2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg

Men's freestyle 55 kg at the 2006 World Championships
Venue	Tianhe Gymnasium
Dates	27 September 2006
Competitors	30 from 30 nations
Medalists
Radoslav Velikov   Bulgaria   Besik Kudukhov   Russia   Namig Abdullayev   Azerbaijan   Sammie Henson   United States

Main article: 2006 World Wrestling Championships

The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 27 September 2006.

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
	Besik Kudukhov (RUS)	0	0
	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	6	1

Top half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
							Besarion Gochashvili (GEO)	0	0
							Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	7	1
													Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	1	1
	Igor Skilskiy (UKR)	3	0	0									Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	0	0
	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	2	1	1			Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	0	3	6
	Hidenori Taoka (JPN)	1	0				Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	1	0	5
	Ghenadie Tulbea (MDA)	2	4																Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	0	0
	Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly (KAZ)	1	2																Besik Kudukhov (RUS)	3	1
	Murat Gençtürk (TUR)	0	0				Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly (KAZ)	5	2	1
	Iliaz Ozumbekov (KGZ)	0	1				Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	9	1	3
	Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	5	4										Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	1	2	0
	Mikheil Japaridze (CAN)	0	1	0									Besik Kudukhov (RUS)	3	1	6F
	Vinod Kumar (IND)	1	1	3			Vinod Kumar (IND)	0	0
	Besik Kudukhov (RUS)	3	5F				Besik Kudukhov (RUS)	1	6
	Phạm Đức Kháng (VIE)	1	0

Bottom half

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals
	O Song-nam (PRK)	3	5
	Pavel Siniavski (ISR)	0	0				O Song-nam (PRK)	0	0
	Qin Yi (CHN)	1	0				Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	2	1
	Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	3	3F										Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	1	5
	Viorel Etko (GBR)	2	0										Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	0	1
	Fredy Serrano (COL)	4	3				Fredy Serrano (COL)	2	0
	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1	1	6			Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	5	8
	Vahan Simonyan (ARM)	1	0	1															Radoslav Velikov (BUL)	4	7
	Elgin Loren Elwais (PLW)	0	0																Sammie Henson (USA)	0	1
	Taghi Dadashi (IRI)	6	4				Taghi Dadashi (IRI)	0	2	6
	Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	4	4				Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar (MGL)	4	1	0
	Jerry Angana (PHI)	0	1										Taghi Dadashi (IRI)	1	0
	René Montero (CUB)	2	0	0									Sammie Henson (USA)	0	5F
	Sammie Henson (USA)	1	1	6			Sammie Henson (USA)	3	6
	Uladzislau Andreyeu (BLR)	0	3				Francisco Sánchez (ESP)	0	0
	Francisco Sánchez (ESP)	1	3

Repechage

	Repechage round 1						Repechage round 2						Bronze medals
	Phạm Đức Kháng (VIE)	0	0				Vinod Kumar (IND)	0	1				Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	1	1	0
	Vinod Kumar (IND)	1	6				Kim Hyo-sub (KOR)	3	1				Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	0	2	1
	Qin Yi (CHN)	0	1				O Song-nam (PRK)	4	1				Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	1	0
	O Song-nam (PRK)	1	2				Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	0	3F				Sammie Henson (USA)	2	2