# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg

The men's freestyle 76 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
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* R — Retired

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SVK | MDA | BLR |
| 1 | Radion Kertanti (SVK) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 9–7 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Victor Peicov (MDA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–1 Fall |
| 3 | Eduard Alexeenko (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | AZE | GEO |
| 1 | Moon Eui-jae (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 7–4 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 1–3 PP | — | 15–3 Fall |
| 3 | Aleksandre Kakhniashvili (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | ARM | CHN |
| 1 | Joe Williams (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | — | 10–5 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Habetnak Kurghinyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1–3 PP | — | 13–2 Fall |
| 3 | Zhang Wenyan (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | TUR | JPN |
| 1 | Daniel González (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Adem Bereket (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1–3 PP | — | 14–5 Fall |
| 3 | Kenji Koshiba (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | KGZ | GRE |
| 1 | Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 3–2 | 7–4 |
| 2 | Nurbek Izabekov (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Lazaros Loizidis (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | SYR | GBR |
| 1 | Alik Muzaiev (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 5–4 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Mohammad Al-Khanati (SYR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–3 |
| 3 | Thomas Coppola (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | POL | UZB |
| 1 | Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | — | 9–0 | 7–1 |
| 2 | Radosław Horbik (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0–3 PO | — | 7–4 |
| 3 | Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | IRI | AUS |
| 1 | Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | — | 10–6 | 11–3 Fall |
| 2 | Masoud Jamshidi (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1–3 PP | — | 18–1 |
| 3 | Rein Ozoline (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–4 TO | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GER | ESP | PUR |
| 1 | Alexander Leipold (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22 | — | 11–0 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Víctor Domínguez (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 ST | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Manuel García (PUR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RSA | MGL | CYP |
| 1 | Jannie du Toit (RSA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | — | 13–12 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar (MGL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1–3 PP | — | 13–1 |
| 3 | Marinos Koutoupis (CYP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | ROM | CAN | FIN |
| 1 | Plamen Paskalev (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 18 | — | 7–0 | 11–0 | WO |
| 2 | Mihai Stroia (ROM) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0–3 PO | — | 5–2 | WO |
| 3 | Nick Ugoalah (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — | 11–1 Fall |
| 4 | Jari Olmala (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0–4 EF | 0–4 PA | 0–4 TO | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Radion Kertanti (SVK) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Moon Eui-jae (KOR) | 7 | Moon Eui-jae (KOR) | 1$^R$ | | | | |
| Joe Williams (USA) | 1 | Joe Williams (USA) | 6 | | | | |
| Daniel González (CUB) | 1 | | | Joe Williams (USA) | 0 | | |
| Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ) | 1 | | | Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 4$^F$ | | |
| Alik Muzaiev (UKR) | 1 | Alik Muzaiev (UKR) | 0 | | | | |
| Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 11 | Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 4 | | | | |
| Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 3 | | | | | Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 6 |
| Alexander Leipold (GER) | 11 | | | | | Alexander Leipold (GER) | 3 |
| Jannie du Toit (RSA) | 0 | Alexander Leipold (GER) | 11 | | |
| Plamen Paskalev (BUL) | 9 | Plamen Paskalev (BUL) | 0 | | |
| Victor Peicov (MDA) | 4 | | | Alexander Leipold (GER) | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 11 | | | Adem Bereket (TUR) | 0 |
| Habetnak Kurghinyan (ARM) | 1 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 3 | | | Joe Williams (USA) | 2 |
| Adem Bereket (TUR) | 8$^F$ | Adem Bereket (TUR) | 4 | | | Adem Bereket (TUR) | 5 |
| Mihai Stroia (ROM) | 0 | | | | | | |