The men's freestyle 96 kilograms at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, August 28 to August 29.

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Future two division UFC champion Daniel Cormier competed in the tournament, finishing fourth.

Schedule All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) DateTimeEvent 28 August 2004 09:30 Round 1 Round 2 17:30 Round 3 29 August 2004 09:30 Qualification Semifinals 14:00 Finals

Results Legend F — Won by fall

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Score 2–3 1–3 1–3 1–3 1–4 1–3

Pool 2

Score 0–3 0–3 2–3 1–3 4–0 3–0

Pool 3

Score 7–2 3–1 0–11 0–4 7–1 3–1

Pool 4

Score 2–3 1–3 0–6 Fall 0–4 10–0 4–0

Pool 5

Score 1–6 1–3 3–1 3–1 0–3 0–3

Pool 6

Score 4–0 Fall 4–0 3–1 3–1 0–5 0–3

Pool 7

Score 0–9 0–3 4–1 3–1 10–1 3–1

Knockout round

Final standing RankAthlete 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

References Official Report