2007 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

Men's freestyle 96 kg at the 2007 World Championships
Venue	Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex
Dates	21 September 2007
Competitors	42 from 42 nations
Medalists
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov    Russia   Saeid Ebrahimi    Iran   Kurban Kurbanov    Uzbekistan   Daniel Cormier    United States

Main article: 2007 World Wrestling Championships

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan on 21 September 2007.^[1]

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Finals

	Semifinals						Final
	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	1	1
	Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)	0	0				Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	1	2
	Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)	5	6				Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)	0	0
	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	0	0

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Mateusz Gucman (POL)	7	3
							Matt White (PUR)	0	0
													Mateusz Gucman (POL)	6	1
													Tömörkhüügiin Enkh-Amgalan (MGL)	0	0
							Tömörkhüügiin Enkh-Amgalan (MGL)	2	5^F
							Francesco Miano-Petta (ITA)	0	0
																			Mateusz Gucman (POL)	0	0
																			Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	2	3
							Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	2	1
							Mihai Stroia (ROU)	0	0
													Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)	1	6
													Hakan Koç (TUR)	0	2
							Hakan Koç (TUR)	1	1
							Edgar Yenokyan (ARM)	0	0

Section 2

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Óscar Aguilar (MEX)	0	0
							David Zilberman (CAN)	5	4^F
													David Zilberman (CAN)	0	0
													Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)	3	3
							Viktor Bogdanov (MKD)	0	0
							Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)	6	6
																			Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)	2	0	1
																			Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)	1	2	0
							Andreas Sitanaris (CYP)	0	0
							Nicolae Ceban (MDA)	5	6
													Nicolae Ceban (MDA)	0	2
													Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)	3	8
							Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)	3	4
							Yang Wulin (CHN)	1	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	1	3
							Ahmed Al-Darraji (IRQ)	0	0
													Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	0	0
													Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)	1	6
							Mindaugas Rumbutis (LTU)	0	0
							Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)	3	2
																			Saeid Ebrahimi (IRI)	5	2
																			Daniel Cormier (USA)	0	1
							Ian Wardell (AUS)	0	0
							Daniel Cormier (USA)	6	6
													Daniel Cormier (USA)	0	1	3
	Peter Pecha (SVK)	1	0	0									Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)	1	0	0
	Nikolay Chterev (BUL)	0	1	1			Nikolay Chterev (BUL)	1	0
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)	0	0				Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)	2	1
	Ruslan Sheikhau (BLR)	3	3

Section 4

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
	Vincent Aka-Akesse (FRA)	0	0
	Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	1	2				Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	3	8^F
	Luis Vivenes (VEN)	3	2				Luis Vivenes (VEN)	1	2
	Jun Kyung-min (KOR)	3	0										Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	2	0	1
	Vali Sharipov (TJK)	3	0										Stefan Kehrer (GER)	0	3	0
	Rohit Patel (IND)	7	2				Rohit Patel (IND)	0	0
	Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW)	0	0				Stefan Kehrer (GER)	2	5^F
	Stefan Kehrer (GER)	7	6																Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	1	0
	Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)	0	1																Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	4	5
	Michel Batista (CUB)	1	3				Michel Batista (CUB)	0	0
	Hani Al-Marafi (JOR)	0	0				Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	1	2
	Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	7	4										Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	4	1
	Saleh Emara (EGY)	0	0										Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)	0	1
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)	3	3				Giorgi Gogshelidze (GEO)	4	3
	Grégory Martinetti (SUI)	0	1	2			Grégory Martinetti (SUI)	0	0
	Orestis Leonidis (GRE)	1	1	1

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Repechage round 3						Bronze medals
	Mihai Stroia (ROU)	0	0				Hakan Koç (TUR)	1	1				Hakan Koç (TUR)	0	0
	Hakan Koç (TUR)	1	1				Mateusz Gucman (POL)	0	0				Kurban Kurbanov (UZB)	4	2
	Mindaugas Rumbutis (LTU)	0	0				Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	0	0				Daniel Cormier (USA)	1	0	1
	Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	3	2				Daniel Cormier (USA)	3	6				Aleksey Krupnyakov (KGZ)	0	1	0

References

1. "Baku 2007 Results Book" (PDF). FILA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.