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.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Khadzhimurad Magomedov  Russia
Silver	Brandon Eggum  United States
Bronze	Yoel Romero  Cuba

Results

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			Bronze medal match
	Beibulat Musaev (BLR)		3
											Yoel Romero (CUB)		3
											Beibulat Musaev (BLR)		0

References

1. "Event Regulations". Official website. Retrieved 13 May 2020.