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
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2001 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	54 kg	54 kg	46 kg
	58 kg	58 kg	51 kg
	63 kg	63 kg	56 kg
	69 kg	69 kg	62 kg
	76 kg	76 kg	68 kg
	85 kg	85 kg	75 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	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.^[1]

Results[edit]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

	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[edit]