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

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	1–2 August 1996
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia Park Jang-soon  South Korea Takuya Ota  Japan

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.

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
David Hohl (CAN)	3–4	Boris Budayev (UZB)	1–3 PP
Rein Ozoline (AUS)	7–15 Fall	Valerij Verhušin (MKD)	0–4 TO
Takuya Ota (JPN)	11–0	Felipe Guzmán (MEX)	4–0 ST
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	3–5	Igor Kozyr (BLR)	1–3 PP
Park Jang-soon (KOR)	4–1	Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)	3–1 PP
Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	1–7	Victor Peicov (MDA)	1–3 PP
Radion Kertanti (SVK)	4–3	Turan Ceylan (TUR)	3–1 PP
Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)	1–1	Kenny Monday (USA)	1–3 PP
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	8–0	Issa Momeni (IRI)	3–0 PO
Alexander Leipold (GER)	6–0	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	3–0 PO
Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR)	0–10	Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	0–4 ST

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Boris Budayev (UZB)	0–8 Fall	Valerij Verhušin (MKD)	0–4 TO
Takuya Ota (JPN)	4–1	Igor Kozyr (BLR)	3–1 PP
Park Jang-soon (KOR)	3–0	Victor Peicov (MDA)	3–0 PO
Radion Kertanti (SVK)	1–5	Kenny Monday (USA)	1–3 PP
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3–1	Alexander Leipold (GER)	3–1 PP
Plamen Paskalev (BUL)		Bye
Repechage
David Hohl (CAN)	11–5	Rein Ozoline (AUS)	3–1 PP
Felipe Guzmán (MEX)	0–12	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	0–4 ST
Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)	4–0	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	3–0 PO
Turan Ceylan (TUR)	0–7	Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)	0–3 PO
Issa Momeni (IRI)	3–0	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	3–0 PO
Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	12–0	Valerij Verhušin (MKD)	4–0 ST
Takuya Ota (JPN)	0–5	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	0–3 PO
Kenny Monday (USA)		Bye
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)		Bye
Repechage
Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR)	0–10	David Hohl (CAN)	0–4 ST
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2–3	Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)	1–3 PP
Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)	4–1	Issa Momeni (IRI)	3–1 PP
Boris Budayev (UZB)	4–2	Igor Kozyr (BLR)	3–1 PP
Victor Peicov (MDA)	5–0	Radion Kertanti (SVK)	3–0 PO
Alexander Leipold (GER)		Bye

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	3–5	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	1–3 PP
Kenny Monday (USA)	1–6	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Alexander Leipold (GER)	10–2	David Hohl (CAN)	3–1 PP
Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)	6–2	Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)	3–1 PP
Boris Budayev (UZB)	3–5	Victor Peicov (MDA)	1–3 PP
Valerij Verhušin (MKD)	0–7	Takuya Ota (JPN)	0–3 PO

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Alexander Leipold (GER)	3–0	Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)	3–0 PO
Victor Peicov (MDA)	4–5	Takuya Ota (JPN)	1–3 PP

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	8–4	Alexander Leipold (GER)	3–1 PP
Takuya Ota (JPN)	4–2	Kenny Monday (USA)	3–1 PP

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)	WO	Victor Peicov (MDA)	0–4 PA
Classification 5th–6th
Alexander Leipold (GER)	WO	Kenny Monday (USA)	4–0 PA
Bronze medal match
Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	3–5	Takuya Ota (JPN)	1–3 PP
Gold medal match
Park Jang-soon (KOR)	0–5	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	0–3 PO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
	Park Jang-soon (KOR)
	Takuya Ota (JPN)
4	Plamen Paskalev (BUL)
5	Alexander Leipold (GER)
6	Kenny Monday (USA)
7	Victor Peicov (MDA)
8	Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)
9	David Hohl (CAN)
10	Valerij Verhušin (MKD)
11	Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)
12	Boris Budayev (UZB)
13	Árpád Ritter (HUN)
14	Igor Kozyr (BLR)
15	Radion Kertanti (SVK)
16	Issa Momeni (IRI)
17	Rein Ozoline (AUS)
18	Turan Ceylan (TUR)
19	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
20	Anthony Avom Mbume (CMR)
20	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)
20	Felipe Guzmán (MEX)

External links

• Official Report