Men's freestyle 54 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	22–24 November 2001
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Herman Kantoyeu    Belarus   Babak Nourzad    Iran   Aleksandr Kontoev    Russia
← 1999

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
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The men's freestyle 54 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 November 2001.^[1]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MGL	BUL	SVK
1	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	2	2	0	6	9		—	5–3	4–1
2	Ivan Djorev (BUL)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Roman Kollar (SVK)	2	0	2	2	2		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	CAN	CUB
1	Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	14		—	8–6	6–3
2	Mikheil Japaridze (CAN)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	3–2
3	Wilfredo García (CUB)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	KGZ	VIE
1	Gocha Kirkitadze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	13		—	10–5	3–1
2	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	2	1	1	5	15		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Tạ Đình Đức (VIE)	2	0	2	1	1		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	UKR	RSA
1	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	2	2	0	7	17		—	6–1	11–1
2	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2	1	1	5	11		1–3 PP	—	10–0
3	Shaun Williams (RSA)	2	0	2	1	1		1–4 SP	0–4 ST	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AZE	JPN	NZL
1	Arif Farmanov (AZE)	2	2	0	7	7		—	7–4	WO
2	Yuki Nagao (JPN)	2	1	1	5	4		1–3 PP	—	WO
3	Martin Liddle (NZL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 PA	0–4 PA	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BLR	USA	IND
1	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	2	2	0	6	13		—	7–6	6–2
2	Stephen Abas (USA)	2	1	1	4	14		1–3 PP	—	8–1
3	Kripa Shankar Patel (IND)	2	0	2	2	3		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UZB	GRE	ROM	KOR
1	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	3	3	0	10	23		—	4–3	11–0	8–3
2	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3	2	1	8	21		1–3 PP	—	7–2	11–0
3	Ion Blidari (ROM)	3	1	2	5	6		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—	4–3 Fall
4	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	3	0	3	1	6		1–3 PP	0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	MDA	VEN
1	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	3	3	0	11	32		—	11–7	11–1	10–0
2	Mevlana Kulaç (TUR)	3	2	1	9	27		1–3 PP	—	8–11 Fall	12–0
3	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	3	1	2	5	22		1–4 SP	0–4 TO	—	10–0
4	Héctor Camacho (VEN)	3	0	3	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	3
	Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	6			Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	1
	Gocha Kirkitadze (GEO)	2			Babak Nourzad (IRI)	5
	Babak Nourzad (IRI)	6							Babak Nourzad (IRI)	1
	Arif Farmanov (AZE)	0							Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	5
	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	5			Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	4
	Dilshod Mansurov (UZB)	1			Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	2
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	12							Bronze medal match
									Aleksandr Kontoev (RUS)	4
									Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1