# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg

The men's freestyle 76 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 | ROM | POL | CUB |
| 1 | Eugen Preda (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Radosław Horbik (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Yosmany Romero (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | CAN | ITA |
| 1 | Joe Williams (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 4–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Nick Ugoalah (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–2 |
| 3 | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | PUR | LAT |
| 1 | Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | — | 11–2 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Manuel García (PUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Jānis Leišavnieks (LAT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | BLR | MGL |
| 1 | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | — | 7–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–1 Fall |
| 3 | Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | UZB | JPN |
| 1 | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | — | 4–3 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Kunihiko Obata (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | GER | UKR |
| 1 | Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 3–2 | 7–5 |
| 2 | Alexander Leipold (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–3 |
| 3 | Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | KAZ | KGZ |
| 1 | Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Almazbek Ergeshov (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | GRE | VIE |
| 1 | Moon Eui-jae (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | — | 9–2 | 12–2 |
| 2 | Felix Polianidis (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Phạm Thanh Quyết (VIE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–4 SP | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SVK | IND | AZE | ARM |
| 1 | Radion Kertanti (SVK) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 25 | — | 14–4 | 1–4 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Sujeet Maan (IND) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 1–4 SP | — | 9–7 | 11–2 Fall |
| 3 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 3–1 PP | 1–3 PP | — | 11–2 Fall |
| 4 | Garsevan Vardanyan (ARM) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | FIN | BUL | ISR | GBR |
| 1 | Jari Olmala (FIN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | — | 4–1 | 7–3 | 7–3 |
| 2 | Miroslav Gochev (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–0 Fall | 11–0 Fall |
| 3 | Sergey Kolesnikov (ISR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — | 17–7 |
| 4 | Nate Ackerman (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | 1–4 SP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Eugen Preda (ROM) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Joe Williams (USA) | 3 | Joe Williams (USA) | 7 | | | | |
| Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR) | 2 | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 3 | | | | |
| Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 4 | | | Joe Williams (USA) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 5 | | |
| | | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Moon Eui-jae (KOR) | 2 |
| | | Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 7 | | |
| | | Moon Eui-jae (KOR) | 8 | | |
| | | | | Moon Eui-jae (KOR) | 6 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Radion Kertanti (SVK) | 0 |
| | | Radion Kertanti (SVK) | 10 | | | Joe Williams (USA) | 10 |
| | | Jari Olmala (FIN) | 0 | | | Radion Kertanti (SVK) | 0 |