# 2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg

The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.

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

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | MGL | BUL | KGZ |
| 1 | Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | — | 7–3 | 2–5 |
| 2 | Ivan Djorev (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3–1 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | ARM | CHN |
| 1 | Mohammad Aslani (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 7–6 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Martin Berberyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | Li Zhengyu (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | IND | CZE |
| 1 | Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Kripa Shankar Patel (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0–3 PO | — | 9–0 |
| 3 | Luděk Burian (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | GEO | SVK |
| 1 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 3–2 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Besarion Gochashvili (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–2 |
| 3 | Roman Kollar (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | MDA | ROM | COL |
| 1 | Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 8–0 | 11–1 |
| 2 | Aurel Cimpoeru (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–3 PO | — | 6–5 |
| 3 | Fredy Serrano (COL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1–4 SP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | RUS | AZE |
| 1 | Stephen Abas (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Mavlet Batirov (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | KOR | PAN |
| 1 | Dilshod Mansurov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | — | 7–1 | 10–0 Fall |
| 2 | Yang Jae-hoon (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 12–0 |
| 3 | Antonio González (PAN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | CAN | BLR |
| 1 | Chikara Tanabe (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | — | 4–1 | 11–10 |
| 2 | Mikheil Japaridze (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–1 Fall |
| 3 | Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | GER | HUN |
| 1 | Ramazan Demir (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Vasilij Zeiher (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Zoltán Dobozi (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | RSA | ESP | TKM |
| 1 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 31 | — | 10–0 | 10–0 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Shaun Williams (RSA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0–4 ST | — | 7–0 | 9–3 |
| 3 | Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — | 11–0 |
| 4 | Şanazar Amannazarow (TKM) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | 0–4 ST | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Mohammad Aslani (IRI) | 3 | Mohammad Aslani (IRI) | 6 | | | | |
| Bauyrzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ) | 2 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 3 | | | | |
| Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 2 | | | Mohammad Aslani (IRI) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) | 13 | | |
| | | Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Stephen Abas (USA) | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Dilshod Mansurov (UZB) | 7 |
| | | Dilshod Mansurov (UZB) | 5 | | |
| | | Chikara Tanabe (JPN) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Dilshod Mansurov (UZB) | 5 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 4 |
| | | Ramazan Demir (TUR) | 0 | | | Mohammad Aslani (IRI) | 2 |
| | | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 10 | | | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 5 |