1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Championship:	1997 World Championships
Dates:	11–13 September 1997
Venue:	Hala Ludowa
Competitors:	29
Nations:	29
Gold:	Sergey Tsvir
Gold Nation:	RUS
Silver:	Hamza Yerlikaya
Silver Nation:	TUR
Bronze:	Thomas Zander
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	1995
Next:	1998

See main article: 1997 World Wrestling Championships.

The men's Greco-Roman 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Wrocław, Poland from 11 to 13 September 1997.^[1]

Results

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
	6–0
	2–3
	3–0
	0–3
	3–7
	2–3
	1–3
	4–1 Fall
	10–0
	2–0
	0–2
	0–5
	0–7
	4–2 Fall
		Bye

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	2–0
	0–4
	4–0
	1–0
	9–0
	3–1
	0–4
		Bye
Repechage
	WO
	5–0
	2–4
	3–1
	1–11
	6–0
	0–3

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	3–1 Fall
	8–0
	0–8
	0–10
Repechage
	5–4
	1–3
	4–1
	0–0
	0–3
	1–7
		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
	0–5
	0–4
	0–2
	7–0
	0–4 Fall
		Bye

Round 5

	Score
Semifinals
	3–0
	0–3
Repechage
	4–0 Fall
	3–0
	0–1

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	0–3
		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
	3–1
	1–0

Finals

	Score
5th place match
	1–7
Bronze medal match
	1–0
Final
	3–0

External links

UWW Database

Notes and References

Web site: Rulon Gardner places fifth at 1997 Greco-Roman World Championships . themat.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710210713/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=3183 . 30 May 2020. 2012-07-10 .