Men's freestyle 62 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	31 July–1 August 1996
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Tom Brands  United States Jang Jae-sung  South Korea Elbrus Tedeyev  Ukraine
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Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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The men's freestyle 62 kilograms at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center from July 31 to August 1. 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.^[1]

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

	Score		CP
1/16 finals
Takahiro Wada (JPN)	11–0	Șerban Mumjiev (ROM)	4–0 ST
Enrique Cubas (PER)	7–7	Jan Krzesiak (POL)	3–1 PP
Arout Parsekian (CYP)	2–5	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	1–3 PP
Tjaart du Plessis (RSA)	1–5	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	1–3 PP
István Demeter (HUN)	3–0	Anibál Nieves (PUR)	3–0 PO
Abbas Hajkenari (IRI)	0–3	Tom Brands (USA)	0–3 PO
Martin Müller (SUI)	0–6	Sergey Smal (BLR)	0–3 PO
Marty Calder (CAN)	2–4	Jürgen Scheibe (GER)	1–3 PP
Magomed Azizov (RUS)	10–0	Vath Chamroeun (CAM)	4–0 ST
Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	10–0	Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS)	4–0 ST
Ramil Islamov (UZB)		Bye

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Ramil Islamov (UZB)	2–3	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	1–3 PP
Enrique Cubas (PER)	0–3	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	0–3 PO
Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	11–1	István Demeter (HUN)	4–1 SP
Tom Brands (USA)	5–0	Sergey Smal (BLR)	3–0 PO
Jürgen Scheibe (GER)	2–8	Magomed Azizov (RUS)	1–3 PP
Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)		Bye
Repechage
Șerban Mumjiev (ROM)	12–1	Jan Krzesiak (POL)	4–1 SP
Arout Parsekian (CYP)	3–1	Tjaart du Plessis (RSA)	3–1 PP
Anibál Nieves (PUR)	8–3	Abbas Hajkenari (IRI)	3–1 PP
Martin Müller (SUI)	0–6	Marty Calder (CAN)	0–3 PO
Vath Chamroeun (CAM)	0–9 Fall	Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS)	0–4 TO

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	4–3	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	3–1 PP
Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	3–1	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	3–1 PP
Tom Brands (USA)		Bye
Magomed Azizov (RUS)		Bye
Repechage
Șerban Mumjiev (ROM)	2–7	Arout Parsekian (CYP)	1–3 PP
Anibál Nieves (PUR)	0–3	Marty Calder (CAN)	0–3 PO
Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS)	0–10	Ramil Islamov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Enrique Cubas (PER)	1–11	István Demeter (HUN)	1–4 SP
Sergey Smal (BLR)	8–1	Jürgen Scheibe (GER)	3–1 PP

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	1–1	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	1–3 PP
Tom Brands (USA)	4–1	Magomed Azizov (RUS)	3–1 PP
Repechage
Arout Parsekian (CYP)	4–10	Marty Calder (CAN)	1–3 PP
Ramil Islamov (UZB)	6–1	István Demeter (HUN)	3–1 PP
Sergey Smal (BLR)	0–3	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	0–3 PO
Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)		Bye

	Score		CP
Repechage
Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	5–4	Ramil Islamov (UZB)	3–1 PP
Marty Calder (CAN)	3–7	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	1–3 PP

	Score		CP
Repechage
Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	3–10	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	1–3 PP
Takahiro Wada (JPN)	10–0	Magomed Azizov (RUS)	4–0 ST

	Score		CP
Classification 7th–8th
Ramil Islamov (UZB)	1–9	Marty Calder (CAN)	1–3 PP
Classification 5th–6th
Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	WO	Magomed Azizov (RUS)	0–4 PA
Bronze medal match
Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	3–1	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	3–1 PP
Gold medal match
Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	0–7	Tom Brands (USA)	0–3 PO

Rank	Athlete
	Tom Brands (USA)
	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)
	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)
4	Takahiro Wada (JPN)
5	Magomed Azizov (RUS)
6	Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)
7	Marty Calder (CAN)
8	Ramil Islamov (UZB)
9	István Demeter (HUN)
10	Arout Parsekian (CYP)
11	Sergey Smal (BLR)
12	Șerban Mumjiev (ROM)
13	Jürgen Scheibe (GER)
14	Enrique Cubas (PER)
15	Leonid Zaslavsky (AUS)
16	Anibál Nieves (PUR)
17	Jan Krzesiak (POL)
18	Tjaart du Plessis (RSA)
19	Abbas Hajkenari (IRI)
20	Vath Chamroeun (CAM)
20	Martin Müller (SUI)

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