Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	48 kg			48 kg
	52 kg			52 kg
	57 kg			57 kg
	62 kg			62 kg
	68 kg			68 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	82 kg			82 kg
	90 kg			90 kg
	100 kg			100 kg
	130 kg			130 kg

The Men's Freestyle 57 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 29 to July 30.

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.

Medalists

Gold	Kendall Cross  United States
Silver	Guivi Sissaouri  Canada
Bronze	Ri Yong-sam  North Korea

Results

Round 1

	Score
Mohammad Talaei (IRI)	4–1	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	5–3	Aslanbek Fidarov (UKR)
Nazim Alidzhanov (MDA)	8–10	Artur Fyodorov (KAZ)
Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)	3–8	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
Bagavdin Umakhanov (RUS)	4–0	Michele Liuzzi (ITA)
Bogdan Ciufulescu (ROU)	0–10	Sanshiro Abe (JPN)
Kendall Cross (USA)	10–0	Talata Embalo (GBS)
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	3–0	Harun Doğan (TUR)
Cory O'Brien (AUS)	0–10	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
Alejandro Puerto (CUB)	3–4	Šaban Trstena (MKD)
Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)		Bye

Round 2

	Score
Losers table
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	11–0	Aslanbek Fidarov (UKR)
Nazim Alidzhanov (MDA)	7–6	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)
Michele Liuzzi (ITA)	5–1	Bogdan Ciufulescu (ROU)
Talata Embalo (GBS)	0–3 Fall	Harun Doğan (TUR)
Cory O'Brien (AUS)	1–9	Alejandro Puerto (CUB)
Winners table
Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	5–3	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	3–1	Artur Fyodorov (KAZ)
Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	1–1	Bagavdin Umakhanov (RUS)
Sanshiro Abe (JPN)	2–4	Kendall Cross (USA)
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	5–1	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
Šaban Trstena (MKD)		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Losers table
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	4–3	Nazim Alidzhanov (MDA)
Michele Liuzzi (ITA)	0–4	Harun Doğan (TUR)
Alejandro Puerto (CUB)	0–5	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)
Artur Fyodorov (KAZ)	2–5	Bagavdin Umakhanov (RUS)
Sanshiro Abe (JPN)	5–3	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
Winners table (Quarterfinals)
Šaban Trstena (MKD)	7–3	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0–8	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
Kendall Cross (USA)		Bye
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Losers table
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	1–3	Harun Doğan (TUR)
Mohammad Talaei (IRI)	1–0	Bagavdin Umakhanov (RUS)
Sanshiro Abe (JPN)	5–6	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)		Bye
Winners table (Semifinals)
Šaban Trstena (MKD)	1–4	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
Kendall Cross (USA)	12–2	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)

Round 5

	Score
Losers table
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	2–4	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)
Harun Doğan (TUR)	3–0	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)

Round 6

	Score
Losers table
Šaban Trstena (MKD)	2–3	Harun Doğan (TUR)
Mohammad Talaei (IRI)	0–4 Fall	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)

Finals

	Score
7th place match
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	2–3	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)
5th place match
Šaban Trstena (MKD)	4–3	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)
Bronze medal match
Harun Doğan (TUR)	0–3	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)
Gold medal match
Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	3–5	Kendall Cross (USA)

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Kendall Cross (USA)
	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)
4	Harun Doğan (TUR)
5	Šaban Trstena (MKD)
6	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)
7	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)
8	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)
9	Sanshiro Abe (JPN)
10	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)
11	Bagavdin Umakhanov (RUS)
12	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
13	Artur Fyodorov (KAZ)
14	Nazim Alidzhanov (MDA)
15	Alejandro Puerto (CUB)
16	Michele Liuzzi (ITA)
17	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)
18	Aslanbek Fidarov (UKR)
19	Cory O'Brien (AUS)
19	Bogdan Ciufulescu (ROU)
21	Talata Embalo (GBS)

References

• Official Report