# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 23 to 25 September 1999.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CZE | BLR | MDA |
| 1 | Marek Švec (CZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Igor Grabovetchi (MDA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CRO | ISR | IRI |
| 1 | Josip Pavišić (CRO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Henri Papiashvili (ISR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Rasoul Jazini (IRI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | GEO | VEN |
| 1 | Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 7–4 | 8–1 Fall |
| 2 | Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–7 Fall |
| 3 | Álvaro Torres (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | ROM | KOR |
| 1 | Hakkı Başar (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19 | — | 12–8 | 7–2 |
| 2 | Petru Sudureac (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–1 |
| 3 | Park Woo (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | ARM | BUL |
| 1 | Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Khoren Papoyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0–3 PO | — | 6–0 Fall |
| 3 | Ali Mollov (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | GER | LTU |
| 1 | Reynaldo Peña (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | — | 11–10 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Maik Bullmann (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–4 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | GRE | EST |
| 1 | Jason Klohs (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–2 |
| 3 | Vello Pärnpuu (EST) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1–3 PP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KAZ | HUN | ITA |
| 1 | Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | János Tóth (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0–3 PO | — | 5–4 |
| 3 | Salvatore Campanella (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | YUG | POL | CHN |
| 1 | Pajo Ivošević (YUG) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | — | 3–1 | 9–2 |
| 2 | Andrzej Wroński (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–1 Fall |
| 3 | Feng Fuming (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | TKM | SYR |
| 1 | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | — | 10–0 | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Rozy Rejepow (TKM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0–4 ST | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Mohammad Al-Haiek (SYR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SUI | SVK | JPN |
| 1 | Urs Bürgler (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Roman Meduna (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Koji Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Marek Švec (CZE) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Josip Pavišić (CRO) | 0 | Marek Švec (CZE) | 0 | | | | |
| Davyd Saldadze (UKR) | 0 | Hakkı Başar (TUR) | 4$^F$ | | | | |
| Hakkı Başar (TUR) | 5 | | | Hakkı Başar (TUR) | 2 | | |
| Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) | 4 | | | Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) | 4 | | |
| Reynaldo Peña (CUB) | 1 | Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) | 5 | | | | |
| Jason Klohs (USA) | 2 | Jason Klohs (USA) | 0 | | | | |
| Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) | 0 | | | | | Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) | 4 |
| Pajo Ivošević (YUG) | 1 | | | | | Andrzej Wroński (POL) | 0 |
| Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) | 4 | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) | 9$^F$ | | |
| Urs Bürgler (SUI) | 2$^F$ | Urs Bürgler (SUI) | 0 | | |
| Henri Papiashvili (ISR) | 0 | | | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) | 2 | | | Andrzej Wroński (POL) | 4 |
| Khoren Papoyan (ARM) | 1 | Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) | 1 | | | Hakkı Başar (TUR) | 2 |
| Maik Bullmann (GER) | 1 | Andrzej Wroński (POL) | 4 | | | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) | 4 |
| Andrzej Wroński (POL) | 2 | | | | | | |