Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 14 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.

Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Date	14 August
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Aslanbek Khushtov  Russia Mirko Englich  Germany Adam Wheeler  United States Marek Švec  Czech Republic

Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	55 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	63 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	72 kg
	84 kg	84 kg
	96 kg	96 kg
	120 kg	120 kg

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match).