# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 54 kg

The men's freestyle 54 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
### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CAN | SUI | MKD |
| 1 | Paul Ragusa (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | — | 6–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Thomas Röthlisberger (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | IND | EST |
| 1 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 9–5 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Kripa Shankar Patel (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1–3 PP | — | 17–7 |
| 3 | Jaanek Lips (EST) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CHN | SVK | VEN |
| 1 | Meng Haibo (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 3–2 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Roman Kollar (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 12–1 |
| 3 | José Barreto (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | KOR | AZE |
| 1 | Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | — | 7–3 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Kim Woo-yong (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1–3 PP | — | 13–3 Fall |
| 3 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | CUB | GEO |
| 1 | Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 3–2 | 9–7 |
| 2 | Wilfredo García (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 9–3 |
| 3 | Giorgi Gagishvili (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | MGL | ARM |
| 1 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 7–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 Fall |
| 3 | Armen Mkrtchyan (ARM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | GER | MDA |
| 1 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Vasilij Zeiher (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 12–3 Fall |
| 3 | Vitalie Railean (MDA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | KGZ | AUT |
| 1 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 31 | — | 1–0 | 30–0 Fall |
| 2 | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0–3 PO | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Helmut Mühlbacher (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | PRK | HUN | ROM |
| 1 | Han Yong-do (PRK) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23 | — | 12–2 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Zsolt Szatmári (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–4 SP | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | Viorel Mandagiu (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | JPN | FRA | POL |
| 1 | Leonid Chuchunov (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 | — | 5–2 | 10–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Chikara Tanabe (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 | 9–4 |
| 3 | David Legrand (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Stanisław Surdyka (POL) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | BUL | BLR | CZE |
| 1 | Eric Akin (USA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–5 | WO |
| 3 | Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — | 7–5 Ret |
| 4 | Luděk Burian (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 EF | 0–4 PA | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Paul Ragusa (CAN) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 10 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 2 | | | | |
| Meng Haibo (CHN) | 0 | Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 4 | | | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 8 | | |
| Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) | 1 | | | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 3 | | |
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 4 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 3 | | | | |
| Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 4 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 0 | | | | |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 6 | | | | | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 0 |
| Han Yong-do (PRK) | 1 | | | | | Kim Woo-yong (KOR) | 4 |
| Leonid Chuchunov (RUS) | 1 | Leonid Chuchunov (RUS) | 2 | | |
| Eric Akin (USA) | 0 | Kim Woo-yong (KOR) | 3 | | |
| Kim Woo-yong (KOR) | 3 | | | Kim Woo-yong (KOR) | 4 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 8 | | | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 0 |
| Vasilij Zeiher (GER) | 4 | Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 3 | | | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 10 |
| Chikara Tanabe (JPN) | 2 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 5 | | | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 0 |
| Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 4 | | | | | | |