Sumo at the 2009 World Games – Men's heavyweight

Sumo – Men's heavyweight at the 2009 World Games
Venue	Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dates	17 July 2009
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Medalists
Takashi Himeno   Gankhuyagiin Naranbat   Alan Karaev

The men's heavyweight competition in sumo at the 2009 World Games took place on 17 July 2009 at the Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Competition format

A total of 16 athletes entered the competition. They fought in the cup system with repechages.

Results

Main draw

	Score
1/16 Finals
Masaru Tateno (JPN)	W-L	Kelly Gneiting (USA)
Wang Huang-wen (TPE)	L-W	Alan Karaev (RUS)
Gankhuyagiin Naranbat (MGL)	W-L	Hany Saleh (EGY)
Petar Stoyanov (BUL)	W-L	Andrew Perenara (NZL)
Haitham Al-Sadi (NED)	L-W	Takashi Himeno (JPN)
Dan Kalbfleisch (USA)	L-W	Flavio Tooru Kosaihira (BRA)
Drew Weeks (AUS)	L-W	Ulambayaryn Byambajav (MGL)
El Sayed El-Azazi (EGY)	L-W	Mutoshi Matsunaga (JPN)
Quarterfinals
Masaru Tateno (JPN)	L-W	Alan Karaev (RUS)
Gankhuyagiin Naranbat (MGL)	W-L	Petar Stoyanov (BUL)
Takashi Himeno (JPN)	W-L	Flavio Tooru Kosaihira (BRA)
Ulambayaryn Byambajav (MGL)	L-W	Mutoshi Matsunaga (JPN)

Repechages

	Score
1/16 Repechages
Masaru Tateno (JPN)	W-L	Wang Huang-wen (TPE)
Petar Stoyanov (BUL)	W-L	Hany Saleh (EGY)
Flavio Tooru Kosaihira (BRA)	L-W	Haitham Al-Sadi (NED)
Ulambayaryn Byambajav (MGL)	W-L	El Sayed El-Azazi (EGY)
Repechages Quarterfinals
Masaru Tateno (JPN)	L-W	Petar Stoyanov (BUL)
Haitham Al-Sadi (NED)	L-W	Ulambayaryn Byambajav (MGL)

Semifinals

	Score
Semifinals
Alan Karaev (RUS)	L-W	Gankhuyagiin Naranbat (MGL)
Takashi Himeno (JPN)	W-L	Mutoshi Matsunaga (JPN)
Repechages Semifinals
Alan Karaev (RUS)	W-L	Ulambayaryn Byambajav (MGL)
Mutoshi Matsunaga (JPN)	L-W	Petar Stoyanov (BUL)

Finals

	Score
Gold medal match
Gankhuyagiin Naranbat (MGL)	L-W	Takashi Himeno (JPN)
Bronze medal match
Petar Stoyanov (BUL)	L-W	Alan Karaev (RUS)