# 2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 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 | CUB | BLR | HUN |
| 1 | Daniel González (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | MDA | JPN |
| 1 | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | — | 12–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Ivan Diaconu (MDA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–4 SP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Kunihiko Obata (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | ARM | UZB |
| 1 | Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 6–1 | 7–1 |
| 2 | Bagratuni Barseghyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–4 |
| 3 | Magomedali Gadjilavov (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CHN | MKD | SEN |
| 1 | Xu Xuanchong (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | — | 5–0 | 12–2 |
| 2 | Vlado Lazarov (MKD) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Matar Sène (SEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1–4 SP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | POL | FIN |
| 1 | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 3–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–3 PO | — | 6–4 |
| 3 | Jari Olmala (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | ROM | GBR |
| 1 | Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | — | 3–2 | 14–3 |
| 2 | Eugen Preda (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–3 |
| 3 | Nate Ackerman (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1–4 SP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CAN | GRE | MGL |
| 1 | Daniel Igali (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 5–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Felix Polianidis (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | AZE | GER | PER |
| 1 | Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 22 | — | 6–3 | 5–2 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–3 | 12–0 |
| 3 | Alexander Leipold (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — | 11–1 |
| 4 | David Cubas (PER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | BUL | KOR | IND |
| 1 | Guram Mchedlidze (GEO) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | — | 3–0 | 10–2 | 8–2 |
| 2 | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0–3 PO | — | 7–0 | 7–3 |
| 3 | Choi Kwon-sub (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — | 7–3 Fall |
| 4 | Narender Tomar (IND) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Daniel González (CUB) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 4 | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 8 | | |
| | | | | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 1 | | |
| | | Xu Xuanchong (CHN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS) | 0 |
| | | Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) | 4 | | |
| | | Daniel Igali (CAN) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) | 6 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS) | 8 |
| | | Magomed Isagadzhiev (RUS) | 3 | | | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 5 |
| | | Guram Mchedlidze (GEO) | 0 | | | Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) | 1 |
* Ahmet Gülhan of Turkey originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Ephedrine.