2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 85 kg

The men's freestyle 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 23 to 25 November 2001.

Men's freestyle 85 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	23–25 November 2001
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Medalists
Khadzhimurad Magomedov   Russia   Brandon Eggum   United States   Yoel Romero   Cuba

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GER	MGL	LTU
1	André Backhaus (GER)	2	2	0	6	20		—	10–8	10–3
2	Narantsetsegiin Bürenbaatar (MGL)	2	1	1	4	17		1–3 PP	—	9–2
3	Egidijus Vielavičius (LTU)	2	0	2	2	5		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		CUB	POL	ARM
1	Yoel Romero (CUB)	2	2	0	6	9		—	4–1	5–0
2	Marcin Jurecki (POL)	2	1	1	5	1		1–3 PP	—	WO
3	Mamed Aghaev (ARM)	2	0	2	0	0		0–3 PO	0–4 PA	—

Source: Official website

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	KOR	UKR
1	Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)	2	2	0	8	8		—	7–0 Fall	1–0 Ret
2	Song Se-min (KOR)	2	1	1	4	0		0–4 TO	—	WO
3	Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 PA	0–4 PA	—

Source: Official website

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	LAT	TKM
1	Arkadiy Tzopa (BUL)	2	2	0	7	13		—	3–0	10–0
2	Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	2	1	1	4	3		0–3 PO	—	3–2 Fall
3	Oleg Kadyrow (TKM)	2	0	2	0	2		0–4 ST	0–4 TO	—

Source: Official website

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	GRE	IND
1	Brandon Eggum (USA)	2	2	0	7	14		—	3–2	11–0
2	Lazaros Loizidis (GRE)	2	1	1	5	15		1–3 PP	—	13–3
3	Amandeep Sondhi (IND)	2	0	2	1	3		0–4 ST	1–4 SP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	SUI
1	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	6	14		—	5–2	9–1
2	Ali Özen (TUR)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	7–1
3	Thomas Bucheli (SUI)	2	0	2	2	2		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UZB	GEO	HUN
1	Rasul Katinovasov (UZB)	2	2	0	7	15		—	10–2 Fall	5–4
2	Malkhaz Jorbenadze (GEO)	2	1	1	3	9		0–4 TO	—	7–5
3	Tamás Kiss (HUN)	2	0	2	2	9		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Pool 8

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BLR	IRI	JPN
1	Beibulat Musaev (BLR)	2	1	1	4	8		—	4–3	4–5
2	Majid Khodaei (IRI)	2	1	1	4	6		1–3 PP	—	3–1
3	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	2	1	1	4	6		3–1 PP	1–3 PP	—

Source: Official website

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	André Backhaus (GER)	0
	Yoel Romero (CUB)	5			Yoel Romero (CUB)	1
	Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)	5			Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)	3
	Arkadiy Tzopa (BUL)	0							Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)	3
	Brandon Eggum (USA)	3							Brandon Eggum (USA)	0
	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	0			Brandon Eggum (USA)	3
	Rasul Katinovasov (UZB)	2			Beibulat Musaev (BLR)	2
	Beibulat Musaev (BLR)	3							Bronze medal match
									Yoel Romero (CUB)	3
									Beibulat Musaev (BLR)	0