2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Patras, Greece from 6 to 8 December 2001.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | UKR | GRE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 4–2 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–3 |
| 3 | Georgios Koutsioumpas (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SVK | ARM | ISR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Roman Meduna (SVK) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | — | 2–1 Fall | 4–0 |
| 2 | Robert Petrosyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 TO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Henri Papiashvili (ISR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | EST | AUS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 3–1 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Vello Pärnpuu (EST) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 12–0 |
| 3 | Reza Rostami (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | FRA | JPN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 4–0 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Cédric Theval (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Yusuke Morikaku (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ROM | SUI | USA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 7–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Urs Bürgler (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Jason Loukides (USA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CZE | EGY | LTU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marek Švec (CZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 6–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Karam Gaber (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0–3 PO | — | 13–3 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1–3 PP | 1–4 SP | — |

**Pool 7**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | POL | GEO | GER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marek Sitnik (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 4–1 | 6–2 |
| 2 | Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 7–0 |
| 3 | Mirko Englich (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 8**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | BLR | KOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 5–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Park Woo (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 9**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | SWE | FIN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ehsan Karimfar (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Jimmy Lidberg (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–3 PO | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Jari Kortesmäki (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 10**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | BUL | HUN | IND |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | — | 7–0 | 4–1 | WO |
| 2 | Ali Mollov (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 | 7–1 Fall |
| 3 | Béla Kaló (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — | WO |
| 4 | Satish Kumar (IND) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 TO | 0–4 EF | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Roman Meduna (SVK) | 2 | Aleksey Cheglakov (UZB) | 1 | | | | |
| Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) | 0 | Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 2 | | | | |
| Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 4 | | | Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 1 | | |
| | | Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Marek Švec (CZE) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Aleksandr Bezruchkin (RUS) | 7 |
| | | | | | | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 0 |
| | | Marek Sitnik (POL) | 0 | | |
| | | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | $2^F$ | | |
| | | | | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 11 |
| | | Ehsan Karimfar (IRI) | 0 | | | Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 5 |
| | | Ernesto Peña (CUB) | 6 | | | Mehmet Özal (TUR) | 7 |
