# 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.

## 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 | — |

#### 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 | — |

#### 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 | — |

#### 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 | — |

#### 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 | — |

#### 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 | — |

#### 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 | — |

#### 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 | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | 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 | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS) | 4 |
| | | | | Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 1 |