# 2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms was a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, on 29 September 2006.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Nicolás Castro (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | David Zilberman (CAN) | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | David Zilberman (CAN) | 1 | 3$^F$ | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 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 | 9$^F$ | | | |
| 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 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Norbert Bödör (SVK) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 4$^F$ | | | 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 | 5$^F$ | | | | | | | | | | 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 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | | Cui Xiaocheng (CHN) | 1 | 3 | Michel Batista (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Michel Batista (CUB) | 2 | 3 | David Zilberman (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norbert Bödör (SVK) | | | Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 1 | 2 | Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alireza Heidari (IRI) | W | O | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 1 | 1 | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 |