# Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 82 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
### Legend

* DQ — Won by disqualification
* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/16 finals ||||
| Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) | 10–0 Fall | Elias Marcano (VEN) | 4–0 TO |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 3–0 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 3–0 PO |
| Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 10–0 | Jean-Pierre Wafflard (BEL) | 4–0 ST |
| Dan Henderson (USA) | 3–1 | Pavel Frinta (CZE) | 3–1 PP |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 2–0 | Levon Geghamyan (ARM) | 3–0 PO |
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 3–0 | Péter Farkas (HUN) | 3–0 PO |
| Félix Isisola (PER) | 0–10 | Thomas Zander (GER) | 0–4 ST |
| Tuomo Karila (FIN) | 0–2 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 0–3 PO |
| Park Myung-suk (KOR) | 5–3 | Anton Arghira (ROM) | 3–1 PP |
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | | Bye | |

### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/8 finals ||||
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 7–0 | Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) | 3–0 PO |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 1–7 | Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 1–3 PP |
| Dan Henderson (USA) | 1–3 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 1–3 PP |
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 0–4 DQ | Thomas Zander (GER) | 0–4 EV |
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 4–1 | Park Myung-suk (KOR) | 3–1 PP |
| Repechage ||||
| Elias Marcano (VEN) | 1–11 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 1–4 SP |
| Jean-Pierre Wafflard (BEL) | 0–2 | Pavel Frinta (CZE) | 0–3 PO |
| Levon Geghamyan (ARM) | 4–0 | Péter Farkas (HUN) | 3–0 PO |
| Félix Isisola (PER) | 0–11 | Tuomo Karila (FIN) | 0–4 ST |
| Anton Arghira (ROM) | | Bye | |

### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Quarterfinals ||||
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 5–0 | Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 3–0 PO |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | | Bye | |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | | Bye | |
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | | Bye | |
| Repechage ||||
| Anton Arghira (ROM) | 0–5 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 0–3 PO |
| Pavel Frinta (CZE) | 2–3 | Levon Geghamyan (ARM) | 1–3 PP |
| Tuomo Karila (FIN) | 3–7 | Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) | 1–3 PP |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 3–2 | Dan Henderson (USA) | 3–1 PP |
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 11–0 | Park Myung-suk (KOR) | 4–0 ST |

### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Semifinals ||||
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 1–0 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 3–0 PO |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 3–1 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 3–1 PP |
| Repechage ||||
| Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 0–2 | Levon Geghamyan (ARM) | 0–3 PO |
| Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) | 4–3 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 3–1 PP |
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 0–10 Ret | Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 0–4 PA |

### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Levon Geghamyan (ARM) | 1–3 | Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) | 1–3 PP |
| Valery Tsilent (BLR) | | Bye | |

### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 1–4 | Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 1–3 PP |
| Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) | 4–0 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 3–0 PO |

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| Classification 7th–8th ||||
| Levon Geghamyan (ARM) | WO | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 4–0 PA |
| Classification 5th–6th ||||
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | WO | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 0–4 PA |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 4–0 | Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) | 3–0 PO |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 3–0 | Thomas Zander (GER) | 3–0 PO |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| | Thomas Zander (GER) |
| | Valery Tsilent (BLR) |
| 4 | Daulet Turlykhanov (KAZ) |
| 5 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) |
| 6 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) |
| 7 | Levon Geghamyan (ARM) |
| 8 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) |
| 9 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) |
| 10 | Sergey Tsvir (RUS) |
| 11 | Tuomo Karila (FIN) |
| 12 | Dan Henderson (USA) |
| 13 | Pavel Frinta (CZE) |
| 14 | Park Myung-suk (KOR) |
| 15 | Anton Arghira (ROM) |
| 16 | Elias Marcano (VEN) |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Wafflard (BEL) |
| 17 | Péter Farkas (HUN) |
| 17 | Félix Isisola (PER) |