2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 6 to 7 September 2002.

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Dates	6–7 September 2002
Competitors	29 from 29 nations
Medalists
Mehdi Hajizadeh   Iran   Magomed Isagadzhiev   Russia   Volodymyr Syrotyn   Ukraine

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	BLR	HUN
1	Daniel González (CUB)	2	2	0	6	6		—	3–1	3–1
2	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2	1	1	4	4		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2	0	2	2	2		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	MDA	JPN
1	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	2	2	0	7	17		—	12–1	5–2
2	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	2	1	1	4	5		1–4 SP	—	4–1
3	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	ARM	UZB
1	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	6	13		—	6–1	7–1
2	Bagratuni Barseghyan (ARM)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	8–4
3	Magomedali Gadjilavov (UZB)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CHN	MKD	SEN
1	Xu Xuanchong (CHN)	2	2	0	7	17		—	5–0	12–2
2	Vlado Lazarov (MKD)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–2
3	Matar Sène (SEN)	2	0	2	2	4		1–4 SP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	POL	FIN
1	Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	2	2	0	6	10		—	3–0	7–0
2	Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	2	1	1	3	6		0–3 PO	—	6–4
3	Jari Olmala (FIN)	2	0	2	1	4		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	ROM	GBR
1	Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR)	2	2	0	7	17		—	3–2	14–3
2	Eugen Preda (ROM)	2	1	1	4	12		1–3 PP	—	10–3
3	Nate Ackerman (GBR)	2	0	2	2	6		1–4 SP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	GRE	MGL
1	Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	2	0	6	12		—	5–0	7–0
2	Felix Polianidis (GRE)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 PO	—	4–1
3	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	AZE	GER	PER
1	Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS)	3	3	0	10	22		—	6–3	5–2	11–0
2	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	3	2	1	8	20		1–3 PP	—	5–3	12–0
3	Alexander Leipold (GER)	3	1	2	6	16		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—	11–1
4	David Cubas (PER)	3	0	3	1	1		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	1–4 SP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 9

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	BUL	KOR	IND
1	Guram Mchedlidze (GEO)	3	3	0	9	21		—	3–0	10–2	8–2
2	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	3	2	1	6	14		0–3 PO	—	7–0	7–3
3	Choi Kwon-sub (KOR)	3	1	2	5	9		1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—	7–3 Fall
4	Narender Tomar (IND)	3	0	3	2	8		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Daniel González (CUB)	0
	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	4			Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	5
					Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	4
									Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	8
									Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	1
					Xu Xuanchong (CHN)	0
					Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	4
													Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	4
													Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS)	0
					Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR)	4
					Daniel Igali (CAN)	3
									Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR)	6			Bronze medal match
									Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS)	8
					Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS)	3							Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	5
					Guram Mchedlidze (GEO)	0							Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR)	1

• Ahmet Gülhan of Turkey originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Ephedrine.