# 1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 85 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 24 to 26 September 1999.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* R — Retired

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | TUR | GEO |
| 1 | Quincey Clark (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0–3 PO | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | EST | NED |
| 1 | Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 4–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Toomas Proovel (EST) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 1–3 PP | — | 22–0 Ret |
| 3 | Jerry van de Pol (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BLR | YUG | ARM |
| 1 | Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Jovančević (YUG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Tsolak Yeghishyan (ARM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | AZE | CZE |
| 1 | Dimitar Stoyanov (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Bahadur Gaziyev (AZE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 4–0 Fall |
| 3 | Jiří Matýsek (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | FIN | JPN |
| 1 | Theofanis Anagnostou (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | — | 3–1 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Marko Asell (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Hidekazu Yokoyama (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | SWE | FRA | ISR |
| 1 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | — | 7–3 | 2–1 Ret |
| 2 | David Millien (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | CUB | CHN | TKM |
| 1 | Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | — | 13–0 | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Li Daxin (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0–4 ST | — | 12–0 |
| 3 | Haýder Çaryýew (TKM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | RUS | VEN | ESP |
| 1 | Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 4–1 | WO |
| 2 | Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1–3 PP | — | 8–0 |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Ramos (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 PA | 0–3 PO | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GER | NOR | KOR |
| 1 | Thomas Zander (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Fritz Aanes (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 PP | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | In Tae-jung (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | POL | HUN | UZB |
| 1 | Marcin Letki (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 3–2 | 1–2 Ret |
| 2 | János Kismóni (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Zafarkhon Achilov (UZB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0–4 PA | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 11

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | KGZ | SUI |
| 1 | Oleksandr Sardaryan (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | — | 4–2 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | David Martinetti (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 PA | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Quincey Clark (USA) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) | 2 | Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) | 1 | | | | |
| Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 13$^F$ | Valery Tsilent (BLR) | 0 | | | | |
| Dimitar Stoyanov (BUL) | 0 | | | Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) | 2 | | |
| Theofanis Anagnostou (GRE) | 0$^R$ | | | Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) | 4 | | |
| Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 7 | Martin Lidberg (SWE) | 0 | | | | |
| Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) | 4 | Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) | 2 | | | | |
| Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS) | 0 | | | | | Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) | 5 |
| Thomas Zander (GER) | 3 | | | | | Thomas Zander (GER) | 1 |
| Marcin Letki (POL) | 1 | Thomas Zander (GER) | 1 | | |
| Oleksandr Sardaryan (UKR) | 2 | Toomas Proovel (EST) | 0 | | |
| Toomas Proovel (EST) | 3 | | | Thomas Zander (GER) | 3 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Bahadur Gaziyev (AZE) | 1 | | | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 2 |
| Marko Asell (FIN) | 6 | Marko Asell (FIN) | 6 | | | Behrouz Jamshidi (IRI) | 3 |
| David Millien (FRA) | 0 | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 6 | | | Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 1 |
| Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) | 3 | | | | | | |
* Behrouz Jamshidi of Iran originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for doping. Raatbek Sanatbayev was upgraded to the bronze medal position.