2009 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg

The men's freestyle 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 22.

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the 2009 World Championships
Venue	Messecenter Herning
Dates	22 September 2009
Competitors	27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Bilyal Makhov    Russia   Fardin Masoumi    Iran   Ioannis Arzoumanidis    Greece   Tervel Dlagnev    United States
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This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	2	6
	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	0	0

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	2	2
							Ioannis Arzoumanidis (GRE)	0	0
													Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	6	6
													José Cuba (ESP)	0	0
							José Cuba (ESP)	2	8
							Andrei Podsevalnicov (MDA)	0	2
																			Bilyal Makhov (RUS)	4	6
																			Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	0	0
							Bazarbay Utambetov (UZB)	0	0
	Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	1	1				Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	2	4
	Sergejs Djomins (LAT)	0	0										Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	2	0	2
	Joginder Kumar (IND)	0	2										Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	0	3	0
	Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	2	4				Bartłomiej Bartnicki (POL)	2	0	2
	Dimitar Kumchev (BUL)	1	3				Dimitar Kumchev (BUL)	0	3	1
	Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat (MGL)	0	3

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	Juszup Nunajev (HUN)	0	0
	Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	1	2				Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	3	2F
	Song Shitao (CHN)	0	0				Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)	0	0
	Aleksey Shemarov (BLR)	4	7F										Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	1	4
	Vasyl Tesmynetskyi (UKR)	0	0										Ali Isayev (AZE)	0	0
	Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	2	1				Marid Mutalimov (KAZ)	0	0
	Yonsi Sánchez (VEN)	0	0				Ali Isayev (AZE)	2	1
	Ali Isayev (AZE)	1	1																Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	0	0
	Recep Kara (TUR)	7	4																Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	1	1
	Nobuyoshi Arakida (JPN)	0	0				Recep Kara (TUR)	0	0
	Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	1	0	1			Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	1	1
	Alex Modebadze (GEO)	0	1	0									Fardin Masoumi (IRI)	1	3
	Ruslan Basiev (ARM)	0	0										Arjan Bhullar (CAN)	0	0
	Arjan Bhullar (CAN)	1	2				Arjan Bhullar (CAN)	1	2
	Yahya Abdul-Kareem (IRQ)	2	2				Yahya Abdul-Kareem (IRQ)	0	0
	Lawrence Langowski (MEX)	0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
							Ioannis Arzoumanidis (GRE)	6	2				Ioannis Arzoumanidis (GRE)	0	3	1
							José Cuba (ESP)	3	0				Disney Rodríguez (CUB)	1	0	0
	Alex Modebadze (GEO)	1	0	1			Alex Modebadze (GEO)	1	1				Alex Modebadze (GEO)	0	0
	Recep Kara (TUR)	0	1	0			Arjan Bhullar (CAN)	0	0				Tervel Dlagnev (USA)	2	2

References

• Results Book, Page 47