Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 130 kg

The men's freestyle 130 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 for the event.[1]

Men's freestyle 130 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	1–2 August
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Mahmut Demir  Turkey Aleksey Medvedev  Belarus Bruce Baumgartner  United States

Results

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Amarjit Singh (GBR)	2–6	Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI)	1–3 PP
Zsolt Gombos (HUN)	7–0	Neal Kranz (GUM)	3–0 PO
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	10–0	Andy Borodow (CAN)	4–0 ST
Igor Klimov (KAZ)	1–4	Andrey Shumilin (RUS)	1–3 PP
Zaza Turmanidze (GEO)	8–0 Fall	Mick Pikos (AUS)	4–0 TO
Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)	7–1	Petros Bourdoulis (GRE)	3–1 PP
Alfredo Far (PAN)	0–11	Feng Aigang (CHN)	0–4 ST
Sven Thiele (GER)	1–0	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	3–0 PO
Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	1–1	Mahmut Demir (TUR)	1–3 PP

Round 2

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI)	0–3	Zsolt Gombos (HUN)	0–3 PO
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	1–6	Andrey Shumilin (RUS)	1–3 PP
Zaza Turmanidze (GEO)	1–3	Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)	1–3 PP
Feng Aigang (CHN)	1–1	Sven Thiele (GER)	1–3 PP
Mahmut Demir (TUR)		Bye
Repechage
Amarjit Singh (GBR)	3–0	Neal Kranz (GUM)	3–0 PO
Andy Borodow (CAN)	5–3	Igor Klimov (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Mick Pikos (AUS)	0–6 Fall	Petros Bourdoulis (GRE)	0–4 TO
Alfredo Far (PAN)	0–4 Fall	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	0–4 TO
Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Mahmut Demir (TUR)	4–0	Zsolt Gombos (HUN)	3–0 PO
Andrey Shumilin (RUS)		Bye
Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)		Bye
Sven Thiele (GER)		Bye
Repechage
Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	4–0	Amarjit Singh (GBR)	3–0 PO
Andy Borodow (CAN)	0–1	Petros Bourdoulis (GRE)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	3–2	Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI)	3–1 PP
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	14–2	Zaza Turmanidze (GEO)	4–1 SP
Feng Aigang (CHN)		Bye

Round 4

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Mahmut Demir (TUR)	1–0	Andrey Shumilin (RUS)	3–0 PO
Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)	0–0	Sven Thiele (GER)	3–0 PO
Repechage
Feng Aigang (CHN)	1–3	Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	1–3 PP
Petros Bourdoulis (GRE)	1–7	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	1–3 PP
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	11–0	Zsolt Gombos (HUN)	4–0 ST

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	1–3	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	1–3 PP
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Repechage
Andrey Shumilin (RUS)	3–0 Fall	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	4–0 TO
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	3–0	Sven Thiele (GER)	3–0 PO

Finals

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	5–1	Petros Bourdoulis (GRE)	3–1 PP
Classification 5th–6th
Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	3–1	Sven Thiele (GER)	3–1 PP
Bronze medal match
Andrey Shumilin (RUS)	1–1	Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	1–3 PP
Gold medal match
Mahmut Demir (TUR)	3–0	Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)	3–0 PO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Mahmut Demir (TUR)
	Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)
	Bruce Baumgartner (USA)
4	Andrey Shumilin (RUS)
5	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)
6	Sven Thiele (GER)
7	Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)
8	Petros Bourdoulis (GRE)
9	Feng Aigang (CHN)
10	Zaza Turmanidze (GEO)
11	Zsolt Gombos (HUN)
12	Ebrahim Mehraban (IRI)
13	Amarjit Singh (GBR)
14	Andy Borodow (CAN)
15	Igor Klimov (KAZ)
16	Mick Pikos (AUS)
16	Neal Kranz (GUM)
16	Alfredo Far (PAN)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

External links

• Official Report