2007 Asia silver medalist Meisam Mostafa Jokar defeated Ayhan Sucu from Turkey 11-2 in 74kg semi final and competes for gold medal.

Also 2005 junior world champion at 96kg Amir Moradi Ganji beat Sait Bingul from Turkey 2-0 in semi final.

Moreover, Saeid Ahmadi competes for bronze medal of 60 kg. Mohsen Aghajani lost to Anatoli Guida from Bulgaria and Sadegh Goudarzi was defeated by Ahmet Gulhan from Turkey. Saeid Amiri was another 96kg wrestler of Iran which lost to Eldar Kurtanidze from Georgia 2-1