2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
# 2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Universal Sports Hall CSKA in Moscow, Russia from 21 to 22 September 2002.

## Results

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | FIN | KOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 3–0 | 9–2 |
| 2 | Juha Ahokas (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0–3 PO | — | 7–3 |
| 3 | Park Woo (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | POL | IRI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0–3 PO | — | 6–1 Fall |
| 3 | Payam Zarinpour (IRI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | CUB | BUL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yury Patrikeyev (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Mijaín López (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–0 Ret |
| 3 | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 PA | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ITA | GER | UKR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 2 | Nico Schmidt (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ISR | SWE | UZB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | BLR | CHN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dremiel Byers (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | — | 4–0 Fall | 8–0 Fall |
| 2 | Dmitry Debelka (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–4 TO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Song Jidong (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 7**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | TUR | LTU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | — | 7–2 | 3–0 Fall |
| 2 | Yekta Yılmaz Gül (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 8**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | EST | NOR | CRO | MRI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Helger Hallik (EST) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Roe Kleive (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 Fall | WO |
| 3 | Josip Matković (CRO) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — | WO |
| 4 | François-Xavier André (MRI) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 EF | 0–4 EF | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 4 | | | | |
| Georgiy Tsurtsumia (KAZ) | 0 | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 2 | | |
| Yury Patrikeyev (RUS) | 9 | Yury Patrikeyev (RUS) | 1 | | |
| Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 0 | | | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 0 |
| Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | 1 | | | Dremiel Byers (USA) | 3 |
| Dremiel Byers (USA) | 3 | Dremiel Byers (USA) | 4 |
| Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 4 | Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 1 |
| Helger Hallik (EST) | 2 | | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Yury Patrikeyev (RUS) | 9 |
| | | | | Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 4 |
