title: 2011 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg
text: # 2011 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg
  
  The men's freestyle 96 kilograms was a competition featured at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey on 17 September 2011.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * F — Won by fall
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | 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 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Etienne van Huyssteen (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | Takao Isokawa (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Etienne van Huyssteen (RSA) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
  | | | | | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 1 | 3 | | | | |
  | Juan Esteban Martínez (COL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | Sinivie Boltic (NGR) | 3 | $6^F$ |
  | | | | | | | | | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 0 | 0 |
  | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | $4^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mohamed Barrie (SLE) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
  | | | | | Radosław Baran (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | |
  | Maurice Abatam (CHA) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Radosław Baran (POL) | $4^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | |
  | Kim Jae-gang (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 1 | | | | |
  | | | | | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | Eder Villanueva (ESP) | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | $5^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | Raja Al-Karrad (SYR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
  | Alen Zaseyev (UKR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | Jake Varner (USA) | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | Krasimir Kochev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Jake Varner (USA) | 7 | 6 | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Wu Yunbilige (CHN) | 1 | 0 | | | |
  | | | | Simas Asačiovas (LTU) | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | | | | Wu Yunbilige (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 | | | |
  | | | | Diego Rodrigues (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
  | Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 2 | 2 | Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 0 | 2 | $4^F$ | | | | | | |
  | Imants Lagodskis (LAT) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Andreas Tserahidis (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 | | | | | | | | |
  | William Harth (GER) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) | 0 | 2 | | | | |
  | C. J. Floor (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 | | | | | | | | | | Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 0 | 0 |
  | Angula Shikongo (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 | | | |
  | Adrian Recorean (ROU) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | |
  | Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 1 | 3 | | Jozef Jaloviar (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 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Eder Villanueva (ESP) | 0 | 0 | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 0 | 0 | Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR) | 1 | 1 | |
  | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 5 | $5^F$ | 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) | $4^F$ | | Jake Varner (USA) | $5^F$ | | Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
  