Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

Men's freestyle 48 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	29–30 July 1996
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Kim Il  North Korea Armen Mkrtchyan  Armenia Alexis Vila  Cuba

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The men's freestyle 48 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 29 to July 30. 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.

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Isaac Jacob (NGR)	0–4	Alexis Vila (CUB)	0–3 PO
Mynor Ramírez (GUA)	0–12	Rob Eiter (USA)	0–4 ST
Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM)	10–0	José Restrepo (COL)	4–0 ST
Vitalie Railean (MDA)	10–0	Vlatko Sokolov (MKD)	4–0 ST
Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM)	2–3	Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE)	1–3 PP
Kim Il (PRK)	12–2	Fariborz Besarati (SWE)	4–1 SP
Vugar Orujov (RUS)	4–6	Viktor Yefteni (UKR)	1–3 PP
Paul Ragusa (CAN)	1–7	Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL)	1–3 PP
Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ)	0–11	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	0–4 ST
Filiberto Fernández (MEX)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Filiberto Fernández (MEX)	0–11	Alexis Vila (CUB)	0–4 ST
Rob Eiter (USA)	2–9	Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM)	1–3 PP
Vitalie Railean (MDA)	10–1	Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE)	3–1 PP
Kim Il (PRK)	3–0	Viktor Yefteni (UKR)	3–0 PO
Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL)	1–3	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Isaac Jacob (NGR)	3–0	Mynor Ramírez (GUA)	3–0 PO
José Restrepo (COL)	4–15	Vlatko Sokolov (MKD)	1–4 SP
Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM)	6–3	Fariborz Besarati (SWE)	3–1 PP
Vugar Orujov (RUS)	12–0	Paul Ragusa (CAN)	4–0 ST
Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Alexis Vila (CUB)	2–4	Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM)	1–3 PP
Vitalie Railean (MDA)		Bye
Kim Il (PRK)		Bye
Jung Soon-won (KOR)		Bye
Repechage
Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ)	WO	Isaac Jacob (NGR)	0–4 PA
Vlatko Sokolov (MKD)	3–7	Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM)	1–3 PP
Vugar Orujov (RUS)	10–0	Filiberto Fernández (MEX)	4–0 ST
Rob Eiter (USA)	11–2	Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE)	3–1 PP
Viktor Yefteni (UKR)	5–1	Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL)	3–1 PP

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM)	7–2	Vitalie Railean (MDA)	3–1 PP
Kim Il (PRK)	3–1	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	3–1 PP
Repechage
Isaac Jacob (NGR)	6–7	Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM)	1–3 PP
Vugar Orujov (RUS)	10–4	Rob Eiter (USA)	3–1 PP
Viktor Yefteni (UKR)	0–8	Alexis Vila (CUB)	0–3 PO

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM)	0–10	Vugar Orujov (RUS)	0–4 ST
Alexis Vila (CUB)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Vitalie Railean (MDA)	0–10	Alexis Vila (CUB)	0–4 ST
Vugar Orujov (RUS)	5–1	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	3–1 PP

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM)	3–1	Rob Eiter (USA)	3–1 PP
Classification 5th–6th
Vitalie Railean (MDA)	0–4	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	0–3 PO
Bronze medal match
Alexis Vila (CUB)	5–2	Vugar Orujov (RUS)	3–1 PP
Gold medal match
Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM)	4–5	Kim Il (PRK)	1–3 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Kim Il (PRK)
	Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM)
	Alexis Vila (CUB)
4	Vugar Orujov (RUS)
5	Jung Soon-won (KOR)
6	Vitalie Railean (MDA)
7	Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM)
8	Rob Eiter (USA)
9	Isaac Jacob (NGR)
10	Viktor Yefteni (UKR)
11	Vlatko Sokolov (MKD)
12	Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL)
13	Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE)
14	Fariborz Besarati (SWE)
15	José Restrepo (COL)
16	Paul Ragusa (CAN)
17	Mynor Ramírez (GUA)
17	Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ)
17	Filiberto Fernández (MEX)

External links

• Official Report