# 2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | LAT | NED |
| 1 | Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 | — | 10–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Igors Samušonoks (LAT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0–4 ST | — | 4–2 Fall |
| 3 | George Torchinava (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BLR | GRE | GER |
| 1 | Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 4–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–2 |
| 3 | Cengiz Çakıcı (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BRA | CMR | VEN |
| 1 | Antoine Jaoude (BRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 4–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Alain Djoumessi (CMR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–3 |
| 3 | Luis Vivenes (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | LTU | TUR |
| 1 | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 10–0 | 9–3 |
| 2 | Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0–4 ST | — | WO |
| 3 | Hakan Koç (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | AUT | PLE | ESP |
| 1 | Radovan Valach (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 4–1 | 9–2 |
| 2 | Jehad Hamdan (PLE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 9–1 |
| 3 | Nicolás Castro (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | SVK | AUS |
| 1 | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 4–0 | WO |
| 2 | Peter Pecha (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0–3 PO | — | WO |
| 3 | Igor Praporshchikov (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 EF | 0–4 EF | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CAN | HUN | CHN |
| 1 | Dean Schmeichel (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 4–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 Fall |
| 3 | Wang Yuanyuan (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | POL | KAZ | ITA |
| 1 | Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–0 Fall |
| 3 | Vincenzo Lipari (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | SUI | UZB |
| 1 | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | RUS | KOR |
| 1 | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 4–3 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Taimuraz Tigiyev (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 1–3 PP | — | 18–0 |
| 3 | Koo Hak-ja (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | MGL | JPN | ISR |
| 1 | Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Yoshihiro Nakao (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Yan Virin (ISR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 12

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | NAM | GBR | UGA |
| 1 | Nico Jacobs (NAM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | — | 8–3 Fall | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Johannes Rossouw (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0–4 TO | — | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Rodgers Kiwanuka (UGA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 6 | | | | | | |
| Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR) | 6 | Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 6 | | | | |
| Antoine Jaoude (BRA) | 0 | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 3 | | | | |
| Daniel Cormier (USA) | 6$^F$ | | | Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 3 | | |
| Radovan Valach (AUT) | 9 | | | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 1 | | |
| Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 13 | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 5 | | | | |
| Dean Schmeichel (CAN) | 2 | Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 1 | | | | |
| Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 3 | | | | | Alireza Heidari (IRI) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 4 |
| | | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 2 | | |
| | | Vadim Tasoyev (UKR) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 4 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL) | 0 |
| | | Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL) | 4 | | | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 5 |
| | | Nico Jacobs (NAM) | 1 | | | Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL) | 1 |