| | Top level | Event type
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤86 kilograms), Men – Semi-Finals, Match #1
| Date | 20 August 2016 — 12:06 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Arena Carioca 2, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (Mat A) | |
| Referee | Valentin Getsov |  BUL |
| Judge | Jānis Rončs |  LAT |
| Mat Chairman | Karol Łebkowski |  POL |
| Color | Wrestler | NOC | Result | Class. Pts | Tech. Points | 1 | 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | Abdulrashid Sadulayev |  RUS | Decision (8 - 1) | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Blue | Şərif Şərifov |  AZE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |