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
Aleksandr Bezruchkin    Russia   Ernesto Peña    Cuba   Mehmet Özal    Turkey

2001 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	54 kg	54 kg	46 kg
	58 kg	58 kg	51 kg
	63 kg	63 kg	56 kg
	69 kg	69 kg	62 kg
	76 kg	76 kg	68 kg
	85 kg	85 kg	75 kg
	97 kg
	130 kg	130 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]

Legend

• F — Won by fall

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

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	—

	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