1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 85 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 85 kg
Championship:	1997 World Championships
Dates:	29–31 August 1997
Venue:	Yenisey Sports Palace
Competitors:	28
Nations:	28
Gold:	Les Gutches
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Eldar Assanov
Silver Nation:	UKR
Bronze:	Alireza Heidari
Bronze Nation:	IRI
Prev:	1995
Next:	1998

See main article: 1997 World Wrestling Championships.

The men's freestyle 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yenisey Sports Palace in Krasnoyarsk, Russia from 29 to 31 August 1997.^[1]

Results

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
	1–12
	0–4
	1–3
	3–4
	4–1
	10–0
	2–0
	6–0
	6–0
	0–8
	1–6
	2–2
	0–6 Fall
	0–4

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	1–4
	4–0
	3–2
	2–2
	0–3
	4–1
	1–3
Repechage
	0–5 Fall
	3–5
	0–8
	2–6
	2–0
	10–0 Fall
		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	2–3
	1–5
	8–0
		Bye
Repechage
	5–1
	2–0
	2–3
	6–4 Fall
	1–4
	0–1
	4–3 Fall

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
	2–3
	0–3
	2–8
	4–1
	5–4

Round 5

	Score
Semifinals
	1–3
	2–3
Repechage
	0–3
	6–1 Fall
		Bye

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	1–2
		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
	1–3
	1–6

Finals

	Score
5th place match
	WO
Bronze medal match
	5–1
Final
	1–1

External links

UWW Database

Notes and References

Web site: Final Freestyle World Championships release, including team scores . themat.com . https://web.archive.org/web/19980128065308/http://www.usawrestling.org/cfml.exe?template=%2Fwrestlin%2Ffullpage.cfm&count=402 . 26 May 2020 . 1998-01-28 . live .