2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg

2001 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	54 kg	54 kg	46 kg
	58 kg	58 kg	51 kg
	63 kg	63 kg	56 kg
	69 kg	69 kg	62 kg
	76 kg	76 kg	68 kg
	85 kg	85 kg	75 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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The men's freestyle 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 November 2001.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Buvaisar Saitiev  Russia
Silver	Moon Eui-jae  South Korea
Bronze	Joe Williams  United States

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool 1[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		ROM	POL	CUB
1	(ROM)	2	2	0	6	6		—	3–0	3–1
2	Radosław Horbik (POL)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–2
3	Yosmany Romero (CUB)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 2[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	CAN	ITA
1	Joe Williams (USA)	2	2	0	6	7		—	4–3	3–0
2	(CAN)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	7–2
3	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	2	0	2	1	2		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 3[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	PUR	LAT
1	Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	2	2	0	7	21		—	11–2	10–0
2	(PUR)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	4–2
3	(LAT)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Pool 4[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	BLR	MGL
1	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	2	2	0	6	11		—	7–1	4–0
2	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2	1	1	5	7		1–3 PP	—	6–1 Fall
3	(MGL)	2	0	2	0	1		0–3 PO	0–4 TO	—

Pool 5[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	UZB	JPN
1	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	11		—	4–3	7–0
2	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)	2	1	1	4	7		1–3 PP	—	4–1
3	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 6[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	GER	UKR
1	Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	2	2	0	6	10		—	3–2	7–5
2	Alexander Leipold (GER)	2	1	1	4	7		1–3 PP	—	5–3
3	(UKR)	2	0	2	2	8		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 7[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		HUN	KAZ	KGZ
1	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–2	6–0
2	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	6–1
3	(KGZ)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 8[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KOR	GRE	VIE
1	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	2	2	0	7	21		—	9–2	12–2
2	(GRE)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	(VIE)	2	0	2	1	2		1–4 SP	0–4 ST	—

Pool 9[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SVK	IND	AZE	ARM
1	Radion Kertanti (SVK)	3	2	1	9	25		—	14–4	1–4	10–0
2	Sujeet Maan (IND)	3	2	1	8	24		1–4 SP	—	9–7	11–2 Fall
3	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	3	2	1	8	22		3–1 PP	1–3 PP	—	11–2 Fall
4	(ARM)	3	0	3	0	4		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Pool 10[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		FIN	BUL	ISR	GBR
1	(FIN)	3	3	0	9	18		—	4–1	7–3	7–3
2	Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	3	2	1	9	17		1–3 PP	—	5–0 Fall	11–0 Fall
3	(ISR)	3	1	2	5	20		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—	17–7
4	Nate Ackerman (GBR)	3	0	3	2	10		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	1–4 SP	—

Knockout round[]

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	(ROM)		1
	Joe Williams (USA)		3			Joe Williams (USA)		7
	Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)		2			Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)		3
	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)		4								Joe Williams (USA)		4
											Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)		5
						Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)		3
						Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)		2
																Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)		3
																Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		2
						Árpád Ritter (HUN)		7
						Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		8
											Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		6			Bronze medal match
											Radion Kertanti (SVK)		0
						Radion Kertanti (SVK)		10								Joe Williams (USA)		10
						(FIN)		0								Radion Kertanti (SVK)		0

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