| Venue: Carioca Arena (Hall 3) at Olympic Training Center, Barra da Tijuca (West Zone of Rio de Janeiro). |
| Final | | | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Hassan Yazdani | IRI | 6-6 | Aniuar Geduev | RUS |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Jabrayil Hasanov | AZE | 9-7 | Bekzod Abdurakhmonov | UZB | | | Soner Demirtaş | TUR | 6-0 | Galymzhan Usserbayev | KAZ | | | Bekzod Abdurakhmonov | UZB | 11-1 | Jordan Burroughs | USA | | | Soner Demirtaş | TUR | 12-0 | Asnage Castelly | HAI |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Aniuar Geduev | RUS | 5-4 | Jabrayil Hasanov | AZE | | | Hassan Yazdani | IRI | 10-0 | Galymzhan Usserbayev | KAZ |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Aniuar Geduev | RUS | 3-2 | Jordan Burroughs | USA | | | Jabrayil Hasanov | AZE | 11-0 | Jakob Makarashvili | GEO | | | Hassan Yazdani | IRI | 7-0 | Soner Demirtaş | TUR | | | Galymzhan Usserbayev | KAZ | 4-3 | Sosuke Takatani | JPN |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Jordan Burroughs | USA | 8-3 | Augusto Midana | GBS | | | Aniuar Geduev | RUS | 10-5 | Bekzod Abdurakhmonov | UZB | | | Jakob Makarashvili | GEO | 13-8 | Georgi Ivanov | BUL | | | Jabrayil Hasanov | AZE | 10-0 | Carlos Izquierdo | COL | | | Soner Demirtaş | TUR | 4-2 | Pürevjavyn Önörbat | MGL | | | Hassan Yazdani | IRI | 10-0 | Asnage Castelly | HAI | | | Sosuke Takatani | JPN | 5-4 | Zelimkhan Khadjiev | FRA | | | Galymzhan Usserbayev | KAZ | 8-7 | Liván López | CUB |
| | Wrestler 1 | score | Wrestler 2 | | | Zelimkhan Khadjiev | FRA | WO | Narsingh Pancham Yadav | IND | | | Sosuke Takatani | JPN | 6-0R | Talgat Ilyasov | AUS | | | Liván López | CUB | 8-6 | Taimuraz Friev | ESP | | | Galymzhan Usserbayev | KAZ | 13-2 | Evgheni Nedealco | MDA |
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| Final Ranking | w | l | | 1. Hassan Yazdani | IRI | | 2. Aniuar Geduev | RUS | | 3. Jabrayil Hasanov | AZE | | 3. Soner Demirtaş | TUR | | 5. Bekzod Abdurakhmonov | UZB | | 5. Galymzhan Usserbayev | KAZ |
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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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| 20 Quotas - allocated to the respective NOC (not individual). |
| 2015 World Championships - 6 | | Jordan Burroughs | USA | | Pürevjavyn Önörbat | MGL | | Narsingh Pancham Yadav | IND | | Aniuar Geduev | RUS | | Zelimkhan Khadjiev | FRA | | Alireza Ghasemi | IRI_ | | Pan American Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Liván López | CUB | | Carlos Izquierdo | COL_ | | Asian Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Galymzhan Usserbayev | KAZ | | Sosuke Takatani | JPN_ | | African & Oceania Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Augusto Midana | GBS | | Talgat Ilyasov | AUS_ | | European Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Jabrayil Hasanov | AZE | | Jakob Makarashvili | GEO_ | | 1st World Qualification Tournament - 3 | | Soner Demirtaş | TUR | | Georgi Ivanov | BUL | | Evgheni Nedealco | MDA | | 2nd World Qualification Tournament - 2 | | Bekzod Adburakhmonov | UZB | | Taimuraz Friev | ESP | | Invitational / Host Nation - 1 | | Asnage Castelly | HAI | | Total - 20 |
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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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