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
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2006 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	51 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	55 kg
	74 kg	74 kg	59 kg
	84 kg	84 kg	63 kg
	96 kg	96 kg	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg
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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.^[1]

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

Legend

• F — Won by fall

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

	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

	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 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