Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 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 Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Yuriy Melnichenko
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Silver  Dennis Hall
United States (USA)
Bronze  Sheng Zetian
China (CHN)

Tournament results

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.

Legend

Main table

Round 1

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Nabil Salhi (TUN) 0 - 4  Aghasi Manukyan (ARM)
 Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) 5 - 1  Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU)
 Alexander Ignatenko (RUS) 0 - 11  Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
 Marian Sandu (ROU) 3 - 2  Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
 Armando Fernández (MEX) 0 - 12  Rifat Yildiz (GER)
 Luis Sarmiento (CUB) 5 - 0  David Maia (POR)
 Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) 6 - 17  Park Chi-Ho (KOR)
 Şeref Eroğlu (TUR) 0 - 3  Dennis Hall (USA)
 Aigars Jansons (LAT) 4 - 3  Stanisław Pawłowski (POL)
 Vilayet Agayev (AZE) 4 - 5  Sheng Zetian (CHN)

1/8 final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Aghasi Manukyan (ARM) 0 - 11  Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
 Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) 4 - 0  Marian Sandu (ROU)
 Rifat Yildiz (GER) 4 - 1  Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
 Park Chi-Ho (KOR) 2 - 3  Dennis Hall (USA)
 Aigars Jansons (LAT) 1 - 7  Sheng Zetian (CHN)

1/4 final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) 1 - 8  Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
 Rifat Yildiz (GER) Bye
 Dennis Hall (USA) Bye
 Sheng Zetian (CHN) Bye

1/2 final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) 3 - 0  Rifat Yildiz (GER)
 Dennis Hall (USA) 1 - 0  Sheng Zetian (CHN)

Final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) 4 - 1  Dennis Hall (USA)

Repechage

Round 2

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Nabil Salhi (TUN) 0 - 11  Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU)
 Alexander Ignatenko (RUS) 2 - 3  Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
 Armando Fernández (MEX) 7 - 3  David Maia (POR)
 Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) 8 - 7  Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)
 Stanisław Pawłowski (POL) 3 - 4  Vilayet Agayev (AZE)

Round 3

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) 5 - 6  Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
 Armando Fernández (MEX) 0 - 12  Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)
 Vilayet Agayev (AZE) 7 - 2  Aghasi Manukyan (ARM)
 Marian Sandu (ROU) 0 - 7  Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
 Park Chi-Ho (KOR) 2 - 9  Aigars Jansons (LAT)

Round 4

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) 4 - 2  Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)
 Vilayet Agayev (AZE) 0 - 1  Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
 Aigars Jansons (LAT) 4 - 9  Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)

Round 5

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) 2 - 4  Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
 Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) Bye

Round 6

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Rifat Yildiz (GER) 2 - 3  Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
 Luis Sarmiento (CUB) 2 - 8  Sheng Zetian (CHN)

7th-8th places

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) 5 - 4  Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)

5th-6th places

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Rifat Yildiz (GER) PA  Luis Sarmiento (CUB)

3rd-4th places

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) 0 - 4  Sheng Zetian (CHN)

Final standings

  1.  Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
  2.  Dennis Hall (USA)
  3.  Sheng Zetian (CHN)
  4.  Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
  5.  Rifat Yildiz (GER)
  6.  Luis Sarmiento (CUB)
  7.  Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
  8.  Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN)
  9.  Aigars Jansons (LAT)
  10.  Vilayet Agayev (AZE)
  11.  Park Chi-Ho (KOR)
  12.  Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU)
  13.  Aghasi Manukyan (ARM)
  14.  Armando Fernández (MEX)
  15.  Marian Sandu (ROU)
  16.  Stanisław Pawłowski (POL)
  17.  Şeref Eroğlu (TUR)
  18.  David Maia (POR)
  19.  Alexander Ignatenko (RUS)
  20.  Nabil Salhi (TUN)

References