# Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

The Men's Freestyle 68 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
### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/16 finals ||||
| Arsen Fadzaev (UZB) | 2–2 | Akbar Fallah (IRI) | 3–1 PP |
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 10–0 | Ibo Oziti (NGR) | 4–0 ST |
| Félix Diédhiou (SEN) | 0–12 Fall | Küllo Kõiv (EST) | 0–4 TO |
| János Fórizs (HUN) | 0–3 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 0–3 PO |
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 7–0 | Paulo Ibire (ARG) | 3–0 PO |
| Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 1–3 | Oleg Gogol (BLR) | 1–3 PP |
| Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 9–1 | Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 3–1 PP |
| Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) | 1–3 | Townsend Saunders (USA) | 1–3 PP |
| Craig Roberts (CAN) | 12–2 | Richard Weiss (AUS) | 4–1 SP |
| Vadim Bogiev (RUS) | | Bye | |

### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| 1/8 finals ||||
| Vadim Bogiev (RUS) | 3–1 | Arsen Fadzaev (UZB) | 3–1 PP |
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 5–0 | Küllo Kõiv (EST) | 3–0 PO |
| Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 3–5 | Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 1–3 PP |
| Oleg Gogol (BLR) | 2–3 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 1–3 PP |
| Townsend Saunders (USA) | 3–1 | Craig Roberts (CAN) | 3–1 PP |
| Repechage ||||
| Akbar Fallah (IRI) | 1–0 | Ibo Oziti (NGR) | 3–0 PO |
| Félix Diédhiou (SEN) | 1–13 | János Fórizs (HUN) | 1–4 SP |
| Paulo Ibire (ARG) | 0–10 | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 0–4 ST |
| Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 4–1 | Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) | 3–1 PP |
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | | Bye | |

### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Quarterfinals ||||
| Vadim Bogiev (RUS) | 6–4 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 3–1 PP |
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | | Bye | |
| Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | | Bye | |
| Townsend Saunders (USA) | | Bye | |
| Repechage ||||
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | 0–5 | Akbar Fallah (IRI) | 0–3 PO |
| János Fórizs (HUN) | 2–6 | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 1–3 PP |
| Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 11–9 | Arsen Fadzaev (UZB) | 3–1 PP |
| Küllo Kõiv (EST) | 5–1 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 3–1 PP |
| Oleg Gogol (BLR) | 4–0 | Craig Roberts (CAN) | 3–0 PO |

### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Semifinals ||||
| Vadim Bogiev (RUS) | 3–2 | Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 3–1 PP |
| Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 0–4 | Townsend Saunders (USA) | 0–3 PO |
| Repechage ||||
| Akbar Fallah (IRI) | 1–3 | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 1–3 PP |
| Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 1–4 | Küllo Kõiv (EST) | 1–3 PP |
| Oleg Gogol (BLR) | 1–6 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 1–3 PP |

### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 6–0 | Küllo Kõiv (EST) | 3–0 PO |
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | | Bye | |

### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Repechage ||||
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 0–7 Fall | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 0–4 TO |
| Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 8–4 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 3–1 PP |

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| Classification 7th–8th ||||
| Küllo Kõiv (EST) | 7–2 | Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) | 3–1 PP |
| Classification 5th–6th ||||
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 0–0 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 0–3 PO |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 8–6 | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 3–1 PP |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Vadim Bogiev (RUS) | 1–1 | Townsend Saunders (USA) | 3–1 PP |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Vadim Bogiev (RUS) |
| | Townsend Saunders (USA) |
| | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| 4 | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) |
| 5 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) |
| 6 | Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) |
| 7 | Küllo Kõiv (EST) |
| 8 | Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR) |
| 9 | Oleg Gogol (BLR) |
| 10 | Akbar Fallah (IRI) |
| 11 | János Fórizs (HUN) |
| 12 | Craig Roberts (CAN) |
| 13 | Arsen Fadzaev (UZB) |
| 14 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) |
| 15 | Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) |
| 16 | Richard Weiss (AUS) |
| 17 | Félix Diédhiou (SEN) |
| 18 | Paulo Ibire (ARG) |
| 18 | Ibo Oziti (NGR) |