# 2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg

The men's freestyle 120 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
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | POL | CHN |
| 1 | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Radosław Jankowski (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Li Jinlong (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | JPN | IRL |
| 1 | Ottó Aubéli (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 3–1 | 13–0 Fall |
| 2 | Kohei Suwama (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–0 |
| 3 | Adrian Gilmore (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | RSA | AZE |
| 1 | Kerry McCoy (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | — | 11–1 | 5–0 Fall |
| 2 | Duane van Staden (RSA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–4 SP | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Davud Magomedov (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BLR | AUS | CAN |
| 1 | Barys Hrynkevich (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | — | 4–0 Fall | 5–1 |
| 2 | Hardip Bassi (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0–4 TO | — | 4–9 Fall |
| 3 | Colbie Bell (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | TUR | SUI |
| 1 | Alireza Rezaei (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 3–2 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Recep Kara (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Mirko Silian (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | RUS | BUL |
| 1 | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 4–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 9–0 |
| 3 | Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | IND | VEN |
| 1 | Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | — | 8–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Jagdish Kaliraman (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 10–0 Fall |
| 3 | Édgar Becerra (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | GER | ROM | BRA |
| 1 | Efstathios Topalidis (GRE) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | — | 2–1 | 9–3 | 7–0 Fall |
| 2 | Sven Thiele (GER) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–2 | 12–0 |
| 3 | Rareș Chintoan (ROM) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — | 14–0 Fall |
| 4 | Marcos Oliveira (BRA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | MGL | GBR | SEN |
| 1 | Serhii Priadun (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 38 | — | 3–1 | 26–1 | 9–2 |
| 2 | Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–1 | 7–3 Fall |
| 3 | Douglas Thomson (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1–4 SP | 1–3 PP | — | 2–0 Fall |
| 4 | Antoine Bakhoum (SEN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ottó Aubéli (HUN) | 1 | Marid Mutalimov (KAZ) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Kerry McCoy (USA) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Kerry McCoy (USA) | 3$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Alireza Rezaei (IRI) | 0 | | |
| | | Barys Hrynkevich (BLR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Alireza Rezaei (IRI) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kerry McCoy (USA) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 4 |
| | | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 5$^F$ | | |
| | | Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 7 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Serhii Priadun (UKR) | 0 |
| | | Efstathios Topalidis (GRE) | 2 | | | Alireza Rezaei (IRI) | 3 |
| | | Serhii Priadun (UKR) | 3 | | | Serhii Priadun (UKR) | 0 |