Spenser Mango finished fifth (Photo/Larry Slater)Mango was called for passivity and Berge awarded what proved to be the match's only point midway through the second period in Greco-Roman wrestling at 59 kilos.
Mango fought valiantly to score in the match's final minute, but the officials would not call passivity on Berge.
"I'm going home with no medal again -- and that's rough," Mango said. "I still have things to work on. I'm one of the smaller guys in the weight and I need to keep adjusting to that."
Mango, a two-time Olympian, placed fifth at the Worlds for the second straight year. here
Team USA Results (Sunday)
Spenser Mango (59 kilos):
Round of 32: Won by dec. over Fatih Ucuncu (Turkey), 2-2
Round of 16: Won by dec. over Peter Modos (Hungary), 4-0
Quarterfinals: Won by tech. fall over Kazuma Kuramoto (Japan), 10-0
Semifinals: Lost by dec. to Mingiyan Semenov (Russia), 9-1
Bronze-medal match: Lost by dec. to Stig Andre Berge (Norway), 1-0
Justin Lester (71 kilos):
Round of 32: Won by dec. over Mindia Tursumia (Georgia), 5-0
Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Rasul Chunayev (Azerbaijan), 9-7
Caylor Williams (98 kilos):
Round of 16: Lost by dec. to Marthin Nielsen, 3-0
Medalists (Sunday)
59 kilos:
Gold: Hamid Soryan (Iran)
Silver: Mingiyan Semenov (Russia)
Bronze: Stig Andre Berge (Norway)
Bronze: Elmurat Tasmuradov (Uzbekistan)
71 kilos:
Gold: Chingiz Labazanov (Russia)
Silver: Yunus Oezel (Turkey)
Bronze: Afshim Byabangard (Iran)
Bronze: Rasul Chunayev (Azerbaijan)
98 kilos:
Gold: Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia)
Silver: Oliver Hassler (Germany)
Bronze: Ghasem Rezaei (Iran)
Bronze: Cenk Ildem (Turkey)
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