Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 52 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.

Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	22–23 July 1996
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Armen Nazaryan  Armenia Brandon Paulson  United States Andriy Kalashnikov  Ukraine

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Results

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	0–6 Fall	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	0–4 TO
Samvel Danielyan (RUS)	11–4	Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB)	3–1 PP
Pappu Yadav (IND)	0–10	Ha Tae-yeon (KOR)	0–4 ST
Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	0–10	Armen Nazaryan (ARM)	0–4 ST
Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0–5	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	0–3 PO
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	1–3	Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	1–3 PP
Yordan Anev (BUL)	11–0	Tiebiri Godswill (NGR)	4–0 ST
Ruslan Vartanov (LTU)	1–4	Nurym Dyusenov (KAZ)	1–3 PP
Ibad Akhmedov (BLR)	11–0	Ulises Valentin (DOM)	4–0 ST
Joel Basaldúa (PER)	0–6 Fall	Brandon Paulson (USA)	0–4 TO

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	0–8	Samvel Danielyan (RUS)	0–3 PO
Ha Tae-yeon (KOR)	2–12	Armen Nazaryan (ARM)	1–4 SP
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	5–0	Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	3–0 PO
Yordan Anev (BUL)	9–6	Nurym Dyusenov (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Ibad Akhmedov (BLR)	1–6	Brandon Paulson (USA)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	12–0 Fall	Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB)	4–0 TO
Pappu Yadav (IND)	0–11	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	0–4 ST
Jon Rønningen (NOR)	0–9	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	0–3 PO
Tiebiri Godswill (NGR)	0–4	Ruslan Vartanov (LTU)	0–3 PO
Ulises Valentin (DOM)	14–1 Fall	Joel Basaldúa (PER)	4–0 TO

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Samvel Danielyan (RUS)	0–3	Armen Nazaryan (ARM)	0–3 PO
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)		Bye
Yordan Anev (BUL)		Bye
Brandon Paulson (USA)		Bye
Repechage
Valentin Rebegea (ROM)	1–3	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	1–3 PP
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	8–0	Ruslan Vartanov (LTU)	3–0 PO
Ulises Valentin (DOM)	0–3 Fall	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	0–4 TO
Ha Tae-yeon (KOR)	10–0	Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)	4–0 ST
Nurym Dyusenov (KAZ)	5–4	Ibad Akhmedov (BLR)	3–1 PP

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Armen Nazaryan (ARM)	7–1	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	3–1 PP
Yordan Anev (BUL)	2–6	Brandon Paulson (USA)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	3–0 Fall	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	4–0 TO
Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	3–2	Ha Tae-yeon (KOR)	3–1 PP
Nurym Dyusenov (KAZ)	0–11	Samvel Danielyan (RUS)	0–4 ST

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	8–5	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	3–1 PP
Samvel Danielyan (RUS)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	8–9	Samvel Danielyan (RUS)	1–3 PP
Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	5–0	Yordan Anev (BUL)	3–0 PO

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	2–3	Ha Tae-yeon (KOR)	1–3 PP
Classification 5th–6th
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	5–0	Yordan Anev (BUL)	3–0 PO
Bronze medal match
Samvel Danielyan (RUS)	1–4	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	1–3 PP
Gold medal match
Armen Nazaryan (ARM)	5–1	Brandon Paulson (USA)	3–1 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Armen Nazaryan (ARM)
	Brandon Paulson (USA)
	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)
4	Samvel Danielyan (RUS)
5	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)
6	Yordan Anev (BUL)
7	Ha Tae-yeon (KOR)
8	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)
9	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)
10	Nurym Dyusenov (KAZ)
11	Ibad Akhmedov (BLR)
12	Valentin Rebegea (ROM)
13	Ulises Valentin (DOM)
14	Ruslan Vartanov (LTU)
15	Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)
16	Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB)
17	Pappu Yadav (IND)
17	Tiebiri Godswill (NGR)
17	Jon Rønningen (NOR)
17	Joel Basaldúa (PER)

External links

• Official Report