Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 130 kg explained

Event:Men's freestyle 130 kg
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Georgia World Congress Center
Dates:1–2 August 1996
Competitors:18
Nations:18
Gold:Mahmut Demir
Goldnoc:TUR
Silver:Aleksey Medvedev
Silvernoc:BLR
Bronze:Bruce Baumgartner
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1992
Next:2000

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The men's freestyle 130 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center on August 1 and 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

Round 1

Score
1/16 finals
2–6 1–3
7–0 3–0
10–0 4–0
1–4 1–3
8–0 Fall 4–0
7–1 3–1
0–11 0–4
1–0 3–0
1–1 1–3

Round 2

Score
1/8 finals
0–3 0–3
1–6 1–3
1–3 1–3
1–1 1–3
Bye
Repechage
3–0 3–0
5–3 3–1
0–6 Fall 0–4
0–4 Fall 0–4
Bye

Round 3

Score
Quarterfinals
4–0 3–0
Bye
Bye
Bye
Repechage
4–0 3–0
0–1 0–3
3–2 3–1
14–2 4–1
Bye

Round 4

Score
Semifinals
1–0 3–0
0–0 3–0
Repechage
1–3 1–3
1–7 1–3
11–0 4–0

Round 5

Score
Repechage
1–3 1–3
Bye

Round 6

Score
Repechage
3–0 Fall 4–0
3–0 3–0

Finals

Score
Classification 7th–8th
5–1 3–1
Classification 5th–6th
3–1 3–1
Bronze medal match
1–1 1–3
Gold medal match
3–0 3–0

Final standing

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/WRE/mens-super-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 3 May 2019.