# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 63 kg

The men's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 7 to 9 October 1999.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | RUS | GRE |
| 1 | Cary Kolat (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | — | 9–6 | 13–0 |
| 2 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–1 |
| 3 | Georgios Moustopoulos (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GBR | BLR | FRA |
| 1 | John Melling (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 9–8 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Sergey Smal (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Karim Makhlouf (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ITA | ROM | MKD |
| 1 | Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 3–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Șerban Mumjiev (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Lulzim Vrenezi (MKD) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KGZ | FIN | IND |
| 1 | Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | — | 10–0 Fall | 8–0 Fall |
| 2 | Kim-Jussi Nurmela (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 TO | — | 5–4 |
| 3 | Mukesh Kumar (IND) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | PRK | CYP |
| 1 | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | — | 12–1 | 3–0 Fall |
| 2 | Kim Kwang-il (PRK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1–4 SP | — | 21–0 Fall |
| 3 | Arout Parsekian (CYP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | MDA | MGL | HUN |
| 1 | Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | — | 5–1 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | István Dencsik (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | CUB | CAN |
| 1 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 3–1 Fall | 10–3 |
| 2 | Carlos Ortiz (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0–4 TO | — | 9–5 |
| 3 | Marty Calder (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | POL | KOR | NED |
| 1 | Lucjan Gralak (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 6–4 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 1–3 PP | — | 22–1 Ret |
| 3 | Gocha Papashvili (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | SYR | CHN |
| 1 | Hiroaki Yayama (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 6–4 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Ayman Al-Shalabi (SYR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–5 |
| 3 | Su Qing (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | SUI | MEX |
| 1 | Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | — | 9–1 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Grégory Sarrasin (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–3 |
| 3 | Celso de Anda (MEX) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | GEO | TUR |
| 1 | Mohammad Talaei (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 5–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | David Pogosian (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–3 |
| 3 | Mehmet Yozgat (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 12

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | AZE | KAZ | GER |
| 1 | Elman Asgarov (AZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 24 | — | 14–9 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Ismail Boziyev (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–2 |
| 3 | Jürgen Scheibe (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Cary Kolat (USA) | 6 | | | | | | |
| John Melling (GBR) | 4 | Cary Kolat (USA) | 3 | | | | |
| Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) | 1 | Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ) | 1 | | | | |
| Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ) | 7 | | | Cary Kolat (USA) | 1 | | |
| Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 6 | | | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 2 | | |
| Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA) | 0 | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 5 | | | | |
| Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 5 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 3 | | | | |
| Lucjan Gralak (POL) | 0 | | | | | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 3 |
| Hiroaki Yayama (JPN) | 0 | | | | | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 1 |
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 7 | Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 3 | | |
| Mohammad Talaei (IRI) | 3 | Mohammad Talaei (IRI) | 2 | | |
| Elman Asgarov (AZE) | 2 | | | Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Sergey Smal (BLR) | 2 | | | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 1 |
| Kim Kwang-il (PRK) | 6 | Kim Kwang-il (PRK) | 1 | | | Cary Kolat (USA) | 0 |
| Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL) | 0 | Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 6 | | | Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 5 |
| Jang Jae-sung (KOR) | 10 | | | | | | |