2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg
# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 58 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Patras, Greece from 7 to 9 December 2001.

## Results

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | FIN | RUS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Roberto Monzón (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 11–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Pasi Huhtala (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 ST | — | 5–2 |
| 3 | Stanislav Lomachinsky (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CZE | KAZ | VEN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Petr Švehla (CZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 4–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Asset Imanbayev (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Jorge Cardozo (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | SUI | ESP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ali Ashkani (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22 | — | 10–0 | 12–0 Fall |
| 2 | Alois Fässler (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0–4 ST | — | 5–0 Fall |
| 3 | Joaquín Martínez (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | AUT | UKR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jim Gruenwald (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 10–0 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Thomas Kathan (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 ST | — | 5–3 |
| 3 | Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ISR | GRE | NOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ivan Alexandrov (ISR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 5–4 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Efstathios Theodosiadis (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Robert Sollie (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | FRA | BLR | NED |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Djamel Ainaoui (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 3–2 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Yury Khrabrou (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–1 |
| 3 | Arash Rayhaniasl (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

**Pool 7**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | TUR | PER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | — | 7–4 | 13–0 |
| 2 | Şeref Tüfenk (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–4 |
| 3 | Sidney Guzman (PER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 8**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ROM | AUS | POL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marian Sandu (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | — | 6–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Plamen Tchoukanov (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1–3 PP | — | 9–0 |
| 3 | Julian Kwit (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 9**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ARM | YUG | BRA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | — | 7–5 | 10–1 |
| 2 | Norbert Futo (YUG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 1–3 PP | — | 14–0 |
| 3 | Iuri Estevão (BRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 10**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | CAN | AZE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kang Kyung-il (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 10–0 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Saeed Azarbayjani (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0–4 ST | — | 13–5 |
| 3 | Nuraddin Rajabov (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 11**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | JPN | IND | POR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Makoto Sasamoto (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | — | 10–0 Fall | 11–2 |
| 2 | Ravinder Singh (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–4 TO | — | 5–2 |
| 3 | Hugo Passos (POR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 12**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | HUN | GEO | GER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 25 | — | 4–0 | 12–1 | 9–7 Ret |
| 2 | István Majoros (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0–3 PO | — | 6–3 | WO |
| 3 | Irakli Chochua (GEO) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1–4 SP | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 4 | Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 PA | 0–4 PA | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roberto Monzón (CUB) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Petr Švehla (CZE) | 0 | Roberto Monzón (CUB) | 6 | | | | |
| Ali Ashkani (IRI) | 6 | Ali Ashkani (IRI) | 2 | | | | |
| Jim Gruenwald (USA) | 3 | | | Roberto Monzón (CUB) | 2 | | |
| Ivan Alexandrov (ISR) | 0 | | | Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 4 | | |
| Djamel Ainaoui (FRA) | 4 | Djamel Ainaoui (FRA) | 2 | | | | |
| Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 14 | Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 3 | | | | |
| Marian Sandu (ROM) | 3 | | | | | Dilshod Aripov (UZB) | 6 |
| | | | | | | Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM) | 3 |
| | | Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM) | 4 | | |
| | | Kang Kyung-il (KOR) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM) | 5 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) | 4 |
| | | Makoto Sasamoto (JPN) | 2 | | | Roberto Monzón (CUB) | 3 |
| | | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) | 8 | | | Armen Nazaryan (BUL) | 1 |
