2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 54 kg

The men's freestyle 54 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.

Men's freestyle 54 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	22–24 November 2001
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Herman Kantoyeu   Belarus   Babak Nourzad   Iran   Aleksandr Kontoev   Russia

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MGL	BUL	SVK
1	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	2	2	0	6	9		—	5–3	4–1
2	Ivan Djorev (BUL)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Roman Kollar (SVK)	2	0	2	2	2		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	CAN	CUB
1	Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	14		—	8–6	6–3
2	Mikheil Japaridze (CAN)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	3–2
3	Wilfredo García (CUB)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	KGZ	VIE
1	Gocha Kirkitadze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	13		—	10–5	3–1
2	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	2	1	1	5	15		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Tạ Đình Đức (VIE)	2	0	2	1	1		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	UKR	RSA
1	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	2	2	0	7	17		—	6–1	11–1
2	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2	1	1	5	11		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Shaun Williams (RSA)	2	0	2	1	1		1–4 SP	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AZE	JPN	NZL
1	Arif Farmanov (AZE)	2	2	0	7	7		—	7–4	WO
2	Yuki Nagao (JPN)	2	1	1	5	4		1–3 PP	—	WO
3	Martin Liddle (NZL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 PA	0–4 PA	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BLR	USA	IND
1	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	2	2	0	6	13		—	7–6	6–2
2	Stephen Abas (USA)	2	1	1	4	14		1–3 PP	—	8–1
3	Kripa Shankar Patel (IND)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UZB	GRE	ROM	KOR
1	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	3	3	0	10	23		—	4–3	11–0	8–3
2	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3	2	1	8	21		1–3 PP	—	7–2	11–0
3	Ion Blidari (ROM)	3	1	2	5	6		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—	4–3 Fall
4	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	3	0	3	1	6		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	MDA	VEN
1	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	3	3	0	11	32		—	11–7	11–1	10–0
2	Mevlana Kulaç (TUR)	3	2	1	9	27		1–3 PP	—	8–11 Fall	12–0
3	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	3	1	2	5	22		1–4 SP	0–4 TO	—	10–0
4	Héctor Camacho (VEN)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	3
	Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	6			Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	1
	Gocha Kirkitadze (GEO)	2			Babak Nourzad (IRI)	5
	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	6							Babak Nourzad (IRI)	1
	Arif Farmanov (AZE)	0							Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	5
	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	5			Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	4
	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	1			Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	2
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	12							Bronze medal match
									Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	4
									Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1