# 2009 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 21.
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 |
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 0 | 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 |
| | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 2 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Mohammed Suhail (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 0 | 0 | | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 1 | 1 |
| Daulet Shabanbay (KAZ) | | | | | | | | | | | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 0 | 1 |
| Edgar Yenokyan (ARM) | W | O | | Edgar Yenokyan (ARM) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 0 | 1 | | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 4 | | | | | | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 2 | | | |
| Anil Kumar Mann (IND) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | Saleh Emara (EGY) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Gao Jiayu (CHN) | 0 | 0 | | Anil Kumar Mann (IND) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Saleh Emara (EGY) | 2 | 0 | 2 | Saleh Emara (EGY) | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Khetag Pliev (CAN) | 1 | 8 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| Dániel Ligeti (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jake Varner (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jake Varner (USA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Takao Isokawa (JPN) | 2 | 1 | | Takao Isokawa (JPN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Diego Rodrigues (BRA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Jake Varner (USA) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Israel Silva (MEX) | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI) | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Rémi Delcampe (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | Rémi Delcampe (FRA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI) | 4 | 1 | 1 | Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI) | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Etienne van Huyssteen (RSA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 3 | 1 | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Nikolay Chterev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 1 | 6 | | | | | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Vasili Kalashnikov (ISR) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | Oldrik Wagner (GER) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Leon Rattigan (GBR) | 2 | 3 | | Leon Rattigan (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Oldrik Wagner (GER) | 5$^F$ | | | Oldrik Wagner (GER) | 0 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Luis Vivenes (VEN) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 0 | 0 | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 1 | 1 |
| | | Serhat Balcı (TUR) | 1 | 1 | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 0 | 0 |
| Etienne van Huyssteen (RSA) | 0 | Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 3 | 3 | Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 1 | 1 |
| Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO) | 6$^F$ | Oldrik Wagner (GER) | 1 | 1 | Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI) | 0 | 0 |