# 2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg

The men's freestyle 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 6 to 7 September 2002.

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

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | GRE | IRQ |
| 1 | Ottó Aubéli (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dimitrios Theodoridis (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Mohammed Jabr (IRQ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | BUL | BRA |
| 1 | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 3–1 | 11–0 Fall |
| 2 | Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Marcos Oliveira (BRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | JPN | SEN |
| 1 | Ruslan Shikhsafiyev (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | — | 7–5 | 10–0 Fall |
| 2 | Akihito Tanaka (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–2 |
| 3 | Antoine Bakhoum (SEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | POL | CHN |
| 1 | Davit Otiashvili (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 8–6 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–2 |
| 3 | E Yuhe (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | MGL | IND |
| 1 | David Musulbes (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 5–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Jagdish Kaliraman (IND) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | SVK | SUI |
| 1 | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 9–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Peter Pecha (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Mirko Silian (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | IRI | UKR |
| 1 | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Alireza Rezaei (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Serhii Priadun (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GER | BLR | TKM |
| 1 | Markus Hamann (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Barys Hrynkevich (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Nurberdi Hekimow (TKM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Ottó Aubéli (HUN) | 2 | | | | |
| Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 6 | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 7 | | |
| Ruslan Shikhsafiyev (KAZ) | 1 | Davit Otiashvili (GEO) | 1 | | |
| Davit Otiashvili (GEO) | 5 | | | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 0 |
| David Musulbes (RUS) | 3 | | | David Musulbes (RUS) | 5 |
| Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 0 | David Musulbes (RUS) | 5 |
| Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 3 | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 1 |
| Markus Hamann (GER) | 0 | | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Davit Otiashvili (GEO) | 0 |
| | | | | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 10 |