Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 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 130 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 21 to July 22.

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

GoldAleksandr Karelin
 Russia
SilverMatt Ghaffari
 United States
BronzeSergei Mureiko
 Moldova

Results

Round 1

Score
 Rachid Belaziz (MAR) 0–8  Tomas Johansson (SWE)
 Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) 10–0  Omrane Ayari (TUN)
 Sergei Mureiko (MDA) 12–1  Gheorghe Amariei (ROU)
 Yogi Johl (CAN) 0–0  Helger Hallik (EST)
 Guillermo Díaz (MEX) 0–10  Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)
 Petro Kotok (UKR) 5–0  Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)
 Matt Ghaffari (USA) 7–1  Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)
 Liu Guoke (CHN) 0–3  René Schiekel (GER)
 Kenichi Suzuki (JPN) 0–3  György Kékes (HUN)
 Juha Ahokas (FIN) Bye

Round 2

Score
Losers table
 Rachid Belaziz (MAR) 2–4  Omrane Ayari (TUN)
 Gheorghe Amariei (ROU) 1–3  Yogi Johl (CAN)
 Guillermo Díaz (MEX) 2–4  Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)
 Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB) 6–1  Liu Guoke (CHN)
 Kenichi Suzuki (JPN) Bye
Winners table
 Juha Ahokas (FIN) 2–0  Tomas Johansson (SWE)
 Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) 2–0  Sergei Mureiko (MDA)
 Helger Hallik (EST) 0–3  Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)
 Petro Kotok (UKR) 0–3  Matt Ghaffari (USA)
 René Schiekel (GER) 2–0  György Kékes (HUN)

Round 3

Score
Losers table
 Kenichi Suzuki (JPN) 4–3  Omrane Ayari (TUN)
 Yogi Johl (CAN) 0–2  Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)
 Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB) 1–1  Tomas Johansson (SWE)
 Sergei Mureiko (MDA) 4–0  Helger Hallik (EST)
 Petro Kotok (UKR) 4–0  György Kékes (HUN)
Winners table (Quarterfinals)
 Juha Ahokas (FIN) 0–4 Fall  Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)
 Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE) Bye
 Matt Ghaffari (USA) Bye
 René Schiekel (GER) Bye

Round 4

Score
Losers table
 Kenichi Suzuki (JPN) 8–0  Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)
 Tomas Johansson (SWE) 0–3  Sergei Mureiko (MDA)
 Petro Kotok (UKR) 2–0  Juha Ahokas (FIN)
Winners table (Semifinals)
 Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) 8–0 Fall  Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)
 Matt Ghaffari (USA) 4–0  René Schiekel (GER)

Round 5

Score
Losers table
 Kenichi Suzuki (JPN) 0–11  Sergei Mureiko (MDA)
 Petro Kotok (UKR) Bye

Round 6

Score
Losers table
 Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE) 1–3  Petro Kotok (UKR)
 Sergei Mureiko (MDA) 5–0  René Schiekel (GER)

Finals

Score
7th place match
 Kenichi Suzuki (JPN) 0–8 Fall  Tomas Johansson (SWE)
5th place match
 Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE) 3–0  René Schiekel (GER)
Bronze medal match
 Petro Kotok (UKR) 0–1  Sergei Mureiko (MDA)
Gold medal match
 Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) 1–0  Matt Ghaffari (USA)

Final standing

Rank Athlete
1st, gold medalist(s)  Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Matt Ghaffari (USA)
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Sergei Mureiko (MDA)
4  Petro Kotok (UKR)
5  Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)
6  René Schiekel (GER)
7  Tomas Johansson (SWE)
8  Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)
9  Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)
10  Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)
11  Omrane Ayari (TUN)
12  György Kékes (HUN)
13  Yogi Johl (CAN)
14  Juha Ahokas (FIN)
15  Helger Hallik (EST)
16  Gheorghe Amariei (ROU)
17  Rachid Belaziz (MAR)
18  Guillermo Díaz (MEX)
19  Liu Guoke (CHN)

References

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