2009 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 66 kg

The men's freestyle 66 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 21.

Men's freestyle 66 kg at the 2009 World Championships
Venue	Messecenter Herning
Dates	21 September 2009
Competitors	34 from 34 nations
Medalists
Mehdi Taghavi    Iran   Rasul Dzhukaev    Russia   Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu    Japan   Leonid Spiridonov    Kazakhstan
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Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Finals

	Semifinals						Final
	Sushil Kumar (IND)	1	1
	Rasul Dzhukaev (RUS)	1	7				Rasul Dzhukaev (RUS)	0	0
	Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	1	5				Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	1	1
	Muhammed İlkhan (TUR)	0	0

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Ştefan Daniliuc (ROU)	6	7
							Raoni Barcelos (BRA)	0	0
													Ştefan Daniliuc (ROU)	0	2
													Sushil Kumar (IND)	2	3
							Pietro Piscitelli (ITA)	0	0
							Sushil Kumar (IND)	4	3F
																			Sushil Kumar (IND)	0	4F
																			Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)	4	0
							Bùi Tuấn Anh (VIE)	1	0
							Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)	7	7
													Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)	3	0	3F
													Geandry Garzón (CUB)	0	4	0
							Albert Batyrov (BLR)	4	0	0
							Geandry Garzón (CUB)	1	4	5

Section 2

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Yuri Poliak (ISR)	0	0
							Gergõ Wöller (HUN)	4	5
													Gergõ Wöller (HUN)	0	0
													Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)	1	2
							Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)	2	2
							Zhirayr Hovhannisyan (ARM)	0	0
																			Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)	0	1
																			Rasul Dzhukaev (RUS)	1	3
							Rasul Dzhukaev (RUS)	1	1
							Jung Young-ho (KOR)	0	0
													Rasul Dzhukaev (RUS)	1	2
													Adam Sobieraj (POL)	1	0
							Erlan Dorbonov (KGZ)	0	0
							Adam Sobieraj (POL)	1	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Trent Paulson (USA)	1	0	1
							Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	1	3	2
													Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	2	3
													Alishoh Vokhidov (UZB)	0	3
							Alishoh Vokhidov (UZB)	1	3
							Elvis Fuentes (VEN)	1	1
																			Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	0	0
																			Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	1	1
							Victor Solo Badiate (SEN)	0	0
							Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	1	7
													Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	0	0
													Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	1	1
							Mehdi Taghavi (IRI)	1	2
							Shalva Abajevi (GEO)	0	0

Section 4

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Haislan Garcia (CAN)	2	1	0
							Muhammed İlkhan (TUR)	0	2	1
													Muhammed İlkhan (TUR)	2	2
													Saba Bolaghi (GER)	0	0
							Shan Chengde (CHN)	1	0
							Saba Bolaghi (GER)	2	1
																			Muhammed İlkhan (TUR)	0	2	1
																			Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)	1	0	0
							Manfred Brötzner (AUT)	0	0
							Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)	1	4
													Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)	1	1
	Yang Chun-song (PRK)	2	5	4									Yang Chun-song (PRK)	0	1
	Heinrich Barnes (RSA)	3	0	0			Yang Chun-song (PRK)	2	1	3
	Nikolay Kurtev (BUL)	1	1				Nikolay Kurtev (BUL)	1	1	0
	Panagiotis Makrinas (GRE)	1	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Repechage round 3						Bronze medals
	Jung Young-ho (KOR)	1	1				Jung Young-ho (KOR)	0	0				Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)	1	4
	Adam Sobieraj (POL)	0	0				Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)	3	2				Sushil Kumar (IND)	0	0
	Shalva Abajevi (GEO)	4	3	1			Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	0	3				Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	1	1
	Andriy Stadnik (UKR)	0	3	3			Leonid Spiridonov (KAZ)	8	4				Muhammed İlkhan (TUR)	0	0

References

• Results Book, Pages 34–35