The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

as part of the wrestling program

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...

 were held at the Georgia World Congress Center

Georgia World Congress Center

The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 3.9 million ft2 and hosts more than a million visitors each year. At the time opened in 1976 the Georgia World Congress Center was the first state...

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Medalists

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

• TO — Won by Fall

Round 1

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	2 - 2
'	10 - 0
	TO	'
	0 - 3	'
'	7 - 0
	1 - 3	'
'	9 - 1
	1 - 3	'
'	12 - 2
'		Bye

1/8 final

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	3 - 1
'	5 - 0
	3 - 5	'
	2 - 3	'
'	3 - 1

1/4 final

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	3 - 1
'		Bye
'		Bye
'		Bye

1/2 final

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	3 - 2
	0 - 4	'

Final

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	1 - 1

Round 2

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	1 - 0
	1 - 13	'
	0 - 10	'
'	4 - 1
'		Bye

Round 3

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
	0 - 5	'
	2 - 6	'
'	11 - 9
'	5 - 1
'	4 - 0

Round 4

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
	1 - 3	'
	1 - 4	'
	1 - 6	'

Round 5

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	6 - 0
'		Bye

Round 6

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
	TO	'
'	8 - 4

7th-8th places

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	7 - 2

5th-6th places

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
	0 - 0	'

3rd-4th places

Wrestler 1	Score	Wrestler 2
'	8 - 6

Final standings

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