2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 69 kg

The men's freestyle 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 23 to 25 November 2001.

Men's freestyle 69 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	23–25 November 2001
Competitors	32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Nikolay Paslar   Bulgaria   Amir Tavakkolian   Iran   Jang Jae-sung   South Korea

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	GER	POL
1	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	2	2	0	7	13		—	3–1	10–0
2	Sergej Kowalenko (GER)	2	1	1	4	4		1–3 PP	—	3–0
3	Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–3 PO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CAN	RUS	KGZ
1	Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–1	5–0
2	Irbek Farniev (RUS)	2	1	1	5	11		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	MKD	PER
1	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	2	2	0	7	16		—	6–2	10–0
2	Lulzim Vrenezi (MKD)	2	1	1	5	17		1–3 PP	—	15–5
3	Enrique Cubas (PER)	2	0	2	1	5		0–4 ST	1–4 SP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	JPN	MGL
1	Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	2	2	0	6	11		—	7–6	4–1
2	Kazuyuki Miyata (JPN)	2	1	1	4	13		1–3 PP	—	7–4
3	Adiyaakhüügiin Boldsükh (MGL)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KOR	BLR	UZB
1	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	2	2	0	6	10		—	6–1	4–0
2	Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	2	1	1	4	11		1–3 PP	—	10–3
3	Jakhongir Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	2	0	2	1	3		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	USA	ESP
1	Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	2	2	0	6	15		—	7–6	8–0
2	Chris Bono (USA)	2	1	1	5	17		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		ROM	TKM	MDA
1	László Szabolcs (ROM)	2	2	0	7	18		—	11–1 Fall	7–1
2	Alai Niýazmengliýew (TKM)	2	1	1	4	1		0–4 TO	—	WO
3	Marian Luca (MDA)	2	0	2	1	1		1–3 PP	0–4 PA	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SVK	IND	GBR
1	Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	2	2	0	6	10		—	4–1	6–3
2	Jai Bhagwan (IND)	2	1	1	5	1		1–3 PP	—	WO
3	John Melling (GBR)	2	0	2	1	3		1–3 PP	0–4 PA	—

Source: Official website

Pool 9

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	GRE	KAZ	VEN
1	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	3	3	0	11	26		—	4–1	10–0	12–0
2	Theodoros Kemeridis (GRE)	3	2	1	7	11		1–3 PP	—	4–0	6–0
3	Sabit Kendybayev (KAZ)	3	1	2	3	5		0–4 ST	0–3 PO	—	5–0
4	Jhonny Cedeño (VEN)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 ST	0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 10

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	AZE	FRA	NED
1	Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	3	3	0	11	16		—	9–4	7–0 Ret	WO
2	Zahid Mirzayev (AZE)	3	2	1	9	15		1–3 PP	—	WO	11–4 Fall
3	Sébastien Bourdin (FRA)	3	1	2	3	5		0–4 PA	0–4 PA	—	5–1
4	Gocha Papashvili (NED)	3	0	3	1	5		0–4 PA	0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	5
	Daniel Igali (CAN)	2			Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	2
	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	0			Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	3
	Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	3							Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	5F
									Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	2
					Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	4
					Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	2
													Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	1
													Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	6
					László Szabolcs (ROM)	3
					Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	1
									László Szabolcs (ROM)	0			Bronze medal match
									Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	12
					Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	3							Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	6
					Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	2							László Szabolcs (ROM)	2