2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg

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The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 29 September 2006.

Medalists

Gold	Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan
Silver	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia
Bronze	Fardin Masoumi Iran
	Ruslan Basiev Armenia

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Top half

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Francis Villanueva (PHI)		0	0
								Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)		6	6
															Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)		3	4
															Davaanyamyn Lkhagvadorj (MGL)		1	1
								Davaanyamyn Lkhagvadorj (MGL)		1	0	4
								Lee Se-hyung (KOR)		0	2	0
																						Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS)		3	3
																						Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		1	0
								Tolly Thompson (USA)		3	1	2
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		2	4				Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		3	0	0
	Ioannis Papadopoulos (GRE)		0	0											Tolly Thompson (USA)		0	0
	Rareș Chintoan (ROM)		1	1											Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		2	1
	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		1	8				Fardin Masoumi (IRI)		2	5
	Martin Siddiqui (GER)		0	0				Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)		1	1
	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)		1	2

Bottom half

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)		2	2
	Katsuya Kitamura (JPN)		0	0				Ottó Aubéli (HUN)		1	1
	Denis Roberts (AUS)		0	0				Jamie Cox (CAN)		0	0
	Jamie Cox (CAN)		6	1											Ottó Aubéli (HUN)		0	0
	Ruslan Basiev (ARM)		1	1											Artur Taymazov (UZB)		3	3
	Ivan Ishchenko (UKR)		0	0				Ruslan Basiev (ARM)		0	0
	José Cuba (ESP)		0	0				Artur Taymazov (UZB)		1	1
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)		7	6																		Artur Taymazov (UZB)		3	5
	Maksim Mikhalevich (BLR)		0	1																		Recep Kara (TUR)		0	0
	Liang Lei (CHN)		1	3				Liang Lei (CHN)		0	0
	Recep Kara (TUR)		7	6				Recep Kara (TUR)		1	1
	Hà Văn Hiếu (VIE)		0	0											Recep Kara (TUR)		1	1
	Naveen Singh Suhag (SUI)		0	0											Khizar Durgayev (AZE)		0	0
	Khizar Durgayev (AZE)		2	6				Khizar Durgayev (AZE)		2	1	1
	Hisham Abdelwahab (EGY)		0	0				Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)		0	2	0
	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)		1	4

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
					Francis Villanueva (PHI)	0			Davaanyamyn Lkhagvadorj (MGL)	1
					Davaanyamyn Lkhagvadorj (MGL)	3F			Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	3
	José Cuba (ESP)	0			Ruslan Basiev (ARM)	1			Ruslan Basiev (ARM)	0
	Ruslan Basiev (ARM)	6			Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	0			Recep Kara (TUR)	3