# 2009 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg

The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 21.
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 |
| Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sezar Akgül (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Andrei Dukov (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Altynbek Alymbaev (KGZ) | 3 | 1 | 3 | Altynbek Alymbaev (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Hassan Rahimi (IRI) | 1 | 1 | | Hassan Rahimi (IRI) | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Ramil Rejepow (TKM) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Hassan Rahimi (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| Ion Guidea (MDA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | Rizvan Gadzhiev (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 5 | | | |
| Rizvan Gadzhiev (BLR) | 4 | 3 | | Rizvan Gadzhiev (BLR) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Shinichi Yumoto (JPN) | 1 | 1 | | Shinichi Yumoto (JPN) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| John Pineda (CAN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Rizvan Gadzhiev (BLR) | 3 | 0 |
| Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 4 | 2 |
| Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Vytas Čumakovas (LTU) | 0 | 2 | | Krasimir Krastanov (GBR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Krasimir Krastanov (GBR) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Yang Kyong-il (PRK) | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Besarion Gochashvili (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Mykola Aivazian (UKR) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Mykola Aivazian (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 6 | Mykola Aivazian (UKR) | 3 | 0 | 7$^F$ | | | | | | | |
| Asset Serikbayev (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Asset Serikbayev (KAZ) | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Adama Diatta (SEN) | 0 | 5 | 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 | Semifinals |
| Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arturo Chávez (MEX) | 0 | 4 | | Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tim Schleicher (GER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | Mihran Jaburyan (ARM) | 2$^F$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Mihran Jaburyan (ARM) | 1 | 5 | 2 | | | | | Mihran Jaburyan (ARM) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Viktor Lebedev (RUS) | 1 | 5 | | | | | | Viktor Lebedev (RUS) | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Héctor Camacho (VEN) | 0 | 0 | | Viktor Lebedev (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Luis Ibáñez (CUB) | 0 | 0 | | Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Radoslav Velikov (BUL) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Viktor Lebedev (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Danny Felix (USA) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Sezar Akgül (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Namig Sevdimov (AZE) | 1 | 3 | | Namig Sevdimov (AZE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Urs Wild (SUI) | 0 | 0 | | Sezar Akgül (TUR) | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Sezar Akgül (TUR) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | Sezar Akgül (TUR) | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 7 | 3 | | | | | | Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| Balraj Singh (IND) | 0 | 1 | | Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Nguyễn Huy Hà (VIE) | 2 | 1 | 3$^F$ | Nguyễn Huy Hà (VIE) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Li Bao (CHN) | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | Krasimir Krastanov (GBR) | 7 | 7 | Krasimir Krastanov (GBR) | 0 | |
| Krasimir Krastanov (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 1 | Mykola Aivazian (UKR) | 0 | 0 | Rizvan Gadzhiev (BLR) | 6$^F$ | |
| Urs Wild (SUI) | 0 | 0 | | Namig Sevdimov (AZE) | 1 | 3 | Namig Sevdimov (AZE) | 0 | 0 |
| Namig Sevdimov (AZE) | 2 | 5 | | Kim Hyo-sub (KOR) | 0 | 0 | Viktor Lebedev (RUS) | 1 | 1 |