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

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.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Tomi Rajamäki (FIN) | 6–0 | Dai Ruifeng (CHN) |
| Roman Meduna (SVK) | 2–3 | Toomas Proovel (EST) |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 3–0 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) |
| Christos Katsaros (GRE) | 0–3 | Salvatore Campanella (ITA) |
| Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN) | 3–7 | Henk van der Stoep (NED) |
| Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 2–3 | Igor Bugai (UKR) |
| Hristo Stanchev (BUL) | 1–3 | Knut Isaksen (NOR) |
| Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 4–1 Fall | Levon Geghamyan (ARM) |
| Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 10–0 | José Luis Ayala (MEX) |
| Ferenc Takács (HUN) | 2–0 | Park Myung-suk (KOR) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 0–2 | Dan Henderson (USA) |
| David Martinetti (SUI) | 0–5 | Jacek Fafiński (POL) |
| Filip Soukup (CZE) | 0–7 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 4–2 Fall | Emzar Makaradze (GEO) |
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | | Bye |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 2–0 | Tomi Rajamäki (FIN) |
| Toomas Proovel (EST) | 0–4 | Thomas Zander (GER) |
| Salvatore Campanella (ITA) | 4–0 | Henk van der Stoep (NED) |
| Igor Bugai (UKR) | 1–0 | Knut Isaksen (NOR) |
| Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 9–0 | Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) |
| Ferenc Takács (HUN) | 3–1 | Dan Henderson (USA) |
| Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 0–4 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Dai Ruifeng (CHN) | WO | Roman Meduna (SVK) |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 5–0 | Christos Katsaros (GRE) |
| Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN) | 2–4 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) |
| Hristo Stanchev (BUL) | 3–1 | Levon Geghamyan (ARM) |
| José Luis Ayala (MEX) | 1–11 | Park Myung-suk (KOR) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 6–0 | David Martinetti (SUI) |
| Filip Soukup (CZE) | 0–3 | Emzar Makaradze (GEO) |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 3–1 Fall | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 8–0 | Salvatore Campanella (ITA) |
| Igor Bugai (UKR) | 0–8 | Valery Tsilent (BLR) |
| Ferenc Takács (HUN) | 0–10 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| Repechage |||
| Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 5–4 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) |
| Hristo Stanchev (BUL) | 1–3 | Park Myung-suk (KOR) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 4–1 | Emzar Makaradze (GEO) |
| Tomi Rajamäki (FIN) | 0–0 | Toomas Proovel (EST) |
| Henk van der Stoep (NED) | 0–3 | Knut Isaksen (NOR) |
| Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 1–7 | Dan Henderson (USA) |
| Jacek Fafiński (POL) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Jacek Fafiński (POL) | 0–5 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) |
| Park Myung-suk (KOR) | 0–4 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) |
| Tomi Rajamäki (FIN) | 0–2 | Knut Isaksen (NOR) |
| Dan Henderson (USA) | 7–0 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) |
| Salvatore Campanella (ITA) | 0–4 Fall | Igor Bugai (UKR) |
| Ferenc Takács (HUN) | | Bye |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 3–0 | Thomas Zander (GER) |
| Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 0–3 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
| Repechage |||
| Ferenc Takács (HUN) | 4–0 Fall | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 3–0 | Knut Isaksen (NOR) |
| Dan Henderson (USA) | 0–1 | Igor Bugai (UKR) |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Ferenc Takács (HUN) | 0–3 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) |
| Igor Bugai (UKR) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 3–1 | Igor Bugai (UKR) |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 1–0 | Valery Tsilent (BLR) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| 5th place match |||
| Igor Bugai (UKR) | 1–7 | Valery Tsilent (BLR) |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 1–0 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) |
| Final |||
| Sergey Tsvir (RUS) | 3–0 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |