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Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

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The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 31 to August 1.

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 Buvaisar Saitiev
 Russia
Silver Park Jang-soon
 South Korea
Bronze Takuya Ota
 Japan

Results

Round 1

Score
 David Hohl (CAN) 3–4  Boris Budayev (UZB)
 Rein Ozoline (AUS) 7–15  Valerij Verhušin (MKD)
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 11–0  Felipe Guzmán (MEX)
 Árpád Ritter (HUN) 3–5  Igor Kozyr (BLR)
 Park Jang-soon (KOR) 4–1  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)
 Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) 1–7  Victor Peicov (MDA)
 Radion Kertanti (SVK) 4–3  Turan Ceylan (TUR)
 Alberto Rodríguez (CUB) 1–1  Kenny Monday (USA)
 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 8–0  Issa Momeni (IRI)
 Alexander Leipold (GER) 6–0  Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)
 Anthony Avom (CMR) 0–10  Plamen Paskalev (BUL)

Round 2

Score
Losers table
 David Hohl (CAN) 11–5  Rein Ozoline (AUS)
 Felipe Guzmán (MEX) 0–12  Árpád Ritter (HUN)
 Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) 4–0  Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
 Turan Ceylan (TUR) 0–7  Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)
 Issa Momeni (IRI) 3–0  Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)
 Anthony Avom (CMR) Bye
Winners table
 Boris Budayev (UZB) 0–8 Fall  Valerij Verhušin (MKD)
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 4–1  Igor Kozyr (BLR)
 Park Jang-soon (KOR) 3–0  Victor Peicov (MDA)
 Radion Kertanti (SVK) 1–5  Kenny Monday (USA)
 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) 3–1  Alexander Leipold (GER)
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) Bye

Round 3

Score
Losers table
 Anthony Avom (CMR) 0–10  David Hohl (CAN)
 Árpád Ritter (HUN) 2–3  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)
 Alberto Rodríguez (CUB) 4–1  Issa Momeni (IRI)
 Boris Budayev (UZB) 4–2  Igor Kozyr (BLR)
 Victor Peicov (MDA) 5–0  Radion Kertanti (SVK)
 Alexander Leipold (GER) Bye
Winners table (Quarterfinals)
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 12–0  Valerij Verhušin (MKD)
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 0–5  Park Jang-soon (KOR)
 Kenny Monday (USA) Bye
 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) Bye

Round 4

Score
Losers table
 Alexander Leipold (GER) 10–2  David Hohl (CAN)
 Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) 6–2  Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)
 Boris Budayev (UZB) 3–5  Victor Peicov (MDA)
 Valerij Verhušin (MKD) 0–7  Takuya Ota (JPN)
Winners table (Semifinals)
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 3–5  Park Jang-soon (KOR)
 Kenny Monday (USA) 1–6  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)

Round 5

Score
Losers table
 Alexander Leipold (GER) 3–0  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)
 Victor Peicov (MDA) 4–5  Takuya Ota (JPN)

Round 6

Score
Losers table
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 8–4  Alexander Leipold (GER)
 Takuya Ota (JPN) 4–2  Kenny Monday (USA)

Finals

Score
7th place match
 Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE) WO  Victor Peicov (MDA)
5th place match
 Alexander Leipold (GER) WO  Kenny Monday (USA)
Bronze medal match
 Plamen Paskalev (BUL) 3–5  Takuya Ota (JPN)
Gold medal match
 Park Jang-soon (KOR) 0–5  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)

Final standing

Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Park Jang-soon (KOR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takuya Ota (JPN)
4  Plamen Paskalev (BUL)
5  Alexander Leipold (GER)
6  Kenny Monday (USA)
7  Victor Peicov (MDA)
8  Magomedsalam Gadzhiev (AZE)
9  David Hohl (CAN)
10  Valerij Verhušin (MKD)
11  Alberto Rodríguez (CUB)
12  Boris Budayev (UZB)
13  Árpád Ritter (HUN)
14  Igor Kozyr (BLR)
15  Radion Kertanti (SVK)
16  Issa Momeni (IRI)
17  Rein Ozoline (AUS)
18  Turan Ceylan (TUR)
19  Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
20  Anthony Avom (CMR)
20  Felipe Guzmán (MEX)
20  Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)

References