# Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 48 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 20 to July 21. 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.

## Results
### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/16 finals ||||
| Zafar Guliev (RUS) | 3–2 | Hiroshi Kado (JPN) | 3–1 PP |
| Bayram Özdemir (TUR) | 11–0 | Enrique Aguilar (MEX) | 4–0 ST |
| Jorge Yllescas (PER) | 0–10 | Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE) | 0–4 ST |
| Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 6–8 | Gela Papashvili (GEO) | 1–3 PP |
| Bratan Tsenov (BUL) | 10–0 | Abdullah Al-Izani (YEM) | 4–0 ST |
| Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) | 10–0 | Tahir Zahidov (AZE) | 4–0 ST |
| Wilber Sánchez (CUB) | 12–3 | Mujaahid Maynard (USA) | 3–1 PP |
| Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR) | 11–0 | José Ochoa (VEN) | 4–0 ST |
| Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 9–3 | Piotr Jabłoński (POL) | 3–1 PP |
| Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) | | Bye | |

### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/8 finals ||||
| Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) | 2–1 | Zafar Guliev (RUS) | 3–1 PP |
| Bayram Özdemir (TUR) | 2–3 | Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE) | 0–4 EF |
| Gela Papashvili (GEO) | 7–4 | Bratan Tsenov (BUL) | 3–1 PP |
| Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) | 1–1 | Wilber Sánchez (CUB) | 1–3 PP |
| Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR) | 3–2 | Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 3–1 PP |
| Repechage ||||
| Hiroshi Kado (JPN) | 10–0 | Enrique Aguilar (MEX) | 4–0 ST |
| Jorge Yllescas (PER) | 0–10 | Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 0–4 ST |
| Abdullah Al-Izani (YEM) | 0–11 | Tahir Zahidov (AZE) | 0–4 ST |
| Mujaahid Maynard (USA) | 4–2 Fall | José Ochoa (VEN) | 4–0 TO |
| Piotr Jabłoński (POL) | | Bye | |

### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Quarterfinals ||||
| Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) | 4–1 | Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE) | 3–1 PP |
| Gela Papashvili (GEO) | | Bye | |
| Wilber Sánchez (CUB) | | Bye | |
| Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR) | | Bye | |
| Repechage ||||
| Piotr Jabłoński (POL) | 1–9 | Hiroshi Kado (JPN) | 1–3 PP |
| Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 5–0 | Tahir Zahidov (AZE) | 3–0 PO |
| Mujaahid Maynard (USA) | 0–6 | Zafar Guliev (RUS) | 0–3 PO |
| Bayram Özdemir (TUR) | 4–0 | Bratan Tsenov (BUL) | 3–0 PO |
| Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) | 0–3 | Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 0–3 PO |

### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Semifinals ||||
| Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) | 11–0 | Gela Papashvili (GEO) | 4–0 ST |
| Wilber Sánchez (CUB) | 0–5 | Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR) | 0–3 PO |
| Repechage ||||
| Hiroshi Kado (JPN) | 4–0 | Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 3–0 PO |
| Zafar Guliev (RUS) | 7–0 | Bayram Özdemir (TUR) | 3–0 PO |
| Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 10–0 | Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE) | 4–0 ST |

### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Hiroshi Kado (JPN) | 0–11 | Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 0–4 ST |
| Zafar Guliev (RUS) | | Bye | |

### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Gela Papashvili (GEO) | 0–6 | Zafar Guliev (RUS) | 0–3 PO |
| Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 7–0 | Wilber Sánchez (CUB) | 3–0 PO |

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| Classification 7th–8th ||||
| Hiroshi Kado (JPN) | 1–0 Ret | Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE) | 4–0 PA |
| Classification 5th–6th ||||
| Gela Papashvili (GEO) | 0–4 | Wilber Sánchez (CUB) | 0–3 PO |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Zafar Guliev (RUS) | 4–0 | Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 3–0 PO |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) | 4–0 | Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR) | 3–0 PO |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Sim Kwon-ho (KOR) |
| | Aleksandr Pavlov (BLR) |
| | Zafar Guliev (RUS) |
| 4 | Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) |
| 5 | Wilber Sánchez (CUB) |
| 6 | Gela Papashvili (GEO) |
| 7 | Hiroshi Kado (JPN) |
| 8 | Ioannis Agatzanian (GRE) |
| 9 | Francesco Costantino (ITA) |
| 10 | Bayram Özdemir (TUR) |
| 11 | Bratan Tsenov (BUL) |
| 12 | Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) |
| 13 | Mujaahid Maynard (USA) |
| 14 | Tahir Zahidov (AZE) |
| 15 | Piotr Jabłoński (POL) |
| 16 | José Ochoa (VEN) |
| 17 | Enrique Aguilar (MEX) |
| 18 | Jorge Yllescas (PER) |
| 19 | Abdullah Al-Izani (YEM) |