| Wrestling at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center |
| Dates | 20 July – 2 August 1996 |
| No. of events | 20 |
| Competitors | 401 from 75 nations |
| Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 | |
At the 1996 Summer Olympics , two different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
A total of 401 wrestlers from 75 nations competed at the Atlanta Games: [1]
Albania (1)
Algeria (2)
American Samoa (1)
Argentina (1) Armenia (8)
Australia (9) Azerbaijan (8) Belarus (16)
Belgium (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1) Bulgaria (11)
Cambodia (1)
Cameroon (1) Canada (14) China (5)
Colombia (3)
Croatia (1) Cuba (15)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (3)
Dominican Republic (1)
Egypt (1)
Estonia (4) Finland (5) France (2) Georgia (8) Germany (11)
Great Britain (1)
Greece (10)
Guam (1)
Guatemala (1)
Guinea-Bissau (1)
Hungary (11)
India (1) Iran (10)
Israel (1)
Italy (4) Japan (12) Kazakhstan (11)
Kyrgyzstan (4)
Latvia (1)
Lithuania (3)
Macedonia (3)
Mexico (7) Moldova (6)
Mongolia (4)
Morocco (5)
Nigeria (4) North Korea (3)
Norway (1)
Pakistan (1)
Panama (1)
Peru (5) Poland (11)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (5)
Romania (10) Russia (20)
Senegal (2)
Slovakia (4)
South Africa (1) South Korea (15) Sweden (7)
Switzerland (2)
Syria (2)
Tajikistan (1)
Tunisia (3) Turkey (13)
Turkmenistan (1) Ukraine (17) United States (20)
Uzbekistan (10)
Venezuela (6)
Yemen (1)
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