# 2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow, Russia from 20 to 21 September 2002.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | BLR | HUN |
| 1 | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | — | 12–3 Fall | 10–9 |
| 2 | Barys Radkevich (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0–4 TO | — | 6–3 |
| 3 | Tibor Oláh (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | UZB | DEN |
| 1 | Irakli Chochua (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | — | 8–5 | 6–2 |
| 2 | Kamol Kholmatov (UZB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Anders Nyblom (DEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | KAZ | SWE |
| 1 | Ercan Yıldız (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Kim Holk (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ROM | VEN | BUL |
| 1 | Marian Sandu (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 11–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Jorge Cardozo (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0–4 ST | — | 9–4 |
| 3 | Tenyo Tenev (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TKM | JPN | KOR |
| 1 | Nepes Gukulow (TKM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | — | 6–5 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Tomoya Murata (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | POL | KGZ |
| 1 | Geidar Mamedaliyev (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Dariusz Jabłoński (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0–3 PO | — | WO |
| 3 | Uran Kalilov (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 EF | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | FIN | FRA |
| 1 | Brandon Paulson (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 4–0 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Pasi Huhtala (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0–3 PO | — | 8–2 |
| 3 | Hamou Oubrick (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ARM | GER | CUB | CHN |
| 1 | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 17 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Osmany Duca (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Hu Kewei (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | UKR | EGY | TPE |
| 1 | Artiom Kiouregkian (GRE) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 23 | — | 6–5 | 6–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Oleksiy Vakulenko (UKR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 | 13–0 |
| 3 | Mohamed Abou El-Ela (EGY) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 ST | — | 11–0 |
| 4 | Kuo Sheng-pin (TPE) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 13$^F$ | | | | | | |
| Irakli Chochua (GEO) | 4 | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Ercan Yıldız (TUR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 11 | | |
| | | | | Nepes Gukulow (TKM) | 3$^F$ | | |
| | | Marian Sandu (ROM) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Nepes Gukulow (TKM) | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Nepes Gukulow (TKM) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Geidar Mamedaliyev (RUS) | 4 |
| | | Geidar Mamedaliyev (RUS) | 3 | | |
| | | Brandon Paulson (USA) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Geidar Mamedaliyev (RUS) | 4 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 3 |
| | | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 9 | | | Hassan Rangraz (IRI) | 10 |
| | | Artiom Kiouregkian (GRE) | 3 | | | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 0 |