2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Patras, Greece from 7 to 9 December 2001.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mukhran Vakhtangadze Georgia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Matt Lindland United States |
| Bronze | Oleksandr Daragan Ukraine |

## Results

### Preliminary round

**Pool 1**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | ARM | CYP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 7–2 | WO |
| 2 | Levon Geghamyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1–3 PP | — | 22–0 Fall |
| 3 | Giannos Ioannou (CYP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 2**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | GER | FIN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 2–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Tim Nettekoven (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Tomi Rajamäki (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 3**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | SVK | BUL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | — | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Attila Bátky (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Dimitar Stoyanov (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

**Pool 4**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | POL | CZE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oleksandr Daragan (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | — | 3–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Marcin Letki (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Filip Soukup (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 5**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | HUN | JPN | NED |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sándor Bárdosi (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 3–2 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Shingo Matsumoto (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 1–3 PP | — | 13–0 |
| 3 | Jerry van de Pol (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 6**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | ISR | YUG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Matt Lindland (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | — | 6–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–2 |
| 3 | Bojan Mijatov (YUG) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

**Pool 7**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UZB | VEN | ISV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Evgeniy Erofaylov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 Fall |
| 2 | Yorly Patiño (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0–3 PO | — | 12–0 |
| 3 | Shaun Scott (ISV) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

**Pool 8**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | EST | KOR | GRE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | — | 4–0 | 9–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Toomas Proovel (EST) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0–3 PO | — | 7–0 Ret | 1–3 |
| 3 | Bae Man-ku (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — | 3–2 Fall |
| 4 | Theofanis Anagnostou (GRE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0–3 PO | 3–1 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

**Pool 9**

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | BLR | IRI | IND |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 | — | 3–1 | 5–0 | 12–0 Fall |
| 2 | Viachaslau Makaranka (BLR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–0 | 10–0 |
| 3 | Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — | 5–0 Fall |
| 4 | Govind Pawar (IND) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 6 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Oleksandr Daragan (UKR) | 0 | | |
| | | Oleksandr Daragan (UKR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Sándor Bárdosi (HUN) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Matt Lindland (USA) | 1 |
| | | Matt Lindland (USA) | 11 | | |
| | | Evgeniy Erofaylov (UZB) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Matt Lindland (USA) | 6 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | 2 |
| | | Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) | 2 | | | Oleksandr Daragan (UKR) | 3 |
| | | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | 3 | | | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | 2 |
