2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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Men's freestyle 97 kg
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Orleans Arena
Dates11 September 2015
Competitors37 from 37 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
  2014
2017  

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Las Vegas, United States on 11 September 2015.

Contents

Results

Legend

Finals

Semifinals Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Abdusalam Gadisov  (RUS)7
Flag of Georgia.svg  Elizbar Odikadze  (GEO)2 Flag of Russia.svg  Abdusalam Gadisov  (RUS)5
Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)6Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)5
Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Tahan  (IRI)3

Abdusalam Gadisov of Russia originally won the silver medal but was disqualified in 2023 due to doping offenses. [1]

Top half

Section 1

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Moldova.svg  Nicolae Ceban  (MDA)4F
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Rustam Iskandari  (TJK)0
Flag of Moldova.svg  Nicolae Ceban  (MDA)1
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Khetag Gazyumov  (AZE)3
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Khetag Gazyumov  (AZE)8
Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Yankouski  (BLR)0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Khetag Gazyumov  (AZE)0
Flag of Russia.svg  Abdusalam Gadisov  (RUS)5
Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Kehrer  (GER)5F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Georgi Sredkov  (BUL)1
Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Kehrer  (GER)0
Flag of Russia.svg  Abdusalam Gadisov  (RUS)10
Flag of Russia.svg  Abdusalam Gadisov  (RUS)10
Flag of India.svg  Mausam Khatri  (IND)0

Section 2

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Armenia.svg  Edgar Yenokyan  (ARM)0
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Jae-gang  (KOR)5
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Jae-gang  (KOR)1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Szmik  (HUN)1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Szmik  (HUN)3
Flag of Estonia.svg  Ragnar Kaasik  (EST)0
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Jae-gang  (KOR)2
Flag of Georgia.svg  Elizbar Odikadze  (GEO)4
Flag of Albania.svg  Egzon Shala  (ALB)2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Arjun Gill  (CAN)13
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Arjun Gill  (CAN)3
Flag of Georgia.svg  Elizbar Odikadze  (GEO)5
Flag of Georgia.svg  Elizbar Odikadze  (GEO)10F
Flag of Argentina.svg  Yuri Maier  (ARG)0

Bottom half

Section 3

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Philipp Hutter  (SUI)0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alikhan Zhumayev  (KAZ)10
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alikhan Zhumayev  (KAZ)1
Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Daniel Díaz  (VEN)3
Flag of Japan.svg  Takeshi Yamaguchi  (JPN)2
Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Daniel Díaz  (VEN)4
Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Daniel Díaz  (VEN)1
Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)11
Flag of Poland.svg  Radosław Baran  (POL)9
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Edon Shala  (KOS)2
Flag of Poland.svg  Radosław Baran  (POL)0
Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)8
Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Pavlo Oliynyk  (UKR)1

Section 4

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Latvia.svg  Imants Lagodskis  (LAT)10
Flag of Spain.svg  Héctor Rodríguez  (ESP)0
Flag of Latvia.svg  Imants Lagodskis  (LAT)0
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Magomed Musaev  (KGZ)5
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Magomed Musaev  (KGZ)10
Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Cortina  (CUB)5Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Cortina  (CUB)0
Flag of Greece.svg  Micheil Tsikovani  (GRE)0 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Magomed Musaev  (KGZ)4
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Nathanael Rose  (TTO)10Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Tahan  (IRI)5
Flag of Mexico.svg  Aurelio Valdez  (MEX)0 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Nathanael Rose  (TTO)0
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga  (MGL)1 Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Bölükbaşı  (TUR)12
Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Bölükbaşı  (TUR)8Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Bölükbaşı  (TUR)2
Flag of American Samoa.svg  Rodney Wilson  (ASA)0 Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Tahan  (IRI)12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Xueyi  (CHN)2FFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Xueyi  (CHN)0
Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Tahan  (IRI)4Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Tahan  (IRI)11
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Jozef Jaloviar  (SVK)0

Repechage

Repechage round 2Repechage round 3Bronze medals
Flag of India.svg  Mausam Khatri  (IND)5Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Kehrer  (GER)0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Khetag Gazyumov  (AZE)4
Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Kehrer  (GER)6Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Khetag Gazyumov  (AZE)10Flag of Georgia.svg  Elizbar Odikadze  (GEO)1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Pavlo Oliynyk  (UKR)WOFlag of Ukraine.svg  Pavlo Oliynyk  (UKR)10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Pavlo Oliynyk  (UKR)3
Flag of Poland.svg  Radosław Baran  (POL) Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Daniel Díaz  (VEN)0Flag of Iran.svg  Abbas Tahan  (IRI)2

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