2007 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg
# 2007 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

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.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | 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 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 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 | $5^F$ | | | | | | |
| 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 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Óscar Aguilar (MEX) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| David Zilberman (CAN) | 5 | $4^F$ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 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 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | 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 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 1 | 2 | | Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 3 | $8^F$ | | | | | | | |
| 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 | $5^F$ | | | | | | | |
| 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 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mihai Stroia (ROU) | 0 | 0 | Hakan Koç (TUR) | 1 | 1 | Hakan Koç (TUR) | 0 | 0 | |
| Hakan Koç (TUR) | 1 | 1 | Mateusz Gucman (POL) | 0 | 0 | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 4 | 2 | |
| Mindaugas Rumbutis (LTU) | 0 | 0 | Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN) | 0 | 0 | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN) | 3 | 2 | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 3 | 6 | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
