# Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 14 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.
Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 14 August 2008 | 09:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 14 August 2008 | 16:00 | Repechage |
| 14 August 2008 | 17:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Mirko Englich (GER) | 0 | 0 | |
| Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS) | 6 | 3 | |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Han Tae-young (KOR) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Mirko Englich (GER) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Mirko Englich (GER) | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Elis Guri (ALB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Elis Guri (ALB) | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Karam Gaber (EGY) | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Mirko Englich (GER) | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | Adam Wheeler (USA) | 1 | 1 |
| Lajos Virág (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Adam Wheeler (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Adam Wheeler (USA) | 0 | 4 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Jiang Huachen (CHN) | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Samir Bouguerra (ALG) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Jiang Huachen (CHN) | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Theodoros Tounousidis (GRE) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | | | Marek Švec (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| | | | | Marek Švec (CZE) | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Marek Švec (CZE) | 0 |
| Daigoro Timoncini (ITA) | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS) | 5$^F$ |
| Kenzo Kato (JPN) | 0 | 0 | | Daigoro Timoncini (ITA) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Asset Mambetov (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | | Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS) | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS) | 4 | 5 | | | |
| Ghasem Rezaei (IRI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Oleg Kryoka (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| 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 |
| | | | Han Tae-young (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | Han Tae-young (KOR) | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Elis Guri (ALB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Adam Wheeler (USA) | 3 | 4 |
| Asset Mambetov (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | Asset Mambetov (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 3 | Asset Mambetov (KAZ) | 1 | 6 |
| Daigoro Timoncini (ITA) | 1 | 0 | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 2 | 1 | 1 | Marek Švec (CZE) | 1 | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Aslanbek Khushtov (RUS) |
| | Mirko Englich (GER) |
| | Adam Wheeler (USA) |
| | Marek Švec (CZE) |
| 5 | Han Tae-young (KOR) |
| 6 | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) |
| 7 | Elis Guri (ALB) |
| 8 | Jiang Huachen (CHN) |
| 9 | Mehmet Özal (TUR) |
| 10 | Daigoro Timoncini (ITA) |
| 11 | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) |
| 12 | Karam Gaber (EGY) |
| 13 | Kaloyan Dinchev (BUL) |
| 13 | Oleg Kryoka (UKR) |
| 15 | Ghasem Rezaei (IRI) |
| 16 | Theodoros Tounousidis (GRE) |
| 16 | Lajos Virág (HUN) |
| 18 | Samir Bouguerra (ALG) |
| 18 | Kenzo Kato (JPN) |
| DQ | Asset Mambetov (KAZ) |
* Asset Mambetov of Kazakhstan originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified in November 2016 after he tested positive for Stanozolol.