# Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg

The men's freestyle 82 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 30 to July 31. 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 ||||
| Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 9–1 Fall | Nicolae Ghiță (ROM) | 4–0 TO |
| Orlando Rosa (PUR) | 1–3 | Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR) | 1–3 PP |
| Aleksandr Savko (BLR) | 2–3 | Les Gutches (USA) | 1–3 PP |
| Elmadi Zhabrailov (KAZ) | 4–1 | Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) | 3–1 PP |
| Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA) | 10–0 | Cris Brown (AUS) | 4–0 ST |
| Plamen Penev (BUL) | 1–3 | Ariel Ramos (CUB) | 1–3 PP |
| Alioune Diouf (SEN) | 0–3 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 0–3 PO |
| Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 3–0 | Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO) | 3–0 PO |
| Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) | 2–3 | Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB) | 1–3 PP |
| László Dvorák (HUN) | 6–2 | Luis Varela (VEN) | 3–1 PP |
| Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | | Bye | |

### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/8 finals ||||
| Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 4–2 | Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 3–1 PP |
| Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR) | 0–4 | Les Gutches (USA) | 0–3 PO |
| Elmadi Zhabrailov (KAZ) | 10–8 | Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA) | 3–1 PP |
| Ariel Ramos (CUB) | 4–7 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 1–3 PP |
| Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 1–0 | Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB) | 3–0 PO |
| László Dvorák (HUN) | | Bye | |
| Repechage ||||
| Nicolae Ghiță (ROM) | 4–3 | Orlando Rosa (PUR) | 3–1 PP |
| Aleksandr Savko (BLR) | 0–5 | Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) | 0–3 PO |
| Cris Brown (AUS) | 2–8 | Plamen Penev (BUL) | 1–3 PP |
| Alioune Diouf (SEN) | 2–6 | Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO) | 1–3 PP |
| Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) | 5–2 | Luis Varela (VEN) | 3–1 PP |

### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Quarterfinals ||||
| László Dvorák (HUN) | 0–2 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 0–3 PO |
| Les Gutches (USA) | 1–2 | Elmadi Zhabrailov (KAZ) | 1–3 PP |
| Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | | Bye | |
| Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | | Bye | |
| Repechage ||||
| Nicolae Ghiță (ROM) | 3–5 | Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) | 1–3 PP |
| Plamen Penev (BUL) | 1–4 | Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO) | 1–3 PP |
| Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) | 7–1 | Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 3–1 PP |
| Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR) | 0–3 | Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA) | 0–3 PO |
| Ariel Ramos (CUB) | 3–2 | Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB) | 3–1 PP |

### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Semifinals ||||
| Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 3–2 | Elmadi Zhabrailov (KAZ) | 3–1 PP |
| Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 4–0 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 3–0 PO |
| Repechage ||||
| Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) | 6–4 | Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO) | 3–1 PP |
| Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) | 5–1 | Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA) | 3–1 PP |
| Ariel Ramos (CUB) | 3–1 | László Dvorák (HUN) | 3–1 PP |
| Les Gutches (USA) | | Bye | |

### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Les Gutches (USA) | 2–3 | Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) | 1–3 PP |
| Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) | 5–4 | Ariel Ramos (CUB) | 3–1 PP |

### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Elmadi Zhabrailov (KAZ) | WO | Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) | 0–4 PA |
| Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) | 0–3 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 0–3 PO |

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| Classification 7th–8th ||||
| Les Gutches (USA) | 3–0 | Ariel Ramos (CUB) | 3–0 PO |
| Classification 5th–6th ||||
| Elmadi Zhabrailov (KAZ) | WO | Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) | 0–4 PA |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) | 0–0 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 0–3 PO |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 1–2 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 1–3 PP |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) |
| | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) |
| | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) |
| 4 | Sebahattin Öztürk (TUR) |
| 5 | Magomed Ibragimov (AZE) |
| 6 | Elmadi Zhabrailov (KAZ) |
| 7 | Les Gutches (USA) |
| 8 | Ariel Ramos (CUB) |
| 9 | Lukman Zhabrailov (MDA) |
| 10 | Avtandil Gogolishvili (GEO) |
| 11 | Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) |
| 12 | Plamen Penev (BUL) |
| 13 | Nicolae Ghiță (ROM) |
| 14 | László Dvorák (HUN) |
| 15 | Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB) |
| 16 | Serhiy Hubrynyuk (UKR) |
| 17 | Orlando Rosa (PUR) |
| 17 | Luis Varela (VEN) |
| 19 | Cris Brown (AUS) |
| 19 | Aleksandr Savko (BLR) |
| 21 | Alioune Diouf (SEN) |