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

Event:	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates:	1–2 August 1996
Competitors:	22
Nations:	22
Gold:	Buvaisar Saitiev
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Park Jang-soon
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Takuya Ota
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score
1/16 finals
	3–4	1–3
	7–15 Fall	0–4
	11–0	4–0
	3–5	1–3
	4–1	3–1
	1–7	1–3
	4–3	3–1
	1–1	1–3
	8–0	3–0
	6–0	3–0
	0–10	0–4

Round 2

	Score
1/8 finals
	0–8 Fall		0–4
	4–1		3–1
	3–0		3–0
	1–5		1–3
	3–1		3–1
		Bye
Repechage
	11–5		3–1
	0–12		0–4
	4–0		3–0
	0–7		0–3
	3–0		3–0
		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	12–0		4–0
	0–5		0–3
		Bye
		Bye
Repechage
	0–10		0–4
	2–3		1–3
	4–1		3–1
	4–2		3–1
	5–0		3–0
		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Semifinals
	3–5	1–3
	1–6	1–3
Repechage
	10–2	3–1
	6–2	3–1
	3–5	1–3
	0–7	0–3

Round 5

	Score
Repechage
	3–0	3–0
	4–5	1–3

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	8–4	3–1
	4–2	3–1

Finals

	Score
Classification 7th–8th
	WO	0–4
Classification 5th–6th
	WO	4–0
Bronze medal match
	3–5	1–3
Gold medal match
	0–5	0–3

Final standing

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External links

Official Report

Notes and References

Web site: Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124841/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 3 May 2019.