2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg

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.

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

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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