2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg

Men's freestyle 96 kg at the 2003 World Championships
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Dates	12–14 September 2003
Competitors	36 from 36 nations
Medalists
Eldar Kurtanidze    Georgia   Alireza Heidari    Iran   Krasimir Kochev    Bulgaria

2003 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	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg

The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.^[1]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	LAT	NED
1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	2	0	8	20		—	10–0	10–0
2	Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	2	1	1	4	4		0–4 ST	—	4–2 Fall
3	George Torchinava (NED)	2	0	2	0	2		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BLR	GRE	GER
1	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–3	5–0
2	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	6–2
3	Cengiz Çakıcı (GER)	2	0	2	1	2		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BRA	CMR	VEN
1	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	2	2	0	6	13		—	4–1	9–0
2	Alain Djoumessi (CMR)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	7–3
3	Luis Vivenes (VEN)	2	0	2	1	3		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	LTU	TUR
1	Daniel Cormier (USA)	2	2	0	7	19		—	10–0	9–3
2	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	2	1	1	4	0		0–4 ST	—	WO
3	Hakan Koç (TUR)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 PA	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AUT	PLE	ESP
1	Radovan Valach (AUT)	2	2	0	6	13		—	4–1	9–2
2	Jehad Hamdan (PLE)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	9–1
3	Nicolás Castro (ESP)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	SVK	AUS
1	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2	2	0	7	4		—	4–0	WO
2	Peter Pecha (SVK)	2	1	1	4	0		0–3 PO	—	WO
3	Igor Praporshchikov (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 EF	0–4 EF	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	HUN	CHN
1	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–0	5–2
2	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	2	1	1	4	3		0–3 PO	—	3–0 Fall
3	Wang Yuanyuan (CHN)	2	0	2	1	2		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		POL	KAZ	ITA
1	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	2	2	0	6	7		—	3–2	4–2
2	Nurzhan Katayev (KAZ)	2	1	1	5	10		1–3 PP	—	8–0 Fall
3	Vincenzo Lipari (ITA)	2	0	2	1	2		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	SUI	UZB
1	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–0	5–0
2	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–2
3	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	2	0	2	1	2		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	RUS	KOR
1	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	2	0	6	12		—	4–3	8–0
2	Taimuraz Tigiyev (RUS)	2	1	1	5	21		1–3 PP	—	18–0
3	Koo Hak-ja (KOR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MGL	JPN	ISR
1	Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	2	2	0	6	4		—	1–1	3–0
2	Yoshihiro Nakao (JPN)	2	1	1	4	5		1–3 PP	—	4–0
3	Yan Virin (ISR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		NAM	GBR	UGA
1	Nico Jacobs (NAM)	2	2	0	8	12		—	8–3 Fall	4–0 Fall
2	Johannes Rossouw (GBR)	2	1	1	4	7		0–4 TO	—	4–0 Fall
3	Rodgers Kiwanuka (UGA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	6
	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	6			Alireza Heidari (IRI)	6
	Antoine Jaoude (BRA)	0			Daniel Cormier (USA)	3
	Daniel Cormier (USA)	6F							Alireza Heidari (IRI)	3
	Radovan Valach (AUT)	9							Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	1
	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	13			Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	5
	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	2			Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	1
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	3											Alireza Heidari (IRI)	0
													Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	4
					Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2
					Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	0
									Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	4			Bronze medal match
									Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	0
					Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	4							Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	5
					Nico Jacobs (NAM)	1							Tüvshintöriin Enkhtuyaa (MGL)	1