2009 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 66 kg

2009 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 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 21.

Medalists[]

Gold	Mehdi Taghavi  Iran
Silver	Rasul Dzhukayev  Russia
Bronze	Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu  Japan
	Leonid Spiridonov  Kazakhstan

Results[]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Finals[]

	Semifinals						Final
	Sushil Kumar (IND)	1	1
	Rasul Dzhukayev (RUS)	1	7				Rasul Dzhukayev (RUS)	0	0
	Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	1	5				Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	1	1
	(TUR)	0	0

Top half[]

Section 1[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								(ROU)		6	7
								Raoni Barcelos (BRA)		0	0
															(ROU)		0	2
															Sushil Kumar (IND)		2	3
								(ITA)		0	0
								Sushil Kumar (IND)		4	3F
																						Sushil Kumar (IND)		0	4F
																						Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)		4	0
								(VIE)		1	0
								Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)		7	7
															Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)		3	0	3F
															Geandry Garzón (CUB)		0	4	0
								Albert Batyrov (BLR)		4	0	0
								Geandry Garzón (CUB)		1	4	5

Section 2[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								(ISR)		0	0
								Gergõ Wöller (HUN)		4	5
															Gergõ Wöller (HUN)		0	0
															Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		1	2
								Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		2	2
								Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)		0	0
																						Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		0	1
																						Rasul Dzhukayev (RUS)		1	3
								Rasul Dzhukayev (RUS)		1	1
								Jung Young-ho (KOR)		0	0
															Rasul Dzhukayev (RUS)		1	2
															(POL)		1	0
								(KGZ)		0	0
								(POL)		1	1

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								(USA)		1	0	1
								Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		1	3	2
															Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		2	3
															(UZB)		0	3
								(UZB)		1	3
								(VEN)		1	1
																						Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		0	0
																						Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)		1	1
								(SEN)		0	0
								Andriy Stadnik (UKR)		1	7
															Andriy Stadnik (UKR)		0	0
															Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)		1	1
								Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)		1	2
								(GEO)		0	0

Section 4[]

	Round of 64							Round of 32							Round of 16							Quarterfinals
								Haislan Garcia (CAN)		2	1	0
								(TUR)		0	2	1
															(TUR)		2	2
															(GER)		0	0
								(CHN)		1	0
								(GER)		2	1
																						(TUR)		0	2	1
																						Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)		1	0	0
								(AUT)		0	0
								Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)		1	4
															Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)		1	1
	Yang Chun-song (PRK)		2	5	4										Yang Chun-song (PRK)		0	1
	Heinrich Barnes (RSA)		3	0	0			Yang Chun-song (PRK)		2	1	3
	(BUL)		1	1				(BUL)		1	1	0
	(GRE)		1	0

Repechage[]

	Repechage round 2						Repechage round 3						Bronze medals
	Jung Young-ho (KOR)		1	1			Jung Young-ho (KOR)		0	0			Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		1	4
	(POL)		0	0			Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)		3	2			Sushil Kumar (IND)		0	0
	(GEO)		4	3	1		Andriy Stadnik (UKR)		0	3			Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		1	1
	Andriy Stadnik (UKR)		0	3	3		Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)		8	4			(TUR)		0	0

References[]

• Results Book, Pages 34–35