# Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 57 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 ||||
| Nabil Salhi (TUN) | 0–4 | Aghasi Manukyan (ARM) | 0–3 PO |
| Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | 5–1 | Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) | 3–1 PP |
| Aleksandr Ignatenko (RUS) | 0–11 | Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 0–4 ST |
| Marian Sandu (ROM) | 3–2 | Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 3–1 PP |
| Armando Fernández (MEX) | 0–12 | Rıfat Yıldız (GER) | 0–4 ST |
| Luis Sarmiento (CUB) | 5–0 | David Maia (POR) | 3–0 PO |
| Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) | 6–17 | Park Chi-ho (KOR) | 1–4 SP |
| Şeref Eroğlu (TUR) | 0–3 | Dennis Hall (USA) | 0–3 PO |
| Aigars Jansons (LAT) | 4–3 | Stanisław Pawłowski (POL) | 3–1 PP |
| Vilayet Aghayev (AZE) | 4–5 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) | 1–3 PP |

### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/8 finals ||||
| Aghasi Manukyan (ARM) | 0–11 | Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | 0–4 ST |
| Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 4–0 | Marian Sandu (ROM) | 3–0 PO |
| Rıfat Yıldız (GER) | 4–1 | Luis Sarmiento (CUB) | 3–1 PP |
| Park Chi-ho (KOR) | 2–3 | Dennis Hall (USA) | 1–3 PP |
| Aigars Jansons (LAT) | 1–7 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) | 1–3 PP |
| Repechage ||||
| Nabil Salhi (TUN) | 0–11 | Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) | 0–4 ST |
| Aleksandr Ignatenko (RUS) | 2–3 | Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 1–3 PP |
| Armando Fernández (MEX) | 7–3 | David Maia (POR) | 3–1 PP |
| Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) | 8–7 | Şeref Eroğlu (TUR) | 3–1 PP |
| Stanisław Pawłowski (POL) | 3–4 | Vilayet Aghayev (AZE) | 1–3 PP |

### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Quarterfinals ||||
| Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | 1–8 | Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 1–3 PP |
| Rıfat Yıldız (GER) | | Bye | |
| Dennis Hall (USA) | | Bye | |
| Sheng Zetian (CHN) | | Bye | |
| Repechage ||||
| Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) | 5–6 | Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 1–3 PP |
| Armando Fernández (MEX) | 0–12 | Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) | 0–4 ST |
| Vilayet Aghayev (AZE) | 7–2 | Aghasi Manukyan (ARM) | 3–1 PP |
| Marian Sandu (ROM) | 0–7 | Luis Sarmiento (CUB) | 0–3 PO |
| Park Chi-ho (KOR) | 2–9 | Aigars Jansons (LAT) | 1–3 PP |

### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Semifinals ||||
| Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 3–0 | Rıfat Yıldız (GER) | 3–0 PO |
| Dennis Hall (USA) | 1–0 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) | 3–0 PO |
| Repechage ||||
| Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 4–2 | Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) | 3–1 PP |
| Vilayet Aghayev (AZE) | 0–1 | Luis Sarmiento (CUB) | 0–3 PO |
| Aigars Jansons (LAT) | 4–9 | Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | 1–3 PP |

### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 2–4 | Luis Sarmiento (CUB) | 1–3 PP |
| Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | | Bye | |

### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Rıfat Yıldız (GER) | 2–3 | Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | 1–3 PP |
| Luis Sarmiento (CUB) | 2–8 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) | 1–3 PP |

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| Classification 7th–8th ||||
| Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) | 5–4 | Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) | 3–1 PP |
| Classification 5th–6th ||||
| Rıfat Yıldız (GER) | 0–0 Ret | Luis Sarmiento (CUB) | 4–0 PA |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | 0–4 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) | 0–3 PO |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) | 4–1 | Dennis Hall (USA) | 3–1 PP |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) |
| | Dennis Hall (USA) |
| | Sheng Zetian (CHN) |
| 4 | Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) |
| 5 | Rıfat Yıldız (GER) |
| 6 | Luis Sarmiento (CUB) |
| 7 | Sarkis Elgkian (GRE) |
| 8 | Kenkichi Nishimi (JPN) |
| 9 | Aigars Jansons (LAT) |
| 10 | Vilayet Aghayev (AZE) |
| 11 | Park Chi-ho (KOR) |
| 12 | Remigijus Šukevičius (LTU) |
| 13 | Aghasi Manukyan (ARM) |
| 14 | Armando Fernández (MEX) |
| 15 | Marian Sandu (ROM) |
| 16 | Stanisław Pawłowski (POL) |
| 17 | Şeref Eroğlu (TUR) |
| 18 | David Maia (POR) |
| 19 | Aleksandr Ignatenko (RUS) |
| 20 | Nabil Salhi (TUN) |