2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg

The men's freestyle 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 November 2001.

Men's freestyle 76 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	22–24 November 2001
Competitors	32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Buvaisar Saitiev   Russia   Moon Eui-jae   South Korea   Joe Williams   United States

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		ROM	POL	CUB
1	Eugen Preda (ROM)	2	2	0	6	6		—	3–0	3–1
2	Radosław Horbik (POL)	2	1	1	3	3		0–3 PO	—	3–2
3	Yosmany Romero (CUB)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	CAN	ITA
1	Joe Williams (USA)	2	2	0	6	7		—	4–3	3–0
2	Nick Ugoalah (CAN)	2	1	1	4	10		1–3 PP	—	7–2
3	Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	2	0	2	1	2		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	PUR	LAT
1	Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	2	2	0	7	21		—	11–2	10–0
2	Manuel García (PUR)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	4–2
3	Jānis Leišavnieks (LAT)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	BLR	MGL
1	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	2	2	0	6	11		—	7–1	4–0
2	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	2	1	1	5	7		1–3 PP	—	6–1 Fall
3	Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL)	2	0	2	0	1		0–3 PO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	UZB	JPN
1	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	11		—	4–3	7–0
2	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)	2	1	1	4	7		1–3 PP	—	4–1
3	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	GER	UKR
1	Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	2	2	0	6	10		—	3–2	7–5
2	Alexander Leipold (GER)	2	1	1	4	7		1–3 PP	—	5–3
3	Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR)	2	0	2	2	8		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		HUN	KAZ	KGZ
1	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2	2	0	6	9		—	3–2	6–0
2	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	1	1	4	8		1–3 PP	—	6–1
3	Almazbek Ergeshov (KGZ)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KOR	GRE	VIE
1	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	2	2	0	7	21		—	9–2	12–2
2	Felix Polianidis (GRE)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Phạm Thanh Quyết (VIE)	2	0	2	1	2		1–4 SP	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 9

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		SVK	IND	AZE	ARM
1	Radion Kertanti (SVK)	3	2	1	9	25		—	14–4	1–4	10–0
2	Sujeet Maan (IND)	3	2	1	8	24		1–4 SP	—	9–7	11–2 Fall
3	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	3	2	1	8	22		3–1 PP	1–3 PP	—	11–2 Fall
4	Garsevan Vardanyan (ARM)	3	0	3	0	4		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 10

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		FIN	BUL	ISR	GBR
1	Jari Olmala (FIN)	3	3	0	9	18		—	4–1	7–3	7–3
2	Miroslav Gochev (BUL)	3	2	1	9	17		1–3 PP	—	5–0 Fall	11–0 Fall
3	Sergey Kolesnikov (ISR)	3	1	2	5	20		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—	17–7
4	Nate Ackerman (GBR)	3	0	3	2	10		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	1–4 SP	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Eugen Preda (ROM)	1
	Joe Williams (USA)	3			Joe Williams (USA)	7
	Gökhan Yavaşer (TUR)	2			Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	3
	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	4							Joe Williams (USA)	4
									Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	5
					Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3
					Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)	2
													Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3
													Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	2
					Árpád Ritter (HUN)	7
					Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	8
									Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	6			Bronze medal match
									Radion Kertanti (SVK)	0
					Radion Kertanti (SVK)	10							Joe Williams (USA)	10
					Jari Olmala (FIN)	0							Radion Kertanti (SVK)	0