2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

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 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.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Mehdi Hajizadeh  Iran
Silver	Russia
Bronze	Ukraine

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

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool 1[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	BLR	HUN
1	(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	—

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	—

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	(ARM)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	8–4
3	(UZB)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 4[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CHN	MKD	SEN
1	(CHN)	2	2	0	7	17		—	5–0	12–2
2	(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	—

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	(FIN)	2	0	2	1	4		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 6[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	ROM	GBR
1	(UKR)	2	2	0	7	17		—	3–2	14–3
2	(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	—

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	(GRE)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 PO	—	4–1
3	(MGL)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 8[]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	AZE	GER	PER
1	(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	(PER)	3	0	3	1	1		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	1–4 SP	—

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	(KOR)	3	1	2	5	9		1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—	7–3 Fall
4	(IND)	3	0	3	2	8		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Knockout round[]

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

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