2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

2006 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 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 29 September 2006.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov  Russia
Silver	Giorgi Gogshelidze  Georgia
Bronze	Michel Batista  Cuba
	Ruslan Sheikhau  Belarus

Results[]

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Final[]

	Final
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	0	3	4
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)	1	0	0

Top half[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								(ESP)		0	0
								David Zilberman (CAN)		5	7
															David Zilberman (CAN)		1	3F
															(KOR)		0	0
								(KOR)		2	2	1
								(JPN)		3	0	0
																						David Zilberman (CAN)		0	0
																						Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		3	2
								Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		6	3
	(CHN)		1	4				(CHN)		0	0
	Luis Vivenes (VEN)		1	1											Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		3	9F
	Michel Batista (CUB)		1	2	1										Michel Batista (CUB)		0	4
	Shamil Gitinov (ARM)		0	3	0			Michel Batista (CUB)		0	5	4
	(MGL)		1	0				(TUR)		1	0	0
	(TUR)		2	6

Bottom half[]

	Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	(SVK)		0
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		4F					Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		2	0	1
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)		2	0	7			Alireza Heidari (IRI)		0	1	0
	Daniel Cormier (USA)		0	1	0										Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		1	2
	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)		0	0											Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		0	0
	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		7	4				Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		2	3
	(FRA)		0	4				Stefan Kehrer (GER)		1	0
	Stefan Kehrer (GER)		1	5F																		Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		1	3
	(IND)		7	7																		Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		1	0
	Waylon Muller (MHL)		0	0				(IND)		1	0
	Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)		0	0				Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		6	6
	Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		3	4											Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		2	0	1
	(UKR)		1	2	1										(UKR)		1	1	0
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)		6	0	0			(UKR)		2	0	3
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)		0	1	0			(KAZ)		0	2	2
	(KAZ)		1	0	5

Repechage[]

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							(CHN)		1	3			Michel Batista (CUB)		0	1	1
							Michel Batista (CUB)		2	3			David Zilberman (CAN)		1	0	1
	(SVK)						Alireza Heidari (IRI)		1	2			Alireza Heidari (IRI)		1	0	1
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)		W	O			Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)		1	1			Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		0	1	1

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