Sumo at the 2009 World Games – Men's middleweight explained

Venue:	Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dates:	17 July 2009
Competitors:	15
Nations:	11
Gold:	Ryo Ito
Silver:	Katsuo Yoshida
Bronze:	Kostiantyn Iermakov
Prev:	2005
Next:	2013

The men's middleweight competition in sumo at the 2009 World Games took place on 17 July 2009 at the Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.^{[1] [2]}

Competition format

A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. They fought in the cup system with repechages.

Results

Main draw

	Score
1/16 Finals
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)		Bye
Howard Gilbert (NZL)	L-W	Hossam Omar (EGY)
Ricardo Tadashi Aoyama (BRA)	W-L	Douglas Cochran (USA)
Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)	L-W	Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	W-L	Willian Takahiro Higuchi (BRA)
Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)	W-L	Tsai Hsien-ming (TPE)
Ryo Ito (JPN)	W-L	Fausto Gobbi (ITA)
Kena Heffernan (USA)	W-L	Marcin Rozum (POL)
Quarterfinals
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)	W-L	Hossam Omar (EGY)
Ricardo Tadashi Aoyama (BRA)	L-W	Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	L-W	Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)
Ryo Ito (JPN)	W-L	Kena Heffernan (USA)

Repechages

	Score
1/16 Repechages
Hossam Omar (EGY)		Bye
Ricardo Tadashi Aoyama (BRA)	L-W	Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	W-L	Tsai Hsien-ming (TPE)
Kena Heffernan (USA)	W-L	Fausto Gobbi (ITA)
Repechages Quarterfinals
Hossam Omar (EGY)	L-W	Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)
Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)	W-L	Kena Heffernan (USA)

Semifinals

	Score
Semifinals
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)	W-L	Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)
Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)	L-W	Ryo Ito (JPN)
Repechages Semifinals
Amartuvshin Tumennasan (MGL)	L-W	Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)
Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)	L-W	Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)

Finals

	Score
Gold medal match
Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)	L-W	Ryo Ito (JPN)
Bronze medal match
Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)	W-L	Ramy Ibrahim (EGY)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bronze medal match. 2020-07-07. www.theworldgames.org.
2. Web site: Gold medal match. 2020-07-07. www.theworldgames.org.