Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Freestyle
[edit] Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details |
 Sim Kwon-HoSouth Korea (KOR) |
 Aleksandr PavlovBelarus (BLR) |
 Zafar GuliyevRussia (RUS) |
| 52 kg details |
 Armen NazarianArmenia (ARM) |
 Brandon PaulsonUnited States (USA) |
 Andriy KalashnikovUkraine (UKR) |
| 57 kg details |
 Yuriy MelnichenkoKazakhstan (KAZ) |
Dennis Hall United States (USA) |
 Sheng ZetianChina (CHN) |
| 62 kg details |
 Włodzimierz ZawadzkiPoland (POL) |
 Juan MarénCuba (CUB) |
 Mehmet Akif PirimTurkey (TUR) |
| 68 kg details |
Ryszard Wolny Poland (POL) |
 Ghani YalouzFrance (FRA) |
Alexander Tretyakov Russia (RUS) |
| 74 kg details |
Filiberto Azcuy Cuba (CUB) |
 Marko AsellFinland (FIN) |
Józef Tracz Poland (POL) |
| 82 kg details |
Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey (TUR) |
 Thomas ZanderGermany (GER) |
Valeriy Tsilent Belarus (BLR) |
| 90 kg details |
Vyacheslav Oleynyk Ukraine (UKR) |
Jacek Fafiński Poland (POL) |
Maik Bullmann Germany (GER) |
| 100 kg details |
Andrzej Wroński Poland (POL) |
Sergey Lishtvan Belarus (BLR) |
 Mikael LjungbergSweden (SWE) |
| 130 kg details |
Alexander Karelin Russia (RUS) |
Matt Ghaffari United States (USA) |
 Sergei MureikoMoldova (MDA) |
[edit] Medal Table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | United States (USA) |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cuba (CUB) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Armenia (ARM) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  North Korea (PRK) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Belarus (BLR) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada (CAN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| France (FRA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Finland (FIN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| China (CHN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova (MDA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Participating nations
A total of 401 wrestlers from 75 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:
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[edit] References
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