Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 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 68 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	Ryszard Wolny  Poland
Silver	Ghani Yalouz  France
Bronze	Aleksandr Tretyakov  Russia

Results

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

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

Round 5

	Score
Losers table
Valeri Nikitin (EST)	0–4	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
Biser Georgiev (BUL)	4–0	Liubal Colás (CUB)

Round 6

	Score
Losers table
Grigori Pulyaev (UZB)	0–6	Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
Biser Georgiev (BUL)	1–3	Kamandar Madzhidov (BLR)

Finals

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

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Ryszard Wolny (POL)
	Ghani Yalouz (FRA)
	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 (ROU)
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

• Official Report