2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg

Men's freestyle 130 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	23–25 November 2001
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
David Musulbes    Russia   Artur Taymazov    Uzbekistan   Alexis Rodríguez    Cuba
← 1999 2002 →

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.^[1]

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				Semifinals				Final
	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	1
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	4			Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	1
	Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	0			Artur Taymazov (UZB)	7F
	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
									Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	3
									Kerry McCoy (USA)	1

References