2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg

Men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Dates	5–6 September 2002
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Medalists
René Montero    Cuba   Namig Abdullayev    Azerbaijan   Oleksandr Zakharuk    Ukraine
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2002 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	51 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	55 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	59 kg
	84 kg	84 kg	63 kg
	96 kg	96 kg	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg
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The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 5 to 6 September 2002.^[1]

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UZB	KOR	MDA
1	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	2	1	1	5	11		—	1–3	10–0
2	Oh Jun-seok (KOR)	2	1	1	4	4		3–1 PP	—	1–6
3	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	2	1	1	3	6		0–4 ST	3–1 PP	—

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	BUL	VEN
1	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	2	2	0	7	14		—	3–2	11–0
2	Ivan Djorev (BUL)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Héctor Camacho (VEN)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MGL	TUR	ESP
1	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	2	2	0	7	15		—	5–4	10–0
2	Ersin Çetin (TUR)	2	1	1	5	14		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Francisco Sánchez (ESP)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AZE	IND	TKM
1	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	2	2	0	7	16		—	5–1	11–0
2	Krishan Kumar (IND)	2	1	1	5	18		1–3 PP	—	17–12 Fall
3	Rowşan Seýidow (TKM)	2	0	2	0	12		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	IRI	GER
1	René Montero (CUB)	2	2	0	6	14		—	4–2	10–1
2	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	8–4
3	Vasilij Zeiher (GER)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		ARM	RUS	BLR
1	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	2	1	1	4	6		—	3–2	3–4
2	Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	4–1
3	Aliaksandr Karnitski (BLR)	2	1	1	4	5		3–1 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	CHN	GEO
1	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2	2	0	6	9		—	6–2	3–1
2	Meng Haibo (CHN)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	4–1
3	Besarion Gochashvili (GEO)	2	0	2	2	2		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KGZ	GRE	CAN
1	Oularbek Tuganbai (KGZ)	2	2	0	6	10		—	6–3	4–1
2	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	6–1
3	Mikheil Japaridze (CAN)	2	0	2	2	2		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	5
	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	3			Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1
	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	0			Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	3
	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	3							Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	1
	René Montero (CUB)	5							René Montero (CUB)	4
	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	4			René Montero (CUB)	4
	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	5			Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2
	Oularbek Tuganbai (KGZ)	1							Bronze medal match
									Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1
									Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	3

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