2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 130 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

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | CZE | KAZ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mijaín López (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | David Vála (CZE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 Fall |
| 3 | Yerlan Oskeyev (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | TUR | EST |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | — | 3–0 Fall | 7–3 |
| 2 | Fatih Bakır (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–4 TO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Helger Hallik (EST) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | IRI | KOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Alireza Gharibi (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0–3 PO | — | 8–0 Fall |
| 3 | Yang Young-jin (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | UZB | NOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 6–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Shermuhammad Quziev (UZB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Roe Kleive (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | UKR | ISR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rulon Gardner (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | CHN | IND |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yury Patrikeyev (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | — | 13–0 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Song Jidong (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0–4 ST | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Yogesh Dodke (IND) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 7**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | FIN | GER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Juha Ahokas (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–3 PO | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Nico Schmidt (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 8**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | BLR | POL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Georgiy Tsurtsumia (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Dmitry Debelka (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Jacek Jaracz (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mijaín López (CUB) | 1 | | | | |
| Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 6 | Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 0 | | |
| Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 3 | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | $4^F$ | | |
| Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) | 1 | | | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 0 |
| Rulon Gardner (USA) | $4^F$ | | | Rulon Gardner (USA) | 2 |
| Yury Patrikeyev (RUS) | 3 | Rulon Gardner (USA) | 3 |
| Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 4 | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 0 |
| Georgiy Tsurtsumia (GEO) | 4 | | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Xenofon Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 8 |
| | | | | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 0 |
