# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 69 kg

The men's freestyle 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 23 to 25 November 2001.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | GER | POL |
| 1 | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 3–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Sergej Kowalenko (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CAN | RUS | KGZ |
| 1 | Daniel Igali (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Irbek Farniev (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | MKD | PER |
| 1 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 6–2 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Lulzim Vrenezi (MKD) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 1–3 PP | — | 15–5 |
| 3 | Enrique Cubas (PER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | JPN | MGL |
| 1 | Amir Tavakkolian (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | — | 7–6 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Kazuyuki Miyata (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–4 |
| 3 | Adiyaakhüügiin Boldsükh (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | BLR | UZB |
| 1 | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 6–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Sergey Demchenko (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–3 |
| 3 | Jakhongir Abdurakhmonov (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | USA | ESP |
| 1 | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | — | 7–6 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Chris Bono (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Carlos Domínguez (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ROM | TKM | MDA |
| 1 | László Szabolcs (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | — | 11–1 Fall | 7–1 |
| 2 | Alai Niýazmengliýew (TKM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0–4 TO | — | WO |
| 3 | Marian Luca (MDA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SVK | IND | GBR |
| 1 | Štefan Fernyák (SVK) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 4–1 | 6–3 |
| 2 | Jai Bhagwan (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | John Melling (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | GRE | KAZ | VEN |
| 1 | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 26 | — | 4–1 | 10–0 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Theodoros Kemeridis (GRE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Sabit Kendybayev (KAZ) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Jhonny Cedeño (VEN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | AZE | FRA | NED |
| 1 | Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | — | 9–4 | 7–0 Ret | WO |
| 2 | Zahid Mirzayev (AZE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 1–3 PP | — | WO | 11–4 Fall |
| 3 | Sébastien Bourdin (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 PA | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Gocha Papashvili (NED) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Daniel Igali (CAN) | 2 | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 2 | | | | |
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 0 | Amir Tavakkolian (IRI) | 3 | | | | |
| Amir Tavakkolian (IRI) | 3 | | | Amir Tavakkolian (IRI) | 5$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 2 | | |
| | | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Amir Tavakkolian (IRI) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 6 |
| | | László Szabolcs (ROM) | 3 | | |
| | | Štefan Fernyák (SVK) | 1 | | |
| | | | | László Szabolcs (ROM) | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 12 |
| | | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 3 | | | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 6 |
| | | Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) | 2 | | | László Szabolcs (ROM) | 2 |