2011 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

2011 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 kg was a competition featured at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey on September 17.

Medalists[]

Gold	Reza Yazdani  Iran
Silver	Serhat Balcı  Turkey
Bronze	Ruslan Sheikhau  Belarus
	Jake Varner  United States

Results[]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Finals[]

	Semifinals						Final
	Sinivie Boltic (NGR)	0	1
	Reza Yazdani (IRI)	1	8				Reza Yazdani (IRI)	4	0	1
	Serhat Balcı (TUR)	0	2	2			Serhat Balcı (TUR)	0	1	0
	Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)	2	1	1

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								(RSA)		0	1	4
								Takao Isokawa (JPN)		1	0	1
															(RSA)		0	0
															Sinivie Boltic (NGR)		1	3
								(COL)		0	0
								Sinivie Boltic (NGR)		2	2
																						Sinivie Boltic (NGR)		3	6F
																						Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)		0	0
								Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)		4F
								(SLE)		0
															Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)		0	1	1
															Radosław Baran (POL)		1	0	0
								(CHA)		0
								Radosław Baran (POL)		4F

Section 2[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								Gergely Kiss (HUN)		0	3	8
								Kim Jae-gang (KOR)		1	0	1
															Gergely Kiss (HUN)		0	1
															Reza Yazdani (IRI)		4	3
								(ESP)		3
								Reza Yazdani (IRI)		5F
																						Reza Yazdani (IRI)		0	3	4
																						Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		1	0	0
								Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		5	4
								(SYR)		0	0
															Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		1	2
															Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)		0	0
								Alen Zasyeyev (UKR)		0	0
								Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)		1	3

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								Jake Varner (USA)		3	5
								Krasimir Kochev (BUL)		0	0
															Jake Varner (USA)		7	6
															(CHN)		1	0
								(LTU)		4	0	0
								(CHN)		0	4	2
																						Jake Varner (USA)		0	0
																						Serhat Balcı (TUR)		1	1
								Serhat Balcı (TUR)		2	4
								Luis Vivenes (VEN)		0	0
															Serhat Balcı (TUR)		3	6
															Rustam Iskandari (TJK)		0	0
								(BRA)		1	0	3
	Rustam Iskandari (TJK)		2	2				Rustam Iskandari (TJK)		0	2	4F
	(LAT)		1	1

Section 4[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
	(GRE)		1	0	0
	Nicolae Ceban (MDA)		0	4	4			Nicolae Ceban (MDA)		0	1
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		1	4				Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		1	2
	(GER)		0	0											Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)		0	2
	(ASA)		0	0											Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)		1	5
	Khetag Pliev (CAN)		7	5				Khetag Pliev (CAN)		0	0
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)		0	1	0			Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)		1	2
	Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)		1	0	1																	Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)		1	1
	Harutyun Yenokyan (ARM)		4	3																		(SVK)		0	0
	(NAM)		1	0				Harutyun Yenokyan (ARM)		1	0	1
	Leon Rattigan (GBR)		0	1	0			Mausam Khatri (IND)		1	1	2
	Mausam Khatri (IND)		1	0	1										Mausam Khatri (IND)		0	2	0
	(ROU)		0	0											(SVK)		1	0	2
	(SVK)		1	3				(SVK)		6	0	1
	Israel Silva (MEX)		0	1	0			Natsagsürengiin Zolboo (MGL)		0	3	0
	Natsagsürengiin Zolboo (MGL)		3	0	1

Repechage[]

	Repechage round 2						Repechage round 3						Bronze medals
	(ESP)		0	0			Gergely Kiss (HUN)		0	0			Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		1	1
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)		5	5F			Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)		3	3			Sinivie Boltic (NGR)		0	0
	Luis Vivenes (VEN)		0				Rustam Iskandari (TJK)		0				Jake Varner (USA)		0	3	2
	Rustam Iskandari (TJK)		4F				Jake Varner (USA)		5F				Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)		3	2	1

References[]

• Results Book, Pages 56–57