2002 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg

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The men's freestyle 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Azadi Indoor Stadium in Tehran, Iran from 6 to 7 September 2002.

Medalists

Gold	David Musulbes Russia
Silver	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba
Bronze	Aydın Polatçı Turkey

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		HUN	GRE	IRQ
1	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)	2	2	0	6	6		—	3–1	3–0
2	Dimitrios Theodoridis (GRE)	2	1	1	4	4		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Mohammed Jabr (IRQ)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	BUL	BRA
1	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	2	2	0	7	14		—	3–1	11–0 Fall
2	Bozhidar Boyadzhiev (BUL)	2	1	1	5	12		1–3 PP	—	11–0
3	Marcos Oliveira (BRA)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 TO	0–4 ST	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	JPN	SEN
1	Ruslan Shikhsafiyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	7	17		—	7–5	10–0 Fall
2	Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	2	1	1	4	16		1–3 PP	—	11–2
3	Antoine Bakhoum (SEN)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	POL	CHN
1	Davit Otiashvili (GEO)	2	2	0	6	12		—	8–6	4–2
2	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	2	1	1	4	12		1–3 PP	—	6–2
3	E Yuhe (CHN)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	MGL	IND
1	David Musulbes (RUS)	2	2	0	7	16		—	5–1	11–0
2	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	2	1	1	4	5		1–3 PP	—	4–2
3	Jagdish Kaliraman (IND)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UZB	SVK	SUI
1	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	2	2	0	7	19		—	9–0	10–0
2	Peter Pecha (SVK)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 PO	—	4–1
3	Mirko Silian (SUI)	2	0	2	1	1		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	IRI	UKR
1	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	2	2	0	6	7		—	3–2	4–0
2	Alireza Rezaei (IRI)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	4–0
3	Serhii Priadun (UKR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–3 PO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	BLR	TKM
1	Markus Hamann (GER)	2	2	0	6	7		—	4–1	3–0
2	Barys Hrynkevich (BLR)	2	1	1	5	5		1–3 PP	—	4–0 Fall
3	Nurberdi Hekimow (TKM)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Ottó Aubéli (HUN)		2
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)		6			Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)		7
	Ruslan Shikhsafiyev (KAZ)		1			Davit Otiashvili (GEO)		1
	Davit Otiashvili (GEO)		5								Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)		0
	David Musulbes (RUS)		3								David Musulbes (RUS)		5
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)		0			David Musulbes (RUS)		5
	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)		3			Aydın Polatçı (TUR)		1
	Markus Hamann (GER)		0								Bronze medal match
											Davit Otiashvili (GEO)		0
											Aydın Polatçı (TUR)		10