# 2005 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 2 October 2005.
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

## Results
### Legend

* C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 2 | 4 | |
| Lajos Virág (HUN) | 1 | 1 | |

### 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 |
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 1 | 5 | 1$^C$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fritz Aanes (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Shaun Scott (ISV) | 0 | 0 | | Marek Sitnik (POL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Marek Sitnik (POL) | 7 | 3$^F$ | | | | | | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 2 | 4 | | | |
| Niko Liulamaga (ASA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Mirko Englich (GER) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Guillermo Talavera (VEN) | 8 | 7 | | Guillermo Talavera (VEN) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Roman Meduna (SVK) | 0 | 1 | | Mirko Englich (GER) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Mirko Englich (GER) | 4 | 1$^C$ | | | | | | | | | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 4 | 4 |
| Vasily Teploukhov (RUS) | 6 | 1$^C$ | | | | | | | | | Vasily Teploukhov (RUS) | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Lidberg (SWE) | 0 | 0 | | Vasily Teploukhov (RUS) | 2 | 5$^C$ | | | | | | | |
| Reza Zeidvand (IRI) | 1 | 1 | | Reza Zeidvand (IRI) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Vasily Teploukhov (RUS) | 2 | 3 | | | |
| Sanjit Kumar (IND) | 0 | | | | | | | Mikhail Nikolayev (UKR) | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mikhail Nikolayev (UKR) | 4$^F$ | | | Mikhail Nikolayev (UKR) | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Chen Xiaofei (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | Rami Hietaniemi (FIN) | 4 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Rami Hietaniemi (FIN) | 1 | 4 | 4$^C$ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Robert Petrosyan (ARM) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) | 2 | 3$^C$ | | Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 6 | 5 | | Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Samuel Shamilov (ISR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) | 6 | 5$^C$ | | | |
| Vladislav Metodiev (BUL) | 6 | 8 | | | | | | Vladislav Metodiev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Kenzo Kato (JPN) | 0 | 0 | | Vladislav Metodiev (BUL) | 6 | 3$^C$ | | | | | | | |
| Toomas Proovel (EST) | 1 | 2 | | Toomas Proovel (EST) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Valdas Šidlauskas (LTU) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) | 0 | 0 |
| Mitja Sedmak (SLO) | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | Lajos Virág (HUN) | 3 | 2 |
| Lajos Virág (HUN) | 9 | 1 | 6$^C$ | Lajos Virág (HUN) | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Daigoro Timoncini (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | Shata Narmaniya (BLR) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Shata Narmaniya (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | Lajos Virág (HUN) | 4 | 1 | | | |
| Marek Švec (CZE) | 6 | 3$^F$ | | | | | | Justin Ruiz (USA) | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Bojan Mijatov (SCG) | 1 | 0 | | Marek Švec (CZE) | 0 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Azamat Erkimbaev (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | | Justin Ruiz (USA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Justin Ruiz (USA) | 4 | 1$^C$ | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Fritz Aanes (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 5 | Fritz Aanes (NOR) | 6 | 0 | 0 | Mirko Englich (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marek Sitnik (POL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | Mirko Englich (GER) | 0 | 7 | 6 | Vasily Teploukhov (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Mitja Sedmak (SLO) | 0 | 0 | | Shata Narmaniya (BLR) | 1 | 0 | | Justin Ruiz (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1$^C$ |
| Shata Narmaniya (BLR) | 3 | 4 | | Justin Ruiz (USA) | 3 | 2 | | Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 0 |