2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 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	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Russia
Silver	Giorgi Gogshelidze Georgia
Bronze	Michel Batista Cuba
	Ruslan Sheikhau Belarus

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Top half

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Nicolás Castro (ESP)		0	0
								David Zilberman (CAN)		5	7
															David Zilberman (CAN)		1	3F
															Koo Tae-hyun (KOR)		0	0
								Koo Tae-hyun (KOR)		2	2	1
								Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)		3	0	0
																						David Zilberman (CAN)		0	0
																						Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		3	2
								Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		6	3
	Cui Xiaocheng (CHN)		1	4				Cui Xiaocheng (CHN)		0	0
	Luis Vivenes (VEN)		1	1											Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		3	9F
	Michel Batista (CUB)		1	2	1										Michel Batista (CUB)		0	4
	Shamil Gitinov (ARM)		0	3	0			Michel Batista (CUB)		0	5	4
	Gürjavyn Batpürev (MGL)		1	0				Sait Bingöl (TUR)		1	0	0
	Sait Bingöl (TUR)		2	6

Bottom half

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	Norbert Bödör (SVK)		0
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		4F					Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		2	0	1
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)		2	0	7			Alireza Heidari (IRI)		0	1	0
	Daniel Cormier (USA)		0	1	0										Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		1	2
	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)		0	0											Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		0	0
	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		7	4				Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		2	3
	Kazbek Missikov (FRA)		0	4				Stefan Kehrer (GER)		1	0
	Stefan Kehrer (GER)		1	5F																		Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		1	3
	Rohit Patel (IND)		7	7																		Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		1	0
	Waylon Muller (MHL)		0	0				Rohit Patel (IND)		1	0
	Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)		0	0				Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		6	6
	Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		3	4											Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		2	0	1
	Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)		1	2	1										Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)		1	1	0
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)		6	0	0			Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)		2	0	3
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)		0	1	0			Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)		0	2	2
	Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)		1	0	5

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
					Cui Xiaocheng (CHN)	1			Michel Batista (CUB)	0
					Michel Batista (CUB)	2			David Zilberman (CAN)	1
	Norbert Bödör (SVK)				Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1			Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	W			Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	1			Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)	0