Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 22 to July 23. 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 Greco-Roman 130 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	22–23 July 1996
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Aleksandr Karelin  Russia Matt Ghaffari  United States Sergei Mureiko  Moldova
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Results

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Rachid Belaziz (MAR)	0–8	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	10–0	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	4–0 ST
Sergei Mureiko (MDA)	12–1	Laurenţiu Amariei (ROM)	4–1 SP
Yogi Johl (CAN)	0–0	Helger Hallik (EST)	0–3 PO
Guillermo Díaz (MEX)	0–10	Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)	0–4 ST
Petro Kotok (UKR)	5–0	Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)	3–0 PO
Matt Ghaffari (USA)	7–1	Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)	3–1 PP
Liu Guoke (CHN)	0–3	René Schiekel (GER)	0–3 PO
Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)	0–3	György Kékes (HUN)	0–3 PO
Juha Ahokas (FIN)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Juha Ahokas (FIN)	2–0	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	3–0 PO
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	2–0	Sergei Mureiko (MDA)	3–0 PO
Helger Hallik (EST)	0–3	Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)	0–3 PO
Petro Kotok (UKR)	0–3	Matt Ghaffari (USA)	0–3 PO
René Schiekel (GER)	2–0	György Kékes (HUN)	3–0 PO
Repechage
Rachid Belaziz (MAR)	2–4	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	1–3 PP
Laurenţiu Amariei (ROM)	1–3	Yogi Johl (CAN)	1–3 PP
Guillermo Díaz (MEX)	2–4	Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)	1–3 PP
Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)	6–1	Liu Guoke (CHN)	3–1 PP
Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Juha Ahokas (FIN)	0–4 Fall	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	0–4 TO
Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)		Bye
Matt Ghaffari (USA)		Bye
René Schiekel (GER)		Bye
Repechage
Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)	4–3	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3–1 PP
Yogi Johl (CAN)	0–2	Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)	0–3 PO
Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)	1–1	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	1–3 PP
Sergei Mureiko (MDA)	4–0	Helger Hallik (EST)	3–0 PO
Petro Kotok (UKR)	4–0	György Kékes (HUN)	3–0 PO

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	8–0 Fall	Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)	4–0 TO
Matt Ghaffari (USA)	4–0	René Schiekel (GER)	3–0 PO
Repechage
Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)	8–0	Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)	3–0 PO
Tomas Johansson (SWE)	0–3	Sergei Mureiko (MDA)	0–3 PO
Petro Kotok (UKR)	2–0	Juha Ahokas (FIN)	3–0 PO

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)	0–11	Sergei Mureiko (MDA)	0–4 ST
Petro Kotok (UKR)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)	1–3	Petro Kotok (UKR)	1–3 PP
Sergei Mureiko (MDA)	5–0	René Schiekel (GER)	3–0 PO

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)	0–8 Fall	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	0–4 TO
Classification 5th–6th
Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)	3–0	René Schiekel (GER)	3–0 PO
Bronze medal match
Petro Kotok (UKR)	0–1	Sergei Mureiko (MDA)	0–3 PO
Gold medal match
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	1–0	Matt Ghaffari (USA)	3–0 PO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)
	Matt Ghaffari (USA)
	Sergei Mureiko (MDA)
4	Petro Kotok (UKR)
5	Panagiotis Poikilidis (GRE)
6	René Schiekel (GER)
7	Tomas Johansson (SWE)
8	Kenichi Suzuki (JPN)
9	Raoul Dgvareli (TJK)
10	Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB)
11	Omrane Ayari (TUN)
12	György Kékes (HUN)
13	Yogi Johl (CAN)
14	Juha Ahokas (FIN)
15	Helger Hallik (EST)
16	Laurenţiu Amariei (ROM)
17	Rachid Belaziz (MAR)
18	Guillermo Díaz (MEX)
19	Liu Guoke (CHN)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

External links

• Official Report