# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 85 kg

The men's freestyle 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 8 to 10 October 1999.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | SUI | GRE |
| 1 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | — | 14–1 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Grégory Martinetti (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–4 SP | — | 7–4 |
| 3 | Christos Alexandridis (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | POL | PUR |
| 1 | Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 10–0 | 9–5 |
| 2 | Michał Stanisławski (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0–4 ST | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Matt White (PUR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ARM | JPN | CHN |
| 1 | Mamed Aghaev (ARM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 6–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–0 Fall |
| 3 | Chen Long (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | CIV | CYP |
| 1 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 2–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Vincent Aka-Akesse (CIV) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 13–1 Fall |
| 3 | Michael Michaelides (CYP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | MKD | LAT | CAN |
| 1 | Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | — | 8–2 | WO |
| 2 | Igors Samušonoks (LAT) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 11–0 |
| 3 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | LTU | CZE |
| 1 | Les Gutches (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 7–0 | 9–0 Fall |
| 2 | Egidijus Vielavičius (LTU) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–3 PO | — | 5–4 |
| 3 | Rudolf Vobořil (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–4 TO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | ROM | AUS |
| 1 | Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | — | 4–2 | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Nicolae Ghiță (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 12–1 Fall |
| 3 | Gabriel Szerda (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | IND | NED |
| 1 | Gocha Chikhradze (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | — | 9–0 Fall | 10–3 |
| 2 | Anuj Kumar (IND) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0–4 TO | — | 8–6 |
| 3 | George Torchinava (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | AZE | KGZ | MGL |
| 1 | Vitaly Gizoev (AZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 3–2 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Bolotbek Omurakunov (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–4 |
| 3 | Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–4 ST | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | IRI | GER |
| 1 | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 4–0 | 8–4 |
| 2 | Abbas Majidi (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–3 PO | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | André Backhaus (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | HUN | EST |
| 1 | Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | — | 7–4 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Gábor Kapuvári (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Neeme Jaanson (EST) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 12

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | TUR | GBR | SVK |
| 1 | Plamen Penev (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | — | 0–1 | 10–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Ali Özen (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3–0 PO | — | 3–4 Fall | 3–0 |
| 3 | Luigi Bianco (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0–4 ST | 4–0 TO | — | 5–15 |
| 4 | Radovan Valach (SVK) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | 4–1 SP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR) | 2 | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 3 | | | | |
| Mamed Aghaev (ARM) | 3 | Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| Yang Hyung-mo (KOR) | 4 | | | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 2 | | |
| Magomed Ibragimov (MKD) | 3 | | | Les Gutches (USA) | 0 | | |
| Les Gutches (USA) | 4 | Les Gutches (USA) | 5 | | | | |
| Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) | 4 | Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) | 1 | | | | |
| Gocha Chikhradze (GEO) | 3 | | | | | Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) | 2 |
| Vitaly Gizoev (AZE) | 0 | | | | | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 4 |
| Yoel Romero (CUB) | 7 | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 3 | | |
| Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) | 6 | Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) | 0 | | |
| Plamen Penev (BUL) | 4 | | | Yoel Romero (CUB) | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) | 9 | | | Ali Özen (TUR) | 2 |
| Vincent Aka-Akesse (CIV) | 4 | Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) | 2 | | | Les Gutches (USA) | 4 |
| Nicolae Ghiță (ROM) | 2 | Ali Özen (TUR) | 3 | | | Ali Özen (TUR) | 2 |
| Ali Özen (TUR) | 4 | | | | | | |