2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg

The men's freestyle 120 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.

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the 2002 World Championships
Venue	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Dates	6–7 September 2002
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Medalists
David Musulbes   Russia   Alexis Rodríguez   Cuba   Aydın Polatçı   Turkey

Main article: 2002 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		HUN	GRE	IRQ
1	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	2	2	0	6	6		—	3–1	3–0
2	Dimitrios Theodoridis (GRE)	2	1	1	4	4		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Mohammed Jabr (IRQ)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	BUL	BRA
1	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	2	2	0	7	14		—	3–1	11–0 Fall
2	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	Marcos Oliveira (BRA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	JPN	SEN
1	Ruslan Shikhsafiyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	7	17		—	7–5	10–0 Fall
2	Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	2	1	1	4	16		1–3 PP	—	11–2
3	Antoine Bakhoum (SEN)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	POL	CHN
1	Davit Otiashvili (GEO)	2	2	0	6	12		—	8–6	4–2
2	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	2	1	1	4	12		1–3 PP	—	6–2
3	E Yuhe (CHN)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	MGL	IND
1	David Musulbes (RUS)	2	2	0	7	16		—	5–1	11–0
2	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	2	1	1	4	5		1–3 PP	—	4–2
3	Jagdish Kaliraman (IND)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UZB	SVK	SUI
1	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	2	2	0	7	19		—	9–0	10–0
2	Peter Pecha (SVK)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 PO	—	4–1
3	Mirko Silian (SUI)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	IRI	UKR
1	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	2	2	0	6	7		—	3–2	4–0
2	Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	4–0
3	Serhii Priadun (UKR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	BLR	TKM
1	Markus Hamann (GER)	2	2	0	6	7		—	4–1	3–0
2	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	2	1	1	5	5		1–3 PP	—	4–0 Fall
3	Nurberdi Hekimow (TKM)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	2
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	6			Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	7
	Ruslan Shikhsafiyev (KAZ)	1			Davit Otiashvili (GEO)	1
	Davit Otiashvili (GEO)	5							Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	0
	David Musulbes (RUS)	3							David Musulbes (RUS)	5
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	0			David Musulbes (RUS)	5
	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	3			Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	1
	Markus Hamann (GER)	0							Bronze medal match
									Davit Otiashvili (GEO)	0
									Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	10