# 2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 3 to 5 October 2003.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | EGY | BUL | JPN |
| 1 | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | — | 5–0 | 17–5 |
| 2 | Ali Mollov (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Kenzo Kato (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1–4 SP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | ARM | ISR |
| 1 | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | — | 5–2 | 3–0 Fall |
| 2 | Arman Geghamyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Henri Papiashvili (ISR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | LAT | TJK |
| 1 | Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | — | 4–0 | 5–0 Fall |
| 2 | Igors Kostins (LAT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0–3 PO | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Alisher Ashurov (TJK) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | POL | USA | CHN |
| 1 | Marek Sitnik (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21 | — | 11–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Justin Ruiz (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 ST | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Jiang Huachen (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | FRA | PLW |
| 1 | Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | — | 2–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Cédric Theval (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 12–2 |
| 3 | John Tarkong (PLW) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | CUB | EST |
| 1 | Lajos Virág (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Toomas Proovel (EST) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | KOR | ESP |
| 1 | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23 | — | 11–0 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Han Tae-young (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 ST | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | Waldo Moreno (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ROM | NED | TPE |
| 1 | Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 26 | — | 13–0 | 13–0 |
| 2 | Sabe Hussein (NED) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0–4 ST | — | 8–0 Fall |
| 3 | Wang Chun-yuan (TPE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | BLR | MDA |
| 1 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Andrei Batura (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–3 |
| 3 | Igor Grabovetchi (MDA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GER | CZE | SVK |
| 1 | Mirko Englich (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Marek Švec (CZE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Roman Meduna (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | LTU | SCG | IND |
| 1 | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 6–5 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Saša Dukai (SCG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Anil Kumar (IND) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 12

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KGZ | AUT | GBR |
| 1 | Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 5–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Martin Schlagenhaufen (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0–3 PO | — | WO |
| 3 | Joe Lewis (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 13

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | IRQ | ALB |
| 1 | Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | — | 5–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Ali Nadhim (IRQ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–1 |
| 3 | Elis Guri (ALB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 14

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | IRI | KAZ | SUI |
| 1 | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 | WO |
| 3 | Margulan Assembekov (KAZ) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | Urs Bürgler (SUI) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 PA | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Karam Gaber (EGY) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 0 | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 5 | | | | |
| Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 9 | Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 2 | | | | |
| Marek Sitnik (POL) | 7 | | | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 10 | | |
| Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 13 | | | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 0 | | |
| Lajos Virág (HUN) | 11 | Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 5 | | | | |
| Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 13 | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 6 | | | | |
| Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 1 | | | | | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 0 |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 11 | | | | | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 3 |
| Mirko Englich (GER) | 8 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 3 | | |
| Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 2 | Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ) | 0 | | |
| Gennady Chkhaidze (KGZ) | 3 | | | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 1 |
| | | Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) | 0 | | | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 6 |
| | | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 4 | | | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 0 |