2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2003 World Championships
Venue	Madison Square Garden
Dates	12–14 September 2003
Competitors	35 from 35 nations
Medalists
Buvaisar Saitiev   Russia   Murad Gaidarov   Belarus   Gennadiy Laliyev   Kazakhstan

Main article: 2003 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	CHN	PUR
1	Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	2	0	6	12		—	7–1	5–3
2	Si Riguleng (CHN)	2	1	1	5	11		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Esteban Vera (PUR)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	GBR	KGZ
1	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	7	15		—	10–0	5–0
2	Nate Ackerman (GBR)	2	1	1	4	0		0–4 ST	—	WO
3	Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 PA	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		HUN	LAT	ESP
1	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2	2	0	7	18		—	10–0	8–3
2	Jānis Leišavnieks (LAT)	2	1	1	4	6		0–4 ST	—	6–0 Fall
3	Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AZE	UZB	MGL
1	Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	2	2	0	6	8		—	5–4	3–0
2	Magomedali Gadjilavov (UZB)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	4–0
3	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	2	0	2	1	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BLR	ARM	GEO
1	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–2	6–0
2	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	7–4
3	Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	2	0	2	1	4		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		JPN	TUR	ROM
1	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	2	2	0	7	17		—	14–3	3–0
2	Hakkı Ceylan (TUR)	2	1	1	4	8		1–4 SP	—	5–4
3	Eugen Preda (ROM)	2	0	2	1	4		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MKD	GER	KOR
1	Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	2	1	1	5	6		—	1–3	5–1 Fall
2	Dennis Blum (GER)	2	1	1	4	4		3–1 PP	—	1–3
3	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	2	1	1	3	4		0–4 TO	3–1 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	BUL	SEN
1	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	2	0	7	38		—	4–1	34–2
2	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	2	1	1	5	5		1–3 PP	—	4–0 Fall
3	Jean Diatta (SEN)	2	0	2	1	2		1–4 SP	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 9

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AUS	ITA	GRE
1	Talgat Ilyasov (AUS)	2	2	0	6	6		—	3–0	3–2
2	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–2
3	Felix Polianidis (GRE)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 10

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IND	UKR	PAN	TPE
1	Sujeet Maan (IND)	3	3	0	12	23		—	8–4 Fall	3–0 Ret	12–2
2	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	3	2	1	8	19		0–4 TO	—	10–0	5–1 Fall
3	Leonardo González (PAN)	3	1	2	4	7		0–4 PA	0–4 ST	—	7–0 Fall
4	Huang Chih-wen (TPE)	3	0	3	1	3		1–4 SP	0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 11

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	USA	MDA	VEN
1	Hadi Habibi (IRI)	3	3	0	10	21		—	3–1	8–2	10–0
2	Joe Williams (USA)	3	2	1	8	18		1–3 PP	—	6–0	11–0 Fall
3	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	3	1	2	5	12		1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—	10–0
4	Jhonny Cedeño (VEN)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Daniel Igali (CAN)	1
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	4			Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2
	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	8			Árpád Ritter (HUN)	1
	Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	5							Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	3							Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	4
	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	1			Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	3
					Sihamir Osmanov (MKD)	2
													Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2
													Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2
					Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	9
					Talgat Ilyasov (AUS)	1
									Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	6			Bronze medal match
									Hadi Habibi (IRI)	3
					Sujeet Maan (IND)	0							Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	5
					Hadi Habibi (IRI)	3F							Hadi Habibi (IRI)	1