2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg
# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg

The men's freestyle 130 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.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | IND | VEN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | — | 4–1 | 13–0 Fall |
| 2 | Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Yonsy Sánchez (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | EGY | GEO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | — | 5–0 Ret | 4–0 |
| 2 | Hisham Abdelwahab (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0–4 PA | — | WO |
| 3 | Alex Modebadze (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 PA | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | GRE | JPN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Abbas Jadidi (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 6–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Theofilos Abatzis (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Hisashi Fujita (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | UKR | GER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | — | 11–0 | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Yuri Chobitko (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–4 ST | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Sven Thiele (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | BLR | KOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Musulbes (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22 | — | 11–0 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Barys Hrynkevich (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0–4 ST | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Jung Chun-mo (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | POL | SUI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 3–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Marek Garmulewicz (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–3 PO | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Mirko Silian (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 7**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | MGL | HUN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kerry McCoy (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | — | 3–0 Fall | 10–0 |
| 2 | Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–4 TO | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Ottó Aubéli (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL) | 1 | | | | |
| Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 4 | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 1 | | |
| Abbas Jadidi (IRI) | 0 | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | $7^F$ | | |
| Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 3 | | | Artur Taymazov (UZB) | 3 |
| David Musulbes (RUS) | 3 | | | David Musulbes (RUS) | 4 |
| Aydın Polatçı (TUR) | 1 | David Musulbes (RUS) | 8 |
| | | Kerry McCoy (USA) | 0 |
| | | | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) | 3 |
| | | | | Kerry McCoy (USA) | 1 |
