Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

The men's freestyle 62 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]

Men's freestyle 62 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Dates1–2 August 1996
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Brands  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jang Jae-sung  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine
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Results edit

Legend
  • WO — Won by walkover

Round 1 edit

Score CP
1/16 finals
  Takahiro Wada (JPN) 11–0   Șerban Mumjiev (ROM) 4–0 ST
  Enrique Cubas (PER) 7–7   Jan Krzesiak (POL) 3–1 PP
  Arout Parsekian (CYP) 2–5   Jang Jae-sung (KOR) 1–3 PP
  Tjaart du Plessis (RSA) 1–5   Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) 1–3 PP
  István Demeter (HUN) 3–0   Anibál Nieves (PUR) 3–0 PO
  Abbas Hajkenari (IRI) 0–3   Tom Brands (USA) 0–3 PO
  Martin Müller (SUI) 0–6   Sergey Smal (BLR) 0–3 PO
  Marty Calder (CAN) 2–4   Jürgen Scheibe (GER) 1–3 PP
  Magomed Azizov (RUS) 10–0   Vath Chamroeun (CAM) 4–0 ST
  Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) 10–0   Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS) 4–0 ST
  Ramil Islamov (UZB) Bye

Round 2 edit

Score CP
1/8 finals
  Ramil Islamov (UZB) 2–3   Takahiro Wada (JPN) 1–3 PP
  Enrique Cubas (PER) 0–3   Jang Jae-sung (KOR) 0–3 PO
  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) 11–1   István Demeter (HUN) 4–1 SP
  Tom Brands (USA) 5–0   Sergey Smal (BLR) 3–0 PO
  Jürgen Scheibe (GER) 2–8   Magomed Azizov (RUS) 1–3 PP
  Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) Bye
Repechage
  Șerban Mumjiev (ROM) 12–1   Jan Krzesiak (POL) 4–1 SP
  Arout Parsekian (CYP) 3–1   Tjaart du Plessis (RSA) 3–1 PP
  Anibál Nieves (PUR) 8–3   Abbas Hajkenari (IRI) 3–1 PP
  Martin Müller (SUI) 0–6   Marty Calder (CAN) 0–3 PO
  Vath Chamroeun (CAM) 0–9 Fall   Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS) 0–4 TO

Round 3 edit

Score CP
Quarterfinals
  Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) 4–3   Takahiro Wada (JPN) 3–1 PP
  Jang Jae-sung (KOR) 3–1   Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) 3–1 PP
  Tom Brands (USA) Bye
  Magomed Azizov (RUS) Bye
Repechage
  Șerban Mumjiev (ROM) 2–7   Arout Parsekian (CYP) 1–3 PP
  Anibál Nieves (PUR) 0–3   Marty Calder (CAN) 0–3 PO
  Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS) 0–10   Ramil Islamov (UZB) 0–4 ST
  Enrique Cubas (PER) 1–11   István Demeter (HUN) 1–4 SP
  Sergey Smal (BLR) 8–1   Jürgen Scheibe (GER) 3–1 PP

Round 4 edit

Score CP
Semifinals
  Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) 1–1   Jang Jae-sung (KOR) 1–3 PP
  Tom Brands (USA) 4–1   Magomed Azizov (RUS) 3–1 PP
Repechage
  Arout Parsekian (CYP) 4–10   Marty Calder (CAN) 1–3 PP
  Ramil Islamov (UZB) 6–1   István Demeter (HUN) 3–1 PP
  Sergey Smal (BLR) 0–3   Takahiro Wada (JPN) 0–3 PO
  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) Bye

Round 5 edit

Score CP
Repechage
  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) 5–4   Ramil Islamov (UZB) 3–1 PP
  Marty Calder (CAN) 3–7   Takahiro Wada (JPN) 1–3 PP

Round 6 edit

Score CP
Repechage
  Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) 3–10   Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) 1–3 PP
  Takahiro Wada (JPN) 10–0   Magomed Azizov (RUS) 4–0 ST

Finals edit

Score CP
Classification 7th–8th
  Ramil Islamov (UZB) 1–9   Marty Calder (CAN) 1–3 PP
Classification 5th–6th
  Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) WO   Magomed Azizov (RUS) 0–4 PA
Bronze medal match
  Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) 3–1   Takahiro Wada (JPN) 3–1 PP
Gold medal match
  Jang Jae-sung (KOR) 0–7   Tom Brands (USA) 0–3 PO

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete
    Tom Brands (USA)
    Jang Jae-sung (KOR)
    Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)
4   Takahiro Wada (JPN)
5   Magomed Azizov (RUS)
6   Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)
7   Marty Calder (CAN)
8   Ramil Islamov (UZB)
9   István Demeter (HUN)
10   Arout Parsekian (CYP)
11   Sergey Smal (BLR)
12   Șerban Mumjiev (ROM)
13   Jürgen Scheibe (GER)
14   Enrique Cubas (PER)
15   Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS)
16   Anibál Nieves (PUR)
17   Jan Krzesiak (POL)
18   Tjaart du Plessis (RSA)
19   Abbas Hajkenari (IRI)
20   Vath Chamroeun (CAM)
20   Martin Müller (SUI)

References edit

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

External links edit