2007 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

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The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 21 September 2007.

Medalists

Gold	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia
Silver	Saeid Ebrahimi Iran
Bronze	Kurban Kurbanov Uzbekistan
	Daniel Cormier United States

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Finals

	Semifinals						Final
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	1	1
	Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)	0	0				Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	1	2
	Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)	5	6				Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)	0	0
	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	0	0

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								Mateusz Gucman (POL)		7	3
								Matt White (PUR)		0	0
															Mateusz Gucman (POL)		6	1
															Tömörkhüügiin Enkh-Amgalan (MGL)		0	0
								Tömörkhüügiin Enkh-Amgalan (MGL)		2	5F
								Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)		0	0
																						Mateusz Gucman (POL)		0	0
																						Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		2	3
								Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		2	1
								Mihai Stroia (ROU)		0	0
															Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		1	6
															Hakan Koç (TUR)		0	2
								Hakan Koç (TUR)		1	1
								Edgar Yenokyan (ARM)		0	0

Section 2

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								Óscar Aguilar (MEX)		0	0
								David Zilberman (CAN)		5	4F
															David Zilberman (CAN)		0	0
															Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)		3	3
								Viktor Bogdanov (MKD)		0	0
								Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)		6	6
																						Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)		2	0	1
																						Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)		1	2	0
								Andreas Sitanaris (CYP)		0	0
								Nicolae Ceban (MDA)		5	6
															Nicolae Ceban (MDA)		0	2
															Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)		3	8
								Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)		3	4
								Yang Wulin (CHN)		1	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)		1	3
								Ahmed Al-Darraji (IRQ)		0	0
															Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)		0	0
															Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)		1	6
								Mindaugas Rumbutis (LTU)		0	0
								Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)		3	2
																						Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)		5	2
																						Daniel Cormier (USA)		0	1
								Ian Wardell (AUS)		0	0
								Daniel Cormier (USA)		6	6
															Daniel Cormier (USA)		0	1	3
	Peter Pecha (SVK)		1	0	0										Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		1	0	0
	Nikolay Chterev (BUL)		0	1	1			Nikolay Chterev (BUL)		1	0
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)		0	0				Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		2	1
	Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		3	3

Section 4

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)		0	0
	Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)		1	2				Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)		3	8F
	Luis Vivenes (VEN)		3	2				Luis Vivenes (VEN)		1	2
	Jun Kyung-min (KOR)		3	0											Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)		2	0	1
	Vali Sharipov (TJK)		3	0											Stefan Kehrer (GER)		0	3	0
	Rohit Patel (IND)		7	2				Rohit Patel (IND)		0	0
	Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)		0	0				Stefan Kehrer (GER)		2	5F
	Stefan Kehrer (GER)		7	6																		Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)		1	0
	Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)		0	1																		Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		4	5
	Michel Batista (CUB)		1	3				Michel Batista (CUB)		0	0
	Hani Al-Marafi (JOR)		0	0				Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		1	2
	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		7	4											Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		4	1
	Saleh Emara (EGY)		0	0											Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		0	1
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		3	3				Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		4	3
	Grégory Martinetti (SUI)		0	1	2			Grégory Martinetti (SUI)		0	0
	Orestis Leonidis (GRE)		1	1	1

Repechage

	Repechage round 2				Repechage round 3				Bronze medals
	Mihai Stroia (ROU)	0			Hakan Koç (TUR)	1			Hakan Koç (TUR)	0
	Hakan Koç (TUR)	1			Mateusz Gucman (POL)	0			Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)	4
	Mindaugas Rumbutis (LTU)	0			Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	0			Daniel Cormier (USA)	1
	Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	3			Daniel Cormier (USA)	3			Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	0