# 2011 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms was a competition featured at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 September 2011.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 1 | 8 | | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| 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 |
| Etienne van Huyssteen (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Takao Isokawa (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Etienne van Huyssteen (RSA) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Juan Esteban Martínez (COL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 3 | 6$^F$ |
| | | | | | | | | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 0 | 0 |
| Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Mohamed Barrie (SLE) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Radosław Baran (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Maurice Abatam (CHA) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Kim Jae-gang (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Eder Villanueva (ESP) | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 5$^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Raja Al-Karrad (SYR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Alen Zaseyev (UKR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Jake Varner (USA) | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Jake Varner (USA) | 7 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | Wu Yunbilige (CHN) | 1 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Simas Asačiovas (LTU) | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Wu Yunbilige (CHN) | 0 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Jake Varner (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Luis Vivenes (VEN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 3 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Diego Rodrigues (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 2 | 2 | Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 0 | 2 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Imants Lagodskis (LAT) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Andreas Tserahidis (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 0 | 4 | 4 | Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 1 | 4 | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| William Harth (GER) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| C. J. Floor (ASA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| Khetag Pliev (CAN) | 7 | 5 | | Khetag Pliev (CAN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) | 1 | 1 |
| Harutyun Yenokyan (ARM) | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 0 | 0 |
| Angula Shikongo (NAM) | 1 | 0 | | Harutyun Yenokyan (ARM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Leon Rattigan (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mausam Khatri (IND) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Mausam Khatri (IND) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | Mausam Khatri (IND) | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | |
| Adrian Recorean (ROU) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 1 | 3 | | Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Israel Silva (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Natsagsürengiin Zolboo (MGL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Natsagsürengiin Zolboo (MGL) | 3 | 0 | 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 |
| Eder Villanueva (ESP) | 0 | 0 | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 0 | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 1 | |
| Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 5 | 5$^F$ | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 3 | 3 | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Vivenes (VEN) | 0 | | Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 0 | | Jake Varner (USA) | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 4$^F$ | | Jake Varner (USA) | 5$^F$ | | Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) | 3 | 2 | 1 |