Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

Men's freestyle 74 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Dates1–2 August 1996
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Park Jang-soon  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Takuya Ota  Japan
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The men's freestyle 74 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from August 1 to August 2. 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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Legend
  • WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

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Score CP
1/16 finals
 David Hohl (CAN) 3–4  Boris Budayev (UZB) 1–3 PP
 Rein Ozoline (AUS) 7–15 Fall  Valerij Verhušin (MKD) 0–4 TO
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 11–0  Felipe Guzmán (MEX) 4–0 ST
 Árpád Ritter (HUN) 3–5  Igor Kozyr (BLR) 1–3 PP
 Park Jang-soon (KOR) 4–1  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) 3–1 PP
 Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) 1–7  Victor Peicov (MDA) 1–3 PP
 Radion Kertanti (SVK) 4–3  Turan Ceylan (TUR) 3–1 PP
 Alberto Rodríguez (CUB) 1–1  Kenny Monday (USA) 1–3 PP
 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 8–0  Issa Momeni (IRI) 3–0 PO
 Alexander Leipold (GER) 6–0  Lazaros Loizidis (GRE) 3–0 PO
 Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR) 0–10  Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 0–4 ST

Round 2

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Score CP
1/8 finals
 Boris Budayev (UZB) 0–8 Fall  Valerij Verhušin (MKD) 0–4 TO
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 4–1  Igor Kozyr (BLR) 3–1 PP
 Park Jang-soon (KOR) 3–0  Victor Peicov (MDA) 3–0 PO
 Radion Kertanti (SVK) 1–5  Kenny Monday (USA) 1–3 PP
 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 3–1  Alexander Leipold (GER) 3–1 PP
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) Bye
Repechage
 David Hohl (CAN) 11–5  Rein Ozoline (AUS) 3–1 PP
 Felipe Guzmán (MEX) 0–12  Árpád Ritter (HUN) 0–4 ST
 Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) 4–0  Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) 3–0 PO
 Turan Ceylan (TUR) 0–7  Alberto Rodríguez (CUB) 0–3 PO
 Issa Momeni (IRI) 3–0  Lazaros Loizidis (GRE) 3–0 PO
 Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR) Bye

Round 3

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Score CP
Quarterfinals
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 12–0  Valerij Verhušin (MKD) 4–0 ST
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 0–5  Park Jang-soon (KOR) 0–3 PO
 Kenny Monday (USA) Bye
 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) Bye
Repechage
 Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR) 0–10  David Hohl (CAN) 0–4 ST
 Árpád Ritter (HUN) 2–3  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) 1–3 PP
 Alberto Rodríguez (CUB) 4–1  Issa Momeni (IRI) 3–1 PP
 Boris Budayev (UZB) 4–2  Igor Kozyr (BLR) 3–1 PP
 Victor Peicov (MDA) 5–0  Radion Kertanti (SVK) 3–0 PO
 Alexander Leipold (GER) Bye

Round 4

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Score CP
Semifinals
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 3–5  Park Jang-soon (KOR) 1–3 PP
 Kenny Monday (USA) 1–6  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 1–3 PP
Repechage
 Alexander Leipold (GER) 10–2  David Hohl (CAN) 3–1 PP
 Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) 6–2  Alberto Rodríguez (CUB) 3–1 PP
 Boris Budayev (UZB) 3–5  Victor Peicov (MDA) 1–3 PP
 Valerij Verhušin (MKD) 0–7  Takuya Ota (JPN) 0–3 PO

Round 5

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Score CP
Repechage
 Alexander Leipold (GER) 3–0  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) 3–0 PO
 Victor Peicov (MDA) 4–5  Takuya Ota (JPN) 1–3 PP

Round 6

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Score CP
Repechage
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 8–4  Alexander Leipold (GER) 3–1 PP
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 4–2  Kenny Monday (USA) 3–1 PP

Finals

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Score CP
Classification 7th–8th
 Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) WO  Victor Peicov (MDA) 0–4 PA
Classification 5th–6th
 Alexander Leipold (GER) WO  Kenny Monday (USA) 4–0 PA
Bronze medal match
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 3–5  Takuya Ota (JPN) 1–3 PP
Gold medal match
 Park Jang-soon (KOR) 0–5  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 0–3 PO

Final standing

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Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Park Jang-soon (KOR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takuya Ota (JPN)
4  Plamen Paskalev (BUL)
5  Alexander Leipold (GER)
6  Kenny Monday (USA)
7  Victor Peicov (MDA)
8  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)
9  David Hohl (CAN)
10  Valerij Verhušin (MKD)
11  Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)
12  Boris Budayev (UZB)
13  Árpád Ritter (HUN)
14  Igor Kozyr (BLR)
15  Radion Kertanti (SVK)
16  Issa Momeni (IRI)
17  Rein Ozoline (AUS)
18  Turan Ceylan (TUR)
19  Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
20  Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR)
20  Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)
20  Felipe Guzmán (MEX)

References

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