# 2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow, Russia from 21 to 22 September 2002.

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

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | YUG | ARM | FRA |
| 1 | Saša Dukai (YUG) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 6–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Robert Petrosyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Cédric Theval (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CZE | UKR | ROM |
| 1 | Marek Švec (CZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 4–1 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | EGY | POL | SWE |
| 1 | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 10–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Marek Sitnik (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0–4 ST | — | 7–0 |
| 3 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | RUS | USA |
| 1 | Ali Mollov (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 5–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–0 |
| 3 | Garrett Lowney (USA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GER | LTU | BLR |
| 1 | Mirko Englich (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | 2–1 | WO |
| 2 | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1–3 PP | — | 0–0 Ret |
| 3 | Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 EF | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | KOR | KGZ |
| 1 | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | — | 8–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Han Tae-young (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 9–0 Fall |
| 3 | Dmitry Filipovskiy (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SVK | HUN | LAT |
| 1 | Roman Meduna (SVK) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Béla Kaló (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 10–1 |
| 3 | Igors Kostins (LAT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | GRE | GEO |
| 1 | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Ramaz Nozadze (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | CHN | EST | JPN |
| 1 | Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Liu Hao (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–1 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Richard Karelson (EST) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 4 | Yusuke Morikaku (JPN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | 0–4 ST | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Saša Dukai (YUG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Marek Švec (CZE) | 7 | Marek Švec (CZE) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 8 | | |
| | | | | Ali Mollov (BUL) | 1 | | |
| | | Ali Mollov (BUL) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Mirko Englich (GER) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 11 |
| | | | | | | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 15 |
| | | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 7 | | |
| | | Roman Meduna (SVK) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 4 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 6 |
| | | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 6 | | | Ali Mollov (BUL) | 4 |
| | | Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 1 | | | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 0 |