Men's freestyle 96 kg at the 2005 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	27 September 2005
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov    Russia   Eldar Kurtanidze    Georgia   Aleksey Krupnyakov    Kyrgyzstan   Vasyl Tesmynetskyi    Ukraine
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2005 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 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 27 September 2005.^[1]

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Final
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	0	0
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	1	1

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Hardip Bassi (AUS)	0	0
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	5	2				Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	5	5
	Koo Tae-hyun (KOR)	1	0										Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1	1
	Marc Buschle (GER)	2	1										Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)	0	0
	Anil Kumar Mann (IND)	2	0				Marc Buschle (GER)	3	0
	Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)	3	1				Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)	4	1
	Luis Vivenes (VEN)	0	0																Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	3	1
	Michel Batista (CUB)	1	1	0															Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	0	0
	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	1	2	2			Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	2	8
	Daniel Cormier (USA)	4	3				Daniel Cormier (USA)	1	1
	Peter Pecha (SVK)	0	0										Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	5F
	Nicolae Ghiță (ROM)	0	1										Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji (IRI)	0
	Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	1	1				Rustam Aghayev (AZE)	0	1
	Dimitar Kumchev (BUL)	0	1				Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji (IRI)	1	5
	Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji (IRI)	1	6F

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Boldyn Sainbayar (MGL)	3	0	0
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	0	3	5			Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	0	1	2
	Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	1	1				Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	3	0	0
	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	0	0										Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	1	3	0
	Lawrence Langowski (MEX)	1	0										Siarhei Pernikau (BLR)	2	1	1
	Vincenzo Lipari (ITA)	1	4				Vincenzo Lipari (ITA)	0	1
	Ali Moukdad (LIB)	0					Siarhei Pernikau (BLR)	2	2
	Siarhei Pernikau (BLR)	4F																	Siarhei Pernikau (BLR)	0	0
	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	1	0	0															Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	3	3
	Oleg Kallagov (UZB)	1	1	1			Oleg Kallagov (UZB)	0	1	0
	Cui Xiaocheng (CHN)	1	1				Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	1	1	1
	Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	3	4										Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	1	0
	Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	0	0										Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	1	2
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	2	5				Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	6	2
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)	1	3				Gergely Kiss (HUN)	0	0
	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	1	0

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
	Koo Tae-hyun (KOR)	6	5				Koo Tae-hyun (KOR)	1	1				Koo Tae-hyun (KOR)	0	0
	Hardip Bassi (AUS)	0	0				Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)	0	1				Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	5	4
	Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	1	1				Gergely Kiss (HUN)	0	1				Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	2	1	1
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)	1	3				Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	4	3				Siarhei Pernikau (BLR)	1	1	0