2005 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 2 October 2005.

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2005 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	2 October 2005
Competitors	32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Hamza Yerlikaya   Turkey   Lajos Virág   Hungary   Vasily Teploukhov   Russia   Justin Ruiz   United States

Main article: 2005 World Wrestling Championships

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Results

Legend

• C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	2	4
	Lajos Virág (HUN)	1	1

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	1	5	1C
	Fritz Aanes (NOR)	2	0	0			Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	4	2
	Shaun Scott (ISV)	0	0				Marek Sitnik (POL)	0	0
	Marek Sitnik (POL)	7	3F										Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	2	4
	Niko Liulamaga (ASA)	0	0										Mirko Englich (GER)	0	0
	Guillermo Talavera (VEN)	8	7				Guillermo Talavera (VEN)	1	0
	Roman Meduna (SVK)	0	1				Mirko Englich (GER)	1	3
	Mirko Englich (GER)	4	1C																Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	4	4
	Vasily Teploukhov (RUS)	6	1C																Vasily Teploukhov (RUS)	0	0
	Jimmy Lidberg (SWE)	0	0				Vasily Teploukhov (RUS)	2	5C
	Reza Zeidvand (IRI)	1	1				Reza Zeidvand (IRI)	1	0
	Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)	1	1										Vasily Teploukhov (RUS)	2	3
	Sanjit Kumar (IND)	0											Mikhail Nikolayev (UKR)	1	1
	Mikhail Nikolayev (UKR)	4F					Mikhail Nikolayev (UKR)	0	6	4
	Chen Xiaofei (CHN)	3	1	0			Rami Hietaniemi (FIN)	4	0	1
	Rami Hietaniemi (FIN)	1	4	4C

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Robert Petrosyan (ARM)	1	0
	Margulan Assembekov (KAZ)	2	3C				Margulan Assembekov (KAZ)	8	4
	Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	6	5				Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE)	0	1
	Samuel Shamilov (ISR)	0	0										Margulan Assembekov (KAZ)	6	5C
	Vladislav Metodiev (BUL)	6	8										Vladislav Metodiev (BUL)	0	0
	Kenzo Kato (JPN)	0	0				Vladislav Metodiev (BUL)	6	3C
	Toomas Proovel (EST)	1	2				Toomas Proovel (EST)	0	0
	Valdas Šidlauskas (LTU)	1	0																Margulan Assembekov (KAZ)	0	0
	Mitja Sedmak (SLO)	0	3	0															Lajos Virág (HUN)	3	2
	Lajos Virág (HUN)	9	1	6C			Lajos Virág (HUN)	3	5
	Daigoro Timoncini (ITA)	0	2	3			Shata Narmaniya (BLR)	1	0
	Shata Narmaniya (BLR)	2	2	4									Lajos Virág (HUN)	4	1
	Marek Švec (CZE)	6	3F										Justin Ruiz (USA)	0	1
	Bojan Mijatov (SCG)	1	0				Marek Švec (CZE)	0	5	1
	Azamat Erkimbaev (KGZ)	0	0				Justin Ruiz (USA)	3	0	1
	Justin Ruiz (USA)	4	1C

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
	Fritz Aanes (NOR)	3	2	5			Fritz Aanes (NOR)	6	0	0			Mirko Englich (GER)	0	1	0
	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3	1	0			Mirko Englich (GER)	0	7	6			Vasily Teploukhov (RUS)	4	1	2
	Mitja Sedmak (SLO)	0	0				Shata Narmaniya (BLR)	1	0				Justin Ruiz (USA)	1	1	1C
	Shata Narmaniya (BLR)	3	4				Justin Ruiz (USA)	3	2				Margulan Assembekov (KAZ)	1	1	0