# 2005 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

The men's freestyle 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 27 September 2005.
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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 0 | 0 | |
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Hardip Bassi (AUS) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 5 | 2 | | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Koo Tae-hyun (KOR) | 1 | 0 | | | | | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Marc Buschle (GER) | 2 | 1 | | | | | Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Anil Kumar Mann (IND) | 2 | 0 | | Marc Buschle (GER) | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ) | 3 | 1 | | Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ) | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Luis Vivenes (VEN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) | 3 | 1 |
| Michel Batista (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 0 | 0 |
| Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 1 | 2 | 2 | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 2 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Daniel Cormier (USA) | 4 | 3 | | Daniel Cormier (USA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Peter Pecha (SVK) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 5$^F$ | | | | |
| Nicolae Ghiță (ROM) | 0 | 1 | | | | | Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji (IRI) | 0 | | | | |
| Rustam Aghayev (AZE) | 1 | 1 | | Rustam Aghayev (AZE) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Dimitar Kumchev (BUL) | 0 | 1 | | Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji (IRI) | 1 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji (IRI) | 1 | 6$^F$ | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| Boldyn Sainbayar (MGL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 0 | 3 | 5 | Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR) | 1 | 1 | | Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Rolf Scherrer (SUI) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | |
| Lawrence Langowski (MEX) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | Siarhei Pernikau (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Vincenzo Lipari (ITA) | 1 | 4 | | Vincenzo Lipari (ITA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Ali Moukdad (LIB) | 0 | | | Siarhei Pernikau (BLR) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Siarhei Pernikau (BLR) | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | | | | | Siarhei Pernikau (BLR) | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 3 | 3 |
| Oleg Kallagov (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oleg Kallagov (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Cui Xiaocheng (CHN) | 1 | 1 | | Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 2 | 5 | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 1 | 3 | | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Dean Schmeichel (CAN) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| Koo Tae-hyun (KOR) | 6 | 5 | Koo Tae-hyun (KOR) | 1 | 1 | Koo Tae-hyun (KOR) | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardip Bassi (AUS) | 0 | 0 | Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ) | 5 | 4 | |
| Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN) | 1 | 1 | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 1 | Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 1 | 3 | Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 4 | 3 | Siarhei Pernikau (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 0 |