| Venue: Carioca Arena (Hall 3) at Olympic Training Center, Barra da Tijuca (West Zone of Rio de Janeiro). |   
|  Final |  |   | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 |  |   | Davit Chakvetadze |  RUS | 9-2 | Zhan Beleniuk |  UKR |   
|   | Javid Hamzatau |  BLR | 4-1 | Nikolay Bayryakov |  BUL |  |   | Denis Kudla |  GER | 3-3 | Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN |  |   | Nikolay Bayryakov |  BUL | 2-1 | Ahmed Othman |  EGY |  |   | Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN | 1-1 | Habibollah Akhlaghi |  IRI |  |   | Habibollah Akhlaghi |  IRI | 3-2 | Saman Tahmasebi |  AZE |   
|   | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 |  |   | Zhan Beleniuk |  UKR | 6-0 | Javid Hamzatau |  BLR |  |   | Davit Chakvetadze |  RUS | 7-1 | Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN |   
|   | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 |  |   | Zhan Beleniuk |  UKR | 10-1 | Nikolay Bayryakov |  BUL |  |   | Javid Hamzatau |  BLR | 9-0 | Amer Hrustanović |  AUT |  |   | Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN | 2-1 | Rustam Assakalov |  UZB |  |   | Davit Chakvetadze |  RUS | 8-0 | Denis Kudla |  GER |   
|   | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 |  |   | Zhan Beleniuk |  UKR | 9-0 | Ahmed Othman |  EGY |  |   | Nikolay Bayryakov |  BUL | 4-0 | Adem Boudjemline |  ALG |  |   | Amer Hrustanović |  AUT | 4-3 | Rami Hietaniemi |  FIN |  |   | Javid Hamzatau |  BLR | 4-0 | Peng Fei |  CHN |  |   | Rustam Assakalov |  UZB | 6-3 | Ben Provisor |  USA |  |   | Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN | 9-0 | Ravinder Khatri |  IND |  |   | Davit Chakvetadze |  RUS | 9F-2 | Habibollah Akhlaghi |  IRI |  |   | Denis Kudla |  GER | 1-1 | Robert Kobliashvili |  GEO |   
|   | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 |  |   | Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN | 3-0 | Maksim Manukyan |  ARM |  |   | Davit Chakvetadze |  RUS | 3-0 | Saman Tahmasebi |  AZE |  |   | Habibollah Akhlaghi |  IRI | 10-0 | Zakarias Berg |  SWE |  |   | Denis Kudla |  GER | 2-0 | Janarbek Kenjeev |  KGZ |  |   | Robert Kobliashvili |  GEO | 5-0 | Alfonso Leyva |  MEX |   
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| Final Ranking | w | l |  | 1. Davit Chakvetadze |  RUS | 4 | 0 |  | 2. Zhan Beleniuk |  UKR | 3 | 1 |  | 3. Javid Hamzatau |  BLR | 3 | 1 |  | 3. Denis Kudla |  GER | 2 | 1 |  | 5. Nikolay Bayryakov |  BUL | 2 | 2 |  | 5. Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN | 3 | 2 |  | 7. Habibollah Akhlaghi |  IRI | 1 | 2 |  | 8. Rustam Assakalov |  UZB | 1 | 1 |  | 9. Robert Kobliashvili |  GEO | 1 | 1 |  | 10.Amer Hrustanović |  AUT | 1 | 1 |  | 11.Rami Hietaniemi |  FIN | 0 | 1 |  | 12.Ben Provisor |  USA | 0 | 1 |  | 13.Saman Tahmasebi |  AZE | 0 | 2 |  | 14.Ahmed Othman |  EGY | 0 | 2 |  | 15.Janarbek Kenjeev |  KGZ | 0 | 1 |  | 16.Maksim Manukyan |  ARM | 0 | 1 |  | 17.Adem Boudjemline |  ALG | 0 | 1 |  | 17.Peng Fei |  CHN | 0 | 1 |  | 19.Alfonso Leyva |  MEX | 0 | 1 |  | 20.Ravinder Khatri |  IND | 0 | 1 |  | 21.Zakarias Berg |  SWE | 0 | 1 |   
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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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| 19 Quotas - allocated to the respective (not individual). |   
| 2015 World Championships - 6 |  | Zhan Beleniuk |  UKR |  | Rustam Assakalov |  UZB |  | Habibollah Akhlaghi |  IRI |  | Saman Tahmasebi |  AZE |  | Rami Hietaniemi |  FIN |  | Viktor Lőrincz |  HUN |  | Pan American Qualification Tournament - 2 |  | Jordan Holm |  USA |  | Alfonso Leyva |  MEX |  | Asian Qualification Tournament - 2+1 |  | Peng Fei |  CHN |  | Janarbek Kenjeev |  KGZ |  | Ravinder Khatri |  IND |  | African & Oceania Qualification Tournament - 2 |  | Ahmed Othman |  EGY |  | Adem Boudjemline |  ALG |  | European Qualification Tournament - 2 |  | Aleksey Mishin |  RUS |  | Nikolay Bayryakov |  BUL |  | 1st World Qualification Tournament - 3 |  | Javid Hamzatau |  BLR |  | Maksim Manukyan |  ARM |  | Zakarias Berg |  SWE |  | 2nd World Qualification Tournament - 2 |  | Denis Kudla |  GER |  | Robert Kobliashvili |  GEO |  | Invitational / Host Nation - 1 |  | Amer Hrustanović |  AUT |  | Total - 21 |   
 Kyrgyzstan's Janarbek Kenjeev originally earned a quota place in men's Greco-Roman 85kg at the Asian Qualification Tournament, but tested positive for doping, giving his nation's Olympic license to India.
 On 9 July 2016, United World Wrestling, following recent meldonium guidelines outlined by the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency, has announced the reinstatement of National Olympic Committee qualification spots for the 2016 Olympic Games based on the performances of the following athletes: 
 Janarbek Kenjeev (Kyrgyzstan, GR 85 kg). National Olympic Committees previously granted Olympic qualification spots will not be impacted by this adjustment.
 
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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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