| Event: | Men's freestyle 96 kg |
| Championship: | 2009 World Championships |
| Dates: | 21 September 2009 |
| Venue: | Messecenter Herning |
| Competitors: | 29 |
| Nations: | 29 |
| Gold: | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov |
| Gold Nation: | RUS |
| Silver: | Khetag Gazyumov |
| Silver Nation: | AZE |
| Bronze: | Serhat Balcı |
| Bronze Nation: | TUR |
| Bronze2: | Giorgi Gogshelidze |
| Bronze2 Nation: | GEO |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2010 |
See main article: 2009 World Wrestling Championships.
The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 21.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.