# 2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg

The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 27 September 2006.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Besik Kudukhov (RUS) | 0 | 0 | |
| Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 6 | 1 | |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Besarion Gochashvili (GEO) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Igor Skilskiy (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 0 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Hidenori Taoka (JPN) | 1 | 0 | | Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 0 | 0 |
| Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly (KAZ) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Besik Kudukhov (RUS) | 3 | 1 |
| Murat Gençtürk (TUR) | 0 | 0 | | Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly (KAZ) | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Iliaz Ozumbekov (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | | Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 9 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 5 | 4 | | | | | | Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | |
| Mikheil Japaridze (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | Besik Kudukhov (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 6$^F$ | | | |
| Vinod Kumar (IND) | 1 | 1 | 3 | Vinod Kumar (IND) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Besik Kudukhov (RUS) | 3 | 5$^F$ | | Besik Kudukhov (RUS) | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Phạm Đức Kháng (VIE) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| O Song-nam (PRK) | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pavel Siniavski (ISR) | 0 | 0 | | O Song-nam (PRK) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Qin Yi (CHN) | 1 | 0 | | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 3 | 3$^F$ | | | | | | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 1 | 5 | | | |
| Viorel Etko (GBR) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Fredy Serrano (COL) | 4 | 3 | | Fredy Serrano (COL) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 6 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Vahan Simonyan (ARM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 4 | 7 |
| Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Sammie Henson (USA) | 0 | 1 |
| Taghi Dadashi (IRI) | 6 | 4 | | Taghi Dadashi (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) | 4 | 4 | | Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) | 4 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Jerry Angana (PHI) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | Taghi Dadashi (IRI) | 1 | 0 | | | |
| René Montero (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Sammie Henson (USA) | 0 | 5$^F$ | | | |
| Sammie Henson (USA) | 1 | 1 | 6 | Sammie Henson (USA) | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Uladzislau Andreyeu (BLR) | 0 | 3 | | Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Phạm Đức Kháng (VIE) | 0 | 0 | Vinod Kumar (IND) | 0 | 1 | Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinod Kumar (IND) | 1 | 6 | Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 3 | 1 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Qin Yi (CHN) | 0 | 1 | O Song-nam (PRK) | 4 | 1 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 1 | 0 | |
| O Song-nam (PRK) | 1 | 2 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 0 | 3$^F$ | Sammie Henson (USA) | 2 | 2 | |