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.

Schedule All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00) DateTimeEventMonday, 7 October 2002 10:00 Round 1 Round 216:00 Round 3 Repechage 1Tuesday, 8 October 2002 10:00 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 1/2 finals 16:00 Finals

Results Legend F — Won by fall WO — Won by walkover

Preliminary

Pool 1

Score 5–0 Fall 4–0 0–10 0–4 4–5 1–3

Pool 2

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

Pool 3

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

Repechage

Score 0–10 0–4 WO 4–0 4–0 3–0

Knockout round

Final standing RankAthlete 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

References 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 771 FILA Database