# 2009 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg

The men's freestyle 120 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 22.
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 |
| Bilyal Makhov (RUS) | 2 | 6 | |
| Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 0 | 0 | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| | | | Bilyal Makhov (RUS) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ioannis Arzoumanidis (GRE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Bilyal Makhov (RUS) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | José Cuba (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | José Cuba (ESP) | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Andrei Podsevalnicov (MDA) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Bilyal Makhov (RUS) | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 0 | 0 |
| | | | Bazarbay Utambetov (UZB) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 1 | 1 | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Sergejs Djomins (LAT) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| Joginder Kumar (IND) | 0 | 2 | | | | | Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | |
| Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 2 | 4 | Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Dimitar Kumchev (BUL) | 1 | 3 | Dimitar Kumchev (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Juszup Nunajev (HUN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tervel Dlagnev (USA) | 1 | 2 | | Tervel Dlagnev (USA) | 3 | 2$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Song Shitao (CHN) | 0 | 0 | | Aleksey Shemarov (BLR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Aleksey Shemarov (BLR) | 4 | 7$^F$ | | | | | Tervel Dlagnev (USA) | 1 | 4 | | | |
| Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Ali Isayev (AZE) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Yonsi Sánchez (VEN) | 0 | 0 | | Ali Isayev (AZE) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ali Isayev (AZE) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | Tervel Dlagnev (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| Recep Kara (TUR) | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 1 | 1 |
| Nobuyoshi Arakida (JPN) | 0 | 0 | | Recep Kara (TUR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | Fardin Masoumi (IRI) | 1 | 3 | | | |
| Ruslan Basiev (ARM) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Arjan Bhullar (CAN) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Arjan Bhullar (CAN) | 1 | 2 | | Arjan Bhullar (CAN) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Yahya Abdul-Kareem (IRQ) | 2 | 2 | | Yahya Abdul-Kareem (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Lawrence Langowski (MEX) | 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 | Bronze medals |
| | | | | Ioannis Arzoumanidis (GRE) | 6 | 2 | Ioannis Arzoumanidis (GRE) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | José Cuba (ESP) | 3 | 0 | Disney Rodríguez (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 1 | 1 | Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 0 | 0 | |
| Recep Kara (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Arjan Bhullar (CAN) | 0 | 0 | Tervel Dlagnev (USA) | 2 | 2 | |