| Venue: Carioca Arena (Hall 3) at Olympic Training Center, Barra da Tijuca (West Zone of Rio de Janeiro). |
| Final | | | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | 17:00 | Mijaín López |  CUB | 6-0 | Rıza Kayaalp |  TUR |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Sabah Shariati |  AZE | 2F-0 | Eduard Popp |  GER | | | Sergey Semenov |  RUS | 6-0 | Heiki Nabi |  EST | | | Sabah Shariati | AZE | 8-0 | Erwin Caraballo |  VEN | | | Heiki Nabi | EST | 3-0 | Johan Eurén |  SWE |
| | Wresteler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Rıza Kayaalp | TUR | 8-0 | Eduard Popp | GER | | | Mijaín López | CUB | 3-0 | Sergey Semenov | RUS |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Rıza Kayaalp | TUR | 5F-0 | Sabah Shariati | AZE | | | Eduard Popp | GER | 3-1 | Bashir Babajanzadeh |  IRI | | | Mijaín López | CUB | 4-0 | Johan Eurén | SWE | | | Sergey Semenov | RUS | 5-0 | Iakob Kajaia |  GEO |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Rıza Kayaalp | TUR | 8-0 | Erwin Caraballo | VEN | | | Sabah Shariati | AZE | 8-2 | Robby Smith |  USA | | | Bashir Babajanzadeh | IRI | 3-1 | Meng Qiang |  CHN | | | Eduard Popp | GER | 1-0 | Nurmakhan Tinaliyev |  KAZ | | | Mijaín López | CUB | 3-0 | Heiki Nabi | EST | | | Johan Eurén | SWE | 9F-0 | Ivan Popov |  AUS | | | Sergey Semenov | RUS | 3-0 | Muminjon Abdullaev |  UZB | | | Iakob Kajaia | GEO | 2F-1 | Oleksandr Chernetskyi |  UKR |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Sergey Semenov | RUS | 8-4 | Murat Ramonov |  KGZ | | | Oleksandr Chernetskyi | UKR | 9-0 | Abdellatif Mohamed |  EGY | | | Iakob Kajaia | GEO | 8-0 | Eduard Soghomonyan |  BRA |
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| Final Ranking | w | l | | 1. Mijaín López | CUB | 4 | 0 | | 2. Rıza Kayaalp | TUR | 3 | 1 | | 3. Sabah Shariati | AZE | 3 | 1 | | 3. Sergey Semenov | RUS | 4 | 1 | | 5. Eduard Popp | GER | 2 | 2 | | 5. Heiki Nabi |  HUN | 1 | 2 | | 7. Iakob Kajaia | GEO | 2 | 1 | | 8. Johan Eurén | SWE | 1 | 2 | | 9. Oleksandr Chernetskyi | UKR | 1 | 1 | | 10.Bashir Babajanzadeh | IRI | 1 | 1 | | 11.Murat Ramonov | KGZ | 0 | 1 | | 12.Robby Smith | USA | 0 | 1 | | 13.Meng Qiang | CHN | 0 | 1 | | 14.Nurmakhan Tinaliyev | KAZ | 0 | 1 | | 15.Muminjon Abdullaev | UZB | 0 | 1 | | 16.Eduard Soghomonyan | BRA | 0 | 1 | | 17.Abdellatif Mohamed | EGY | 0 | 1 | | 17.Ivan Popov | AUS | 0 | 1 | | 19.Erwin Caraballo | VEN | 0 | 2 |
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| Qualifiyng Rules | | Gold Medal: Winner of Final. | | Silver Medal: Looser of Final. | | Bronze Medal: Winners of Last Repechage Round. | | 5th place: Loosers of Last Repechage Round. | | For lower places ranking is made by: | | 1. More wins. | | 2. More points won. | | 3. Less Points lost |
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| Upper Half | | Abdulrashid Sadulaev | RUS | | István Veréb | HUN | | Pedro Ceballos | VEN | | Mohamed Zaghloul | EGY | | Bi Shengfeng | CHN | | Sharif Sharifov | AZE | | Zbigniew Baranowski |  POL | | Sandro Aminashvili | GEO |
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| Bottom Half | | Selim Yaşar | TUR | | Jaime Espinal |  PUR | | Reineris Salas | CUB | | Kim Gwan-uk |  KOR | | J'den Cox | USA | | -- Aslan Kakhidze | KAZ | | -- Amarhajy Mahamedau |  BLR | | -- Orgodolyn Üitümen |  MGL | | -- Mihail Ganev |  BUL | | -- Alireza Karimi | IRI | | -- Mohamed Saadaoui |  TUN |
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19 Quotas - allocated to the respective NOC (not individual). |
| 2015 World Championships - 6 | | Rıza Kayaalp | TUR | | Mijaín López | CUB | | Oleksandr Chernetskyi | UKR | | Bilyal Makhov | RUS | | Sabah Shariati | AZE | | Robby Smith | USA | | Pan American Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Erwin Caraballo | VEN | | Antoine Jaoude | BRA | | Asian Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Nurmakhan Tinaliyev | KAZ | | Murat Ramonov | KGZ | | African & Oceania Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Abdellatif Mohamed | EGY | | Ivan Popov | AUS | | European Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Heiki Nabi | EST | | Eduard Popp | GER | | 1st World Qualification Tournament - 3 | | Amir Ghasemi | IRI | | Meng Qiang | CHN | | Muminjon Abdullaev | UZB | | 2nd World Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Johan Euren | SWE | | Iakob Kajaia | GEO | | Invitational / Host Nation - 0 | | Total - 19 |
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| 19 Quotas - allocated to the respective NOC (not individual). |
| 6 from 2015 World Championships Las Vegas (USA) 07-15.09.2016 |
| 2 from Africa & Oceania 1-3.04.2016. | | 2 from Pan-America 8-10.04.2016. | | 2 from Asia 18-20.03.2016. | | 2 from Europe 15-17.04.2016 |
| 3 from 1st World Qualification Tournament 22-24.04.2016. | | 2 from 2nd World Qualification Tournament 06-08.05.2016. | | Invitational / Host Nation |
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