# 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 on August 1 and 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.

## 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) |