# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 54 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 23 to 25 September 1999.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | FIN | GRE | MEX |
| 1 | Tero Katajisto (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 5–0 | 11–4 Fall |
| 2 | Viatseslav Giali (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0–3 PO | — | 19–8 |
| 3 | Ernesto Salazar (MEX) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0–4 TO | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | ROM | JPN |
| 1 | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22 | — | 10–0 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Marian Sandu (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0–4 ST | — | 15–3 |
| 3 | Masatsune Sasaki (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | GEO | LTU |
| 1 | Simeon Milev (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–1 Fall |
| 3 | Ruslan Vartanov (LTU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | PRK | TUR | ITA |
| 1 | Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | — | 6–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Ercan Yıldız (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–4 |
| 3 | Francesco Costantino (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ARM | USA | KGZ |
| 1 | Artashes Minasyan (ARM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 3–0 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Steven Mays (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0–3 PO | — | 8–2 |
| 3 | Uran Kalilov (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | POL | LAT |
| 1 | Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | — | 8–0 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Zigmunds Jansons (LAT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CHN | FRA | SWE |
| 1 | Wang Hui (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | — | 4–1 | 6–8 Fall |
| 2 | Salah Belguidoum (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Kim Holk (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GER | UKR | IRI |
| 1 | Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 5–1 | 11–0 Fall |
| 2 | Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CZE | MDA | ESP |
| 1 | Petr Švehla (CZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 10–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Grigore Buliga (MDA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0–4 ST | — | 9–1 |
| 3 | Vicente Lillo (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | AZE | NOR | TKM |
| 1 | Natig Eyvazov (AZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21 | — | 10–0 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Robert Sollie (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–4 ST | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Nepes Gukulow (TKM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | BLR | YEM | POR |
| 1 | Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 Fall | 2–0 Ret |
| 2 | Barys Radkevich (BLR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 10–0 | WO |
| 3 | Abdullah Al-Izani (YEM) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — | WO |
| 4 | Paulo Gonçalves (POR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 PA | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 12

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | KAZ | HUN | DEN |
| 1 | Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 | — | 4–2 | 6–2 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–1 | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Tibor Oláh (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — | 7–5 |
| 4 | Håkan Nyblom (DEN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Tero Katajisto (FIN) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 7 | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 11 | | | | |
| Simeon Milev (BUL) | 0 | Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 0 | | | | |
| Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) | 10 | | | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 5 | | |
| Artashes Minasyan (ARM) | 0 | | | Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) | 3 | | |
| Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) | 7 | Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) | 1 | | | | |
| Wang Hui (CHN) | 0 | Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) | 4 | | | | |
| Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) | 8 | | | | | Lázaro Rivas (CUB) | 7 |
| Petr Švehla (CZE) | 3 | | | | | Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) | 0 |
| Natig Eyvazov (AZE) | 1 | Petr Švehla (CZE) | 0 | | |
| Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) | 3 | Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) | 4 | | |
| Shamsiddin Khudoyberdiev (UZB) | 0 | | | Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) | 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO) | 4 | | | Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 0 |
| Salah Belguidoum (FRA) | 4 | Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO) | 0 | | | Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) | 3 |
| Barys Radkevich (BLR) | 2 | Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 7 | | | Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 0 |
| Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 6$^F$ | | | | | | |