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

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
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
	Park Jang-soon (KOR)
	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

• Official Report