Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

The men's freestyle 52 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.^[1]

Men's freestyle 52 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	1–2 August 1996
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan Maulen Mamyrov  Kazakhstan
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Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–11	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1–4 SP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	7–0	Lou Rosselli (USA)	3–0 PO
Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	6–0	Roman Kollar (SVK)	3–0 PO
Carlos Varela (CUB)	0–4	Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	0–3 PO
Gregory Fitzgerald (AUS)	0–10	David Legrand (FRA)	0–4 ST
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	10–0	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	4–0 ST
Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)	0–10	Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)	0–4 ST
Víctor Rodríguez (MEX)	0–10 Fall	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	0–4 TO
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	11–4	Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	3–1 PP
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	5–7	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1–3 PP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	11–0	Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	4–0 ST
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	5–0	David Legrand (FRA)	3–0 PO
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	3–1	Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)	3–1 PP
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	4–2	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	3–1 PP
Repechage
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–3	Lou Rosselli (USA)	1–3 PP
Roman Kollar (SVK)	3–2	Carlos Varela (CUB)	3–1 PP
Gregory Fitzgerald (AUS)	0–6 Fall	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	0–4 TO
Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)	2–0	Víctor Rodríguez (MEX)	3–0 PO
Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	0–11	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	0–4 ST
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)		Bye
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)		Bye
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)		Bye
Repechage
Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	2–4	Lou Rosselli (USA)	1–3 PP
Roman Kollar (SVK)	3–6	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	1–3 PP
Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)	0–3 Fall	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	0–4 TO
Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	12–5	David Legrand (FRA)	3–1 PP
Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)	1–2	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	1–3 PP

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	10–0	Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	4–0 ST
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	3–7	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Lou Rosselli (USA)	WO	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	0–4 PA
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	5–1 Fall	Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	4–0 TO
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	4–0 Fall	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	4–0 TO

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	1–13	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	1–4 SP
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	1–3	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	1–3 PP
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	5–11	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1–3 PP

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	0–11	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Classification 5th–6th
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	4–2	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	3–1 PP
Bronze medal match
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	2–3	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1–3 PP
Gold medal match
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	3–4	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	1–3 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)
	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)
4	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)
5	Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)
6	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)
7	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)
8	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)
9	Hideo Sasayama (JPN)
10	Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)
11	Lou Rosselli (USA)
12	David Legrand (FRA)
13	Roman Kollar (SVK)
14	Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)
15	Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)
16	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)
17	Carlos Varela (CUB)
18	Gregory Fitzgerald (AUS)
18	Víctor Rodríguez (MEX)