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
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2002 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
v t e

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.^[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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

	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