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.

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Dimitris Tofalos Arena
Dates	6–8 December 2001
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Aleksandr Bezruchkin   Russia   Ernesto Peña   Cuba   Mehmet Özal   Turkey

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

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	—

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)	2F
									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