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.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Aleksandr Bezruchkin  Russia
Silver	Ernesto Peña  Cuba
Bronze	Mehmet Özal  Turkey

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

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	—

Source: Japan Wrestling

Knockout round

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					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
											Ernesto Peña (CUB)		11
						Ehsan Karimfar (IRI)		0								Petru Sudureac (ROM)		5
						Ernesto Peña (CUB)		6								Mehmet Özal (TUR)		7

References

1. "Event Schedule". Official website. Retrieved 10 May 2020.