# Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

The men's freestyle 48 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 29 to July 30. 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

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/16 finals ||||
| Isaac Jacob (NGR) | 0–4 | Alexis Vila (CUB) | 0–3 PO |
| Mynor Ramírez (GUA) | 0–12 | Rob Eiter (USA) | 0–4 ST |
| Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 10–0 | José Restrepo (COL) | 4–0 ST |
| Vitalie Railean (MDA) | 10–0 | Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) | 4–0 ST |
| Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 2–3 | Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE) | 1–3 PP |
| Kim Il (PRK) | 12–2 | Fariborz Besarati (SWE) | 4–1 SP |
| Vugar Orujov (RUS) | 4–6 | Viktor Yefteni (UKR) | 1–3 PP |
| Paul Ragusa (CAN) | 1–7 | Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL) | 1–3 PP |
| Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ) | 0–11 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) | 0–4 ST |
| Filiberto Fernández (MEX) | | Bye | |

### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/8 finals ||||
| Filiberto Fernández (MEX) | 0–11 | Alexis Vila (CUB) | 0–4 ST |
| Rob Eiter (USA) | 2–9 | Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 1–3 PP |
| Vitalie Railean (MDA) | 10–1 | Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE) | 3–1 PP |
| Kim Il (PRK) | 3–0 | Viktor Yefteni (UKR) | 3–0 PO |
| Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL) | 1–3 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) | 1–3 PP |
| Repechage ||||
| Isaac Jacob (NGR) | 3–0 | Mynor Ramírez (GUA) | 3–0 PO |
| José Restrepo (COL) | 4–15 | Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) | 1–4 SP |
| Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 6–3 | Fariborz Besarati (SWE) | 3–1 PP |
| Vugar Orujov (RUS) | 12–0 | Paul Ragusa (CAN) | 4–0 ST |
| Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ) | | Bye | |

### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Quarterfinals ||||
| Alexis Vila (CUB) | 2–4 | Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 1–3 PP |
| Vitalie Railean (MDA) | | Bye | |
| Kim Il (PRK) | | Bye | |
| Jung Soon-won (KOR) | | Bye | |
| Repechage ||||
| Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ) | WO | Isaac Jacob (NGR) | 0–4 PA |
| Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) | 3–7 | Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 1–3 PP |
| Vugar Orujov (RUS) | 10–0 | Filiberto Fernández (MEX) | 4–0 ST |
| Rob Eiter (USA) | 11–2 | Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE) | 3–1 PP |
| Viktor Yefteni (UKR) | 5–1 | Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL) | 3–1 PP |

### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Semifinals ||||
| Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 7–2 | Vitalie Railean (MDA) | 3–1 PP |
| Kim Il (PRK) | 3–1 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) | 3–1 PP |
| Repechage ||||
| Isaac Jacob (NGR) | 6–7 | Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 1–3 PP |
| Vugar Orujov (RUS) | 10–4 | Rob Eiter (USA) | 3–1 PP |
| Viktor Yefteni (UKR) | 0–8 | Alexis Vila (CUB) | 0–3 PO |

### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 0–10 | Vugar Orujov (RUS) | 0–4 ST |
| Alexis Vila (CUB) | | Bye | |

### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Vitalie Railean (MDA) | 0–10 | Alexis Vila (CUB) | 0–4 ST |
| Vugar Orujov (RUS) | 5–1 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) | 3–1 PP |

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| Classification 7th–8th ||||
| Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 3–1 | Rob Eiter (USA) | 3–1 PP |
| Classification 5th–6th ||||
| Vitalie Railean (MDA) | 0–4 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) | 0–3 PO |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Alexis Vila (CUB) | 5–2 | Vugar Orujov (RUS) | 3–1 PP |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 4–5 | Kim Il (PRK) | 1–3 PP |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Kim Il (PRK) |
| | Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM) |
| | Alexis Vila (CUB) |
| 4 | Vugar Orujov (RUS) |
| 5 | Jung Soon-won (KOR) |
| 6 | Vitalie Railean (MDA) |
| 7 | Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) |
| 8 | Rob Eiter (USA) |
| 9 | Isaac Jacob (NGR) |
| 10 | Viktor Yefteni (UKR) |
| 11 | Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) |
| 12 | Luvsan-Ishiin Sergelenbaatar (MGL) |
| 13 | Nikos Tskouaseli (GRE) |
| 14 | Fariborz Besarati (SWE) |
| 15 | José Restrepo (COL) |
| 16 | Paul Ragusa (CAN) |
| 17 | Mynor Ramírez (GUA) |
| 17 | Vladimir Torgovkin (KGZ) |
| 17 | Filiberto Fernández (MEX) |