# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Patras, Greece from 6 to 8 December 2001.

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

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | TUR | DEN |
| 1 | Tomoya Murata (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Bayram Özdemir (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 9–0 |
| 3 | Anders Nyblom (DEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IND | GEO | UKR |
| 1 | Mukesh Khatri (IND) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | — | 5–2 Fall | 3–5 Fall |
| 2 | Vaja Omanidze (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 TO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Serhiy Sobakar (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0–4 TO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | ARM | ROM |
| 1 | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 4–3 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Artashes Minasyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–7 |
| 3 | Florin Gavrilă (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | RUS | AUS |
| 1 | Tenyo Tenev (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 10–0 Fall |
| 3 | Nikolay Goranov (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | CHN | CZE |
| 1 | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21 | — | 11–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Chen Yungang (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–4 ST | — | 6–2 |
| 3 | Jan Hocko (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BLR | FIN | HUN |
| 1 | Barys Radkevich (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | — | 14–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Tero Katajisto (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–4 SP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Tibor Oláh (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KGZ | FRA | KOR |
| 1 | Uran Kalilov (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | — | 7–1 | 1–3 |
| 2 | Hamou Oubrick (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–4 |
| 3 | Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3–1 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | GER | AZE |
| 1 | Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 3–2 | WO |
| 2 | Oleg Kutscherenko (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Natig Eyvazov (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | POL | MDA |
| 1 | Brandon Paulson (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | — | 11–2 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–0 |
| 3 | Vitalie Ceban (MDA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Tomoya Murata (JPN) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mukesh Khatri (IND) | 7 | Mukesh Khatri (IND) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 6 | | |
| | | Tenyo Tenev (BUL) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 8 |
| | | | | | | Brandon Paulson (USA) | 4 |
| | | Barys Radkevich (BLR) | 2 | | |
| | | Uran Kalilov (KGZ) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Uran Kalilov (KGZ) | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Brandon Paulson (USA) | 1 |
| | | Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 0 | | | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 3 |
| | | Brandon Paulson (USA) | 3 | | | Uran Kalilov (KGZ) | 1 |