| Event: | Men's freestyle 96 kg |
| Games: | 2002 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Yangsan Gymnasium |
| Date: | 7–8 October 2002 |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Gold: | Alireza Heidari |
| Goldnoc: | IRI |
| Silver: | Aleksey Krupnyakov |
| Silvernoc: | KGZ |
| Bronze: | Magomed Ibragimov |
| Bronzenoc: | UZB |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games.
The men's freestyle 96 kilograms wrestling competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 7 October and 8 October at the Yangsan Gymnasium.
The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.
All times are Korea Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 7 October 2002 | 10:00 | Round 1 | |||
| Round 2 | |||||
| 16:00 | Round 3 | ||||
| Repechage 1 | |||||
| Tuesday, 8 October 2002 | 10:00 | Repechage 2 | |||
| Repechage 3 | |||||
| 1/2 finals | |||||
| 16:00 | Finals |
| Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–0 Fall | 4–0 | |||
| 0–10 | 0–4 | |||
| 4–5 | 1–3 |
| Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–3 Fall | 4–0 | |||
| 11–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 4–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 11–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 8–0 | 3–0 | |||
| WO | 4–0 |
| Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 | 0–3 | |||
| 2–8 | 1–3 | |||
| 10–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 1–3 | 1–3 | |||
| 0–8 | 0–3 | |||
| 11–1 | 4–1 |
| Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–10 | 0–4 | |||
| WO | 4–0 | |||
| 4–0 | 3–0 |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete |
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| 11 |