All-Russian Olympic Hopes Tournament
Naberezhnye Chelny
November 28 - December 1, 1996
Winners
| 48kg | Andrey Kostin |
| 51kg | Andrey Alymov |
| 54kg | Sergey Pulkevich |
| 57kg | Sayan Sanshat |
| 60kg | Alexandr Maletin |
| 63,5kg | Mikhail Mylnikov |
| 67kg | Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov |
| 71kg | Devi Gogia |
| 75kg | Murat Sultanov |
| 81kg | Ibragim Akayev |
| 91kg | Sergey Lopatinskiy |
| +91kg | Timur Yaradankuliyev |
thanks to Vladimir Nigmatullin; source: "Gong" nr 2/1996 - page 44