| 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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