Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 kg

Men's freestyle 52 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	1–2 August 1996
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Valentin Yordanov  Bulgaria Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan Maulen Mamyrov  Kazakhstan

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 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 52 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from August 1 to August 2. 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.^[1]

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–11	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1–4 SP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	7–0	Lou Rosselli (USA)	3–0 PO
Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	6–0	Roman Kollar (SVK)	3–0 PO
Carlos Varela (CUB)	0–4	Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	0–3 PO
Gregory Fitzgerald (AUS)	0–10	David Legrand (FRA)	0–4 ST
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	10–0	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	4–0 ST
Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)	0–10	Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)	0–4 ST
Víctor Rodríguez (MEX)	0–10 Fall	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	0–4 TO
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	11–4	Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	3–1 PP
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)		Bye

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	5–7	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1–3 PP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	11–0	Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	4–0 ST
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	5–0	David Legrand (FRA)	3–0 PO
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	3–1	Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)	3–1 PP
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	4–2	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	3–1 PP
Repechage
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–3	Lou Rosselli (USA)	1–3 PP
Roman Kollar (SVK)	3–2	Carlos Varela (CUB)	3–1 PP
Gregory Fitzgerald (AUS)	0–6 Fall	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	0–4 TO
Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)	2–0	Víctor Rodríguez (MEX)	3–0 PO
Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)		Bye

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	0–11	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	0–4 ST
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)		Bye
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)		Bye
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)		Bye
Repechage
Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)	2–4	Lou Rosselli (USA)	1–3 PP
Roman Kollar (SVK)	3–6	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	1–3 PP
Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)	0–3 Fall	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	0–4 TO
Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	12–5	David Legrand (FRA)	3–1 PP
Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)	1–2	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	1–3 PP

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	10–0	Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	4–0 ST
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	3–7	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Lou Rosselli (USA)	WO	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	0–4 PA
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	5–1 Fall	Hideo Sasayama (JPN)	4–0 TO
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	4–0 Fall	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	4–0 TO

	Score		CP
Repechage
Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	1–13	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	1–4 SP
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)		Bye

	Score		CP
Repechage
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	1–3	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	1–3 PP
Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	5–11	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1–3 PP

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Greg Woodcroft (CAN)	0–11	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Classification 5th–6th
Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)	4–2	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)	3–1 PP
Bronze medal match
Chechenol Mongush (RUS)	2–3	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1–3 PP
Gold medal match
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	3–4	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	1–3 PP

Rank	Athlete
	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)
	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)
4	Chechenol Mongush (RUS)
5	Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)
6	Metin Topaktaş (TUR)
7	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)
8	Greg Woodcroft (CAN)
9	Hideo Sasayama (JPN)
10	Vladimir Toguzov (UKR)
11	Lou Rosselli (USA)
12	David Legrand (FRA)
13	Roman Kollar (SVK)
14	Omar Kedjaouer (ALG)
15	Constantin Corduneanu (ROM)
16	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)
17	Carlos Varela (CUB)
18	Gregory Fitzgerald (AUS)
18	Víctor Rodríguez (MEX)

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