Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Freestyle 96 kg

The Men's freestyle 96 kg competition of the wrestling events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, was held on October 24 at the CODE II Gymanasium.[1] The defending champion was Michel Batista from Cuba.

Men's Freestyle 96 kg at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	CODE II Gymnasium
Dates	October 24
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Jacob Varner   United States   Luis Vivenes   Venezuela   Khetag Pliev   Canada   Juan Martinez   Colombia
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Wrestling at the 2011 Pan American Games
Freestyle
	Men	Women
	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	55 kg
	66 kg	63 kg
	74 kg	72 kg
	84 kg
	96 kg
	120 kg
Greco-Roman
	55 kg	84 kg
	60 kg	96 kg
	66 kg	120 kg
	74 kg

This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists faced off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved 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 consisted of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scored more points in each round was the winner of that rounds; the bout finished when one wrestler had won two rounds (and thus the match).