The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the
2021 World Wrestling Championships
The 2021 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 2 to 10 October 2021 in Oslo, Norway.
The event was subsequent to the 2019 World Championships due to the canc ...
, and was held in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, Norway on 7 and 8 October.
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.
Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit including two halves of three minutes. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.
Ken Matsui
Ken Matsui (born 15 January 2001) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
The 2021 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Champio ...
from Japan won the gold medal after beating
Emin Sefershaev
Emin Narimanovitch Sefershaev (russian: Эмин Нариманович Сефершаев) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestler of Crimean Tatars, Crimean Tatar heritage. In 2021, he became the European champion in the 55&nbs ...
from the Russian Wrestling Federation in the final 7–1. Russian wrestlers competed under a modified flag and the name "Russian Wrestling Federation" (RWF) at this competition. Matsui received the first passivity caution in the first round but managed to defend, he scored two points when Sefershaev went down after receiving the passivity caution in the second period. with being 3–1 down Sefershaev took more risks and gave up 4 more points.
Nugzari Tsurtsumia of Georgia and former world champion
Eldaniz Azizli
Eldaniz Azizli (born 20 April 1992) is an Azerbaijani Sport wrestling, wrestler competing in the 55 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling.
He won a gold medal at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships.
In 2020, he won one of the bronze meda ...
from Azerbaijan shared the bronze medals.
Results
;Legend
*F — Won by
fall
Main bracket
Repechage
Final standing
References
External links
Official website
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Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg