Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 130 kg

The men's freestyle 130 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center on August 1 and 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]

Men's freestyle 130 kg
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia World Congress Center
Dates1–2 August 1996
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mahmut Demir  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksey Medvedev  Belarus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruce Baumgartner  United States
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Results edit

Round 1 edit

Score CP
1/16 finals
  Amarjit Singh (GBR) 2–6   Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI) 1–3 PP
  Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 7–0   Neal Kranz (GUM) 3–0 PO
  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 10–0   Andy Borodow (CAN) 4–0 ST
  Igor Klimov (KAZ) 1–4   Andrey Shumilin (RUS) 1–3 PP
  Zaza Turmanidze (GEO) 8–0 Fall   Mick Pikos (AUS) 4–0 TO
  Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 7–1   Petros Bourdoulis (GRE) 3–1 PP
  Alfredo Far (PAN) 0–11   Feng Aigang (CHN) 0–4 ST
  Sven Thiele (GER) 1–0   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 3–0 PO
  Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 1–1   Mahmut Demir (TUR) 1–3 PP

Round 2 edit

Score CP
1/8 finals
  Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI) 0–3   Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 0–3 PO
  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 1–6   Andrey Shumilin (RUS) 1–3 PP
  Zaza Turmanidze (GEO) 1–3   Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 1–3 PP
  Feng Aigang (CHN) 1–1   Sven Thiele (GER) 1–3 PP
  Mahmut Demir (TUR) Bye
Repechage
  Amarjit Singh (GBR) 3–0   Neal Kranz (GUM) 3–0 PO
  Andy Borodow (CAN) 5–3   Igor Klimov (KAZ) 3–1 PP
  Mick Pikos (AUS) 0–6 Fall   Petros Bourdoulis (GRE) 0–4 TO
  Alfredo Far (PAN) 0–4 Fall   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 0–4 TO
  Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) Bye

Round 3 edit

Score CP
Quarterfinals
  Mahmut Demir (TUR) 4–0   Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 3–0 PO
  Andrey Shumilin (RUS) Bye
  Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) Bye
  Sven Thiele (GER) Bye
Repechage
  Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 4–0   Amarjit Singh (GBR) 3–0 PO
  Andy Borodow (CAN) 0–1   Petros Bourdoulis (GRE) 0–3 PO
  Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 3–2   Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI) 3–1 PP
  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 14–2   Zaza Turmanidze (GEO) 4–1 SP
  Feng Aigang (CHN) Bye

Round 4 edit

Score CP
Semifinals
  Mahmut Demir (TUR) 1–0   Andrey Shumilin (RUS) 3–0 PO
  Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 0–0   Sven Thiele (GER) 3–0 PO
Repechage
  Feng Aigang (CHN) 1–3   Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 1–3 PP
  Petros Bourdoulis (GRE) 1–7   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 1–3 PP
  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 11–0   Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 4–0 ST

Round 5 edit

Score CP
Repechage
  Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 1–3   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 1–3 PP
  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) Bye

Round 6 edit

Score CP
Repechage
  Andrey Shumilin (RUS) 3–0 Fall   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 4–0 TO
  Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 3–0   Sven Thiele (GER) 3–0 PO

Finals edit

Score CP
Classification 7th–8th
  Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 5–1   Petros Bourdoulis (GRE) 3–1 PP
Classification 5th–6th
  Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 3–1   Sven Thiele (GER) 3–1 PP
Bronze medal match
  Andrey Shumilin (RUS) 1–1   Bruce Baumgartner (USA) 1–3 PP
Gold medal match
  Mahmut Demir (TUR) 3–0   Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 3–0 PO

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete
    Mahmut Demir (TUR)
    Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)
    Bruce Baumgartner (USA)
4   Andrey Shumilin (RUS)
5   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)
6   Sven Thiele (GER)
7   Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)
8   Petros Bourdoulis (GRE)
9   Feng Aigang (CHN)
10   Zaza Turmanidze (GEO)
11   Zsolt Gombos (HUN)
12   Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI)
13   Amarjit Singh (GBR)
14   Andy Borodow (CAN)
15   Igor Klimov (KAZ)
16   Mick Pikos (AUS)
16   Neal Kranz (GUM)
16   Alfredo Far (PAN)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

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