1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 24 to 26 September 1999.

## Results

### Legend

* C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | IRI | CZE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Mohammad Sharabiani (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | David Vála (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | HUN | ROM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dremiel Byers (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Ion Ţicală (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | KOR | GER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Davit Endeladze (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | — | 4–0 Fall | 4–2 Fall |
| 2 | Yang Young-jin (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0–4 TO | — | 1–1 |
| 3 | Raymund Edfelder (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | ISR | MDA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 2–1 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Anatoli Ciumac (MDA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | BLR | JPN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 3–2 | 11–1 |
| 2 | Dmitry Debelka (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–2 |
| 3 | Katsuaki Suzuki (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1–4 SP | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | EST | POL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fatih Bakir (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Helger Hallik (EST) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | — | 0–0 DQ |
| 3 | Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–0 E2 | — |

**Pool 7**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | ITA | LTU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | — | WO | 10–0 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 PA | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 8**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | ARM | AUS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | — | 4–0 Fall | 10–0 |
| 2 | Haykaz Galstyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 TO | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Laszlo Kovacs (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 9**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | CHN | AZE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Héctor Milián (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Zhao Hailin (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0–3 PO | — | 5–4 |
| 3 | Azar Aliyev (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Dremiel Byers (USA) | 2 | Dremiel Byers (USA) | 1 | | | | |
| Davit Endeladze (GEO) | 0 | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 1 | | | | |
| Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | $4^F$ | | | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 0 | | |
| Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) | 3 | | | Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | 2 | | |
| Fatih Bakir (TUR) | 0 | Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) | 1 | | | | |
| Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | $9^F$ | Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | 5 | | | | |
| Eddy Bengtsson (SWE) | 0 | | | | | Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) | 3 |
| Héctor Milián (CUB) | 5 | | | | | Héctor Milián (CUB) | 0 |
| Mohammad Sharabiani (IRI) | 0 | Héctor Milián (CUB) | 4 | | |
| Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | $3^C$ | Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) | 0 | | |
| Yuri Evseichik (ISR) | 2 | | | Héctor Milián (CUB) | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Dmitry Debelka (BLR) | 0 | | | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 0 |
| Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 2 | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 2 | | | Sergei Mureiko (BUL) | 3 |
| Haykaz Galstyan (ARM) | 7 | Haykaz Galstyan (ARM) | 0 | | | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | 0 |
| Zhao Hailin (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | |
