2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 6 to 7 September 2002.

Men's freestyle 96 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Dates	6–7 September 2002
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Eldar Kurtanidze   Georgia   Alireza Heidari   Iran   Vadim Tasoyev   Ukraine

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GRE	HUN	BRA
1	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	2	2	0	7	17		—	7–2	10–0
2	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	2	1	1	5	14		1–3 PP	—	12–2
3	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 ST	1–4 SP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	UZB	IND
1	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–0	5–2
2	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 PO	—	4–1
3	Rakesh Patel (IND)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	TUR	POL
1	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	11		—	4–0	7–0
2	Fatih Çakıroğlu (TUR)	2	1	1	3	5		0–3 PO	—	5–3
3	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	2	0	2	1	3		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	KOR	BUL
1	Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)	2	2	0	6	7		—	5–1	2–1
2	Koo Hak-ja (KOR)	2	1	1	4	4		1–3 PP	—	3–2
3	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	MGL	JPN
1	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	2	0	8	11		—	10–0	11–0
2	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	2	1	1	3	4		0–4 ST	—	4–1
3	Yoshihiro Nakao (JPN)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BLR	CAN	KAZ	ARM
1	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	3	3	0	10	16		—	2–1	4–0	10–0
2	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3	2	1	7	9		1–3 PP	—	3–0	5–1
3	Yessaly Abdullayev (KAZ)	3	1	2	4	6		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—	6–6 Fall
4	Arsen Sarkhoshyan (ARM)	3	0	3	1	7		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	SUI	CHN	IRQ
1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	3	3	0	11	25		—	3–0	11–0	11–0
2	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	3	2	1	8	21		0–3 PO	—	13–3 Fall	8–0 Fall
3	Chen Dakuan (CHN)	3	1	2	4	3		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—	WO
4	Sofian Abdul-Lateef (IRQ)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	0–4 PA	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	3
	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	0			Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	0
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	3			Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	6
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)	1							Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2
	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	3							Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1
	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	1			Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	0
					Alireza Heidari (IRI)	3
									Bronze medal match
									Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	0
									Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	10