Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 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 48 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Kim Il
North Korea (PRK)
Silver  Armen Mkertchian
Armenia (ARM)
Bronze  Alexis Vila
Cuba (CUB)

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
 Isaac Jacob (NGR) 0 - 4  Alexis Vila (CUB)
 Mynor Ramírez (GUA) 0 - 12  Rob Eiter (USA)
 Armen Mkertchian (ARM) 10 - 0  José Restrepo (COL)
 Vitalie Railean (MDA) 10 - 0  Vlado Sokolov (MKD)
 Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROU) 2 - 3  Nougzar Tskouasseli (GRE)
 Kim Il (PRK) 12 - 2  Fariborz Besarati (SWE)
 Vougar Oroudjov (RUS) 4 - 6  Viktor Yefteni (UKR)
 Paul Ragusa (CAN) 1 - 7  Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL)
 Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ) 0 - 11  Jung Soon-Won (KOR)
 Filiberto Fernández (MEX) Bye

1/8 final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Filiberto Fernández (MEX) 0 - 11  Alexis Vila (CUB)
 Rob Eiter (USA) 2 - 9  Armen Mkertchian (ARM)
 Vitalie Railean (MDA) 10 - 1  Nougzar Tskouasseli (GRE)
 Kim Il (PRK) 3 - 0  Viktor Yefteni (UKR)
 Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL) 1 - 3  Jung Soon-Won (KOR)

1/4 final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Alexis Vila (CUB) 2 - 4  Armen Mkertchian (ARM)
 Vitalie Railean (MDA) Bye
 Kim Il (PRK) Bye
 Jung Soon-Won (KOR) Bye

1/2 final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Armen Mkertchian (ARM) 7 - 2  Vitalie Railean (MDA)
 Kim Il (PRK) 3 - 1  Jung Soon-Won (KOR)

Final

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Armen Mkertchian (ARM) 4 - 5  Kim Il (PRK)

Repechage

Round 2

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Isaac Jacob (NGR) 3 - 0  Mynor Ramírez (GUA)
 José Restrepo (COL) 4 - 15  Vlado Sokolov (MKD)
 Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROU) 6 - 3  Fariborz Besarati (SWE)
 Vougar Oroudjov (RUS) 12 - 0  Paul Ragusa (CAN)
 Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ) Bye

Round 3

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ) PA  Isaac Jacob (NGR)
 Vlado Sokolov (MKD) 3 - 7  Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROU)
 Vougar Oroudjov (RUS) 10 - 0  Filiberto Fernández (MEX)
 Rob Eiter (USA) 11 - 2  Nougzar Tskouasseli (GRE)
 Viktor Yefteni (UKR) 5 - 1  Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL)

Round 4

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Isaac Jacob (NGR) 6 - 7  Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROU)
 Vougar Oroudjov (RUS) 10 - 4  Rob Eiter (USA)
 Viktor Yefteni (UKR) 0 - 8  Alexis Vila (CUB)

Round 5

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROU) 0 - 10  Vougar Oroudjov (RUS)
 Alexis Vila (CUB) Bye

Round 6

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Vitalie Railean (MDA) 0 - 10  Alexis Vila (CUB)
 Vougar Oroudjov (RUS) 5 - 1  Jung Soon-Won (KOR)

7th-8th places

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROU) 3 - 1  Rob Eiter (USA)

5th-6th places

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Vitalie Railean (MDA) 0 - 4  Jung Soon-Won (KOR)

3rd-4th places

Wrestler 1 Score Wrestler 2
 Alexis Vila (CUB) 5 - 2  Vougar Oroudjov (RUS)

Final standings

  1.  Kim Il (PRK)
  2.  Armen Mkertchian (ARM)
  3.  Alexis Vila (CUB)
  4.  Vougar Oroudjov (RUS)
  5.  Jung Soon-Won (KOR)
  6.  Vitalie Railean (MDA)
  7.  Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROU)
  8.  Rob Eiter (USA)
  9.  Isaac Jacob (NGR)
  10.  Viktor Yefteni (UKR)
  11.  Vlado Sokolov (MKD)
  12.  Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL)
  13.  Nougzar Tskouasseli (GRE)
  14.  Fariborz Besarati (SWE)
  15.  José Restrepo (COL)
  16.  Paul Ragusa (CAN)
  17.  Mynor Ramírez (GUA),  Filiberto Fernández (MEX) and  Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ)

References