2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

2003 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	51 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	55 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	59 kg
	84 kg	84 kg	63 kg
	96 kg	96 kg	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg
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The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia
Silver	Alireza Heidari  Iran
Bronze	Krasimir Kochev  Bulgaria

Results[]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round[]

Pool 1[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	LAT	NED
1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	2	0	8	20		—	10–0	10–0
2	Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	2	1	1	4	4		0–4 ST	—	4–2 Fall
3	George Torchinava (NED)	2	0	2	0	2		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Pool 2[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BLR	GRE	GER
1	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–3	5–0
2	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	6–2
3	(GER)	2	0	2	1	2		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 3[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BRA	CMR	VEN
1	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	2	2	0	6	13		—	4–1	9–0
2	(CMR)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	7–3
3	Luis Vivenes (VEN)	2	0	2	1	3		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 4[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	LTU	TUR
1	Daniel Cormier (USA)	2	2	0	7	19		—	10–0	9–3
2	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	2	1	1	4	0		0–4 ST	—	WO
3	Hakan Koç (TUR)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 PA	—

Pool 5[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AUT	PLE	ESP
1	Radovan Valach (AUT)	2	2	0	6	13		—	4–1	9–2
2	(PLE)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	9–1
3	(ESP)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 6[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	SVK	AUS
1	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2	2	0	7	4		—	4–0	WO
2	Peter Pecha (SVK)	2	1	1	4	0		0–3 PO	—	WO
3	Igor Praporshchikov (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 EF	0–4 EF	—

Pool 7[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	HUN	CHN
1	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–0	5–2
2	(HUN)	2	1	1	4	3		0–3 PO	—	3–0 Fall
3	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	2	0	2	1	2		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Pool 8[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	KAZ	ITA
1	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	2	2	0	6	7		—	3–2	4–2
2	(KAZ)	2	1	1	5	10		1–3 PP	—	8–0 Fall
3	(ITA)	2	0	2	1	2		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Pool 9[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	SUI	UZB
1	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–0	5–0
2	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–2
3	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	2	0	2	1	2		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 10[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	RUS	KOR
1	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	2	0	6	12		—	4–3	8–0
2	Taimuraz Tigiyev (RUS)	2	1	1	5	21		1–3 PP	—	18–0
3	(KOR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 ST	—

Pool 11[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MGL	JPN	ISR
1	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	2	2	0	6	4		—	1–1	3–0
2	Yoshihiro Nakao (JPN)	2	1	1	4	5		1–3 PP	—	4–0
3	(ISR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Pool 12[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		NAM	GBR	UGA
1	Nico Jacobs (NAM)	2	2	0	8	12		—	8–3 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Johannes Rossouw (GBR)	2	1	1	4	7		0–4 TO	—	4–0 Fall
3	(UGA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Knockout round[]

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)		6
	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)		6			Alireza Heidari (IRI)		6
	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)		0			Daniel Cormier (USA)		3
	Daniel Cormier (USA)		6F								Alireza Heidari (IRI)		3
	Radovan Valach (AUT)		9								Krasimir Kochev (BUL)		1
	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)		13			Krasimir Kochev (BUL)		5
	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)		2			Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)		1
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)		3													Alireza Heidari (IRI)		0
																Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		4
						Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		2
						Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)		0
											Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		4			Bronze medal match
											Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)		0
						Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)		4								Krasimir Kochev (BUL)		5
						Nico Jacobs (NAM)		1								Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)		1

References[]