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

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
File:Gold medal icon.svg  Aleksandr Bezruchkin   Russia File:Silver medal icon.svg  Ernesto Peña   Cuba File:Bronze medal icon.svg  Mehmet Özal   Turkey

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

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	—

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