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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men

Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kg), Men

Date	19 – 20 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall G)
Participants	20 from 20 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament with classification rounds for placements.

Three wrestlers were expected to contend for the medals. Poland’s Andrzej Wroński was Olympic gold medalist in this class in 1988 and had finished fourth in 1992, and had won the Worlds and Europeans in 1994. Belarussian Sergey Lishtvan had won the 1996 European Championships. Sweden’s Mikael Ljungberg was World Champion in 1993 and 1995. Also highly considered was Cuba’s Héctor Milián, the defending gold medalist. Form held in this class as the semi-finals came down to Lishtvan against Ljungberg, and Wroński against Milián. Both matches were close but Wroński and Lishtvan advanced to the final. The final was excruciatingly boring, ending in a scoreless tie, decided by an officials’ decision, as Wroński won his second gold medal. Ljungberg won the bronze medal and would return in 2000 at Sydney and win gold.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	19	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	–	–	Gold
2	9	Siarhei Lishtvan	👁 Image BLR	–	–	Silver
3	2	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	5	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS	–	–
5	13	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB	–	–
6	17	Igor Grabovetchi	👁 Image MDA	–	–
7	8	Heorhiy Soldadze	👁 Image UKR	–	–
8	10	Todor Manov	👁 Image BUL	–	–
9	1	Takashi Nonomura	👁 Image JPN	7	13
10	3	Stipe Damjanović	👁 Image CRO	6	12
11	18	Urs Bürgler	👁 Image SUI	6	15
12	11	Jason Gleasman	👁 Image USA	5	16
13	15	Giuseppe Giunta	👁 Image ITA	4	3
14	16	Bakur Gogitidze	👁 Image GEO	4	4
15	6	Emilio Suárez	👁 Image VEN	3	3
16	12	Ba Yanchuan	👁 Image CHN	1	2
=17	20	Mohamed Naouar	👁 Image TUN	0	0
=17	4	Mohamed Basri	👁 Image MAR	0	0
=17	7	Juan Diego Giraldo	👁 Image COL	0	0
=17	14	Colbie Bell	👁 Image CAN	0	0

Round One

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	10	Takashi Nonomura	👁 Image JPN
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Stipe Damjanović	👁 Image CRO	6	Mohamed Basri	👁 Image MAR
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS	6	Emilio Suárez	👁 Image VEN
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Heorhiy Soldadze	👁 Image UKR	4	Juan Diego Giraldo	👁 Image COL
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	👁 Image BLR	2	Todor Manov	👁 Image BUL
Match #6	19 Jul	Hall G	Jason Gleasman	👁 Image USA	15	Ba Yanchuan	👁 Image CHN
Match #7	19 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB	12	Colbie Bell	👁 Image CAN
Match #8	19 Jul	Hall G	Giuseppe Giunta	👁 Image ITA	1	Bakur Gogitidze	👁 Image GEO
Match #9	19 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	👁 Image MDA	4	Urs Bürgler	👁 Image SUI
Match #10	19 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	10	Mohamed Naouar	👁 Image TUN

Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	5	Stipe Damjanović	👁 Image CRO
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Heorhiy Soldadze	👁 Image UKR	6	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	👁 Image BLR	3	Jason Gleasman	👁 Image USA
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB	3	Giuseppe Giunta	👁 Image ITA
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	0	Igor Grabovetchi	👁 Image MDA

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	5	Heorhiy Soldadze	👁 Image UKR
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	👁 Image BLR
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB
Match #4	20 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL

Semi-Finals

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Siarhei Lishtvan	👁 Image BLR	2	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	2	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB

Final Round

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Jul	Hall G	Andrzej Wroński	👁 Image POL	0	Siarhei Lishtvan	👁 Image BLR
Match 3/4	20 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	3	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS
Match 5/6	20 Jul	Hall G	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB
Match 7/8	20 Jul	Hall G	Heorhiy Soldadze	👁 Image UKR

Classification Round Two

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Takashi Nonomura	👁 Image JPN	10	Mohamed Basri	👁 Image MAR
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Emilio Suárez	👁 Image VEN	3	Juan Diego Giraldo	👁 Image COL
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Todor Manov	👁 Image BUL	4	Ba Yanchuan	👁 Image CHN
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Bakur Gogitidze	👁 Image GEO	3	Colbie Bell	👁 Image CAN
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Urs Bürgler	👁 Image SUI	11	Mohamed Naouar	👁 Image TUN

Classification Round Three

Date	19 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul	Hall G	Takashi Nonomura	👁 Image JPN	3	Emilio Suárez	👁 Image VEN
Match #2	19 Jul	Hall G	Todor Manov	👁 Image BUL	3	Bakur Gogitidze	👁 Image GEO
Match #3	19 Jul	Hall G	Stipe Damjanović	👁 Image CRO	6	Urs Bürgler	👁 Image SUI
Match #4	19 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS	4	Jason Gleasman	👁 Image USA
Match #5	19 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	👁 Image MDA	3	Giuseppe Giunta	👁 Image ITA

Classification Round Four

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Todor Manov	👁 Image BUL	2	Takashi Nonomura	👁 Image JPN
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS	5	Stipe Damjanović	👁 Image CRO
Match #3	20 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	👁 Image MDA	2	Heorhiy Soldadze	👁 Image UKR

Classification Round Five

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS	3	Todor Manov	👁 Image BUL
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Igor Grabovetchi	👁 Image MDA

Classification Round Six

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Hall G	Mikael Ljungberg	👁 Image SWE	5	Igor Grabovetchi	👁 Image MDA
Match #2	20 Jul	Hall G	Teymuraz Edisherashvili	👁 Image RUS	1	Héctor Milián	👁 Image CUB

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/132889

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