Zafar Guliev (RUS)	0–3 PO
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	7–0	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)	3–0 PO

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Hiroshi Kado (JPN)	1–0 Ret	Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE)	4–0 PA
Classification 5th–6th
Gela Papashvili (GEO)	0–4	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)	0–3 PO
Bronze medal match
Zafar Guliev (RUS)	4–0	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	3–0 PO
Gold medal match
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	4–0	Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)	3–0 PO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)
	Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR)
	Zafar Guliev (RUS)
4	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)
5	Wilber Sánchez (CUB)
6	Gela Papashvili (GEO)
7	Hiroshi Kado (JPN)
8	Ioannis Agatzanian (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	José Ochoa (VEN)
17	Enrique Aguilar (MEX)
18	Jorge Yllescas (PER)
19	Abdullah Al-Izani (YEM)

External links

• Official Report