# 2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg

The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 5 to 6 September 2002.

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

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | KOR | MDA |
| 1 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | — | 1–3 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Oh Jun-seok (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3–1 PP | — | 1–6 |
| 3 | Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–4 ST | 3–1 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | BUL | VEN |
| 1 | Chikara Tanabe (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 3–2 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Ivan Djorev (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Héctor Camacho (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | MGL | TUR | ESP |
| 1 | Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 5–4 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Ersin Çetin (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | AZE | IND | TKM |
| 1 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 5–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Krishan Kumar (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1–3 PP | — | 17–12 Fall |
| 3 | Rowşan Seýidow (TKM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | IRI | GER |
| 1 | René Montero (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | — | 4–2 | 10–1 |
| 2 | Babak Nourzad (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–4 |
| 3 | Vasilij Zeiher (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ARM | RUS | BLR |
| 1 | Martin Berberyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Aliaksandr Karnitski (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3–1 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | CHN | GEO |
| 1 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 6–2 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Meng Haibo (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Besarion Gochashvili (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KGZ | GRE | CAN |
| 1 | Oularbek Tuganbai (KGZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 6–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Amiran Kardanov (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Mikheil Japaridze (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 5 | | | | |
| Chikara Tanabe (JPN) | 3 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 1 | | |
| Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 0 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 3 | | |
| Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 3 | | | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 1 |
| René Montero (CUB) | 5 | | | René Montero (CUB) | 4 |
| Martin Berberyan (ARM) | 4 | René Montero (CUB) | 4 |
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 5 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 2 |
| Oularbek Tuganbai (KGZ) | 1 | | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 1 |
| | | | | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 3 |