Sumo at the 2009 World Games – Men's middleweight

The men's middleweight competition in sumo at the 2009 World Games took place on 17 July 2009 at the Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Sumo – Men's middleweight at the 2009 World Games
Venue	Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dates	17 July 2009
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Ryo Ito   Katsuo Yoshida   Kostiantyn Iermakov

Competition format

A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. They fought in the cup system with repechages.

Results

Main draw

	Score
1/16 Finals
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)		Bye
Howard Gilbert (NZL)	L-W	Hossam Omar (EGY)
Ricardo Tadashi Aoyama (BRA)	W-L	Douglas Cochran (USA)
Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)	L-W	Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	W-L	Willian Takahiro Higuchi (BRA)
Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)	W-L	Tsai Hsien-ming (TPE)
Ryo Ito (JPN)	W-L	Fausto Gobbi (ITA)
Kena Heffernan (USA)	W-L	Marcin Rozum (POL)
Quarterfinals
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)	W-L	Hossam Omar (EGY)
Ricardo Tadashi Aoyama (BRA)	L-W	Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	L-W	Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)
Ryo Ito (JPN)	W-L	Kena Heffernan (USA)

Repechages

	Score
1/16 Repechages
Hossam Omar (EGY)		Bye
Ricardo Tadashi Aoyama (BRA)	L-W	Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	W-L	Tsai Hsien-ming (TPE)
Kena Heffernan (USA)	W-L	Fausto Gobbi (ITA)
Repechages Quarterfinals
Hossam Omar (EGY)	L-W	Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	W-L	Kena Heffernan (USA)

Semifinals

	Score
Semifinals
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)	W-L	Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)
Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)	L-W	Ryo Ito (JPN)
Repechages Semifinals
Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)	L-W	Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)
Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)	L-W	Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)

Finals

	Score
Gold medal match
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)	L-W	Ryo Ito (JPN)
Bronze medal match
Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)	W-L	Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)