2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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Men's freestyle 97 kg
at the 2023 World Championships
Venue Štark Arena
Dates18–19 September 2023
Competitors35 from 32 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
  2022
2025  

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 18 and 19 September 2023. [1]

Contents

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

Finals

Semifinals Final
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Akhmed Tazhudinov  (BRN)9
White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)2RFlag of Bahrain.svg  Akhmed Tazhudinov  (BRN)8F
Flag of Georgia.svg  Givi Matcharashvili  (GEO)1 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Magomedkhan Magomedov  (AZE)1
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Magomedkhan Magomedov  (AZE)6

Top half

Section 1

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nishan Randhawa  (CAN)0
Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)12
Flag of Moldova.svg  Radu Lefter  (MDA)1
Flag of Moldova.svg  Radu Lefter  (MDA)7
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Baltmönkhiin Badamdorj  (MGL)4
Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)0
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Şatlyk Hemelýäýew  (TKM)8 Flag of Bahrain.svg  Akhmed Tazhudinov  (BRN)11
Flag of Colombia.svg  Carlos Angulo  (COL)4FFlag of Colombia.svg  Carlos Angulo  (COL)2
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Maxwell Lacey  (CRC)11F
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Maxwell Lacey  (CRC)0
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Akhmed Tazhudinov  (BRN)10
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Magomed Ibragimov  (UZB)0
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Akhmed Tazhudinov  (BRN)10

Section 2

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Italy.svg  Ben Honis  (ITA)2
Flag of Iran.svg  Mojtaba Goleij  (IRI)8
Flag of Iran.svg  Mojtaba Goleij  (IRI)11
Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Ishiguro  (JPN)1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Murazi Mchedlidze  (UKR)3
Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Ishiguro  (JPN)6
Flag of Iran.svg  Mojtaba Goleij  (IRI)4
White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)4F
White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)7
Flag of South Africa.svg  Nicolaas de Lange  (RSA)0
White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)4
Flag of Hungary.svg  Vladislav Baitsaev  (HUN)2
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lukas Krasauskas  (LTU)0
Flag of Hungary.svg  Vladislav Baitsaev  (HUN)10

Bottom half

Section 3

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Givi Matcharashvili  (GEO)5
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Magomedgaji Nurov  (MKD)4
Flag of Georgia.svg  Givi Matcharashvili  (GEO)7
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Akhmed Bataev  (BUL)5
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Akhmed Bataev  (BUL)5
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mostafa El-Ders  (EGY)0
Flag of Georgia.svg  Givi Matcharashvili  (GEO)2
Flag of Armenia.svg  Sergey Sargsyan  (ARM)8Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alisher Yergali  (KAZ)0
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Samuel Scherrer  (SUI)6 Flag of Armenia.svg  Sergey Sargsyan  (ARM)4
Flag placeholder.svg Sahil Ahlawat (UWW)5
Flag placeholder.svg Sahil Ahlawat (UWW)1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alisher Yergali  (KAZ)11
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alisher Yergali  (KAZ)2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Habila Awusayiman  (CHN)1

Section 4

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Thiele  (GER)11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Thomas Barns  (AUS)0
Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Thiele  (GER)6
Flag of Poland.svg  Zbigniew Baranowski  (POL)1
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Jae-gang  (KOR)0
Flag of Poland.svg  Zbigniew Baranowski  (POL)5Flag of Poland.svg  Zbigniew Baranowski  (POL)7
White flag of surrender.svg Aliaksandr Hushtyn (AIN)2 Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Thiele  (GER)5
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Magomedkhan Magomedov  (AZE)5F
Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çiftçi  (TUR)10
Flag of Tonga.svg  Utah Mann  (TGA)0
Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çiftçi  (TUR)0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Magomedkhan Magomedov  (AZE)4
Flag of Serbia.svg  Strahinja Despić  (SRB)0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Magomedkhan Magomedov  (AZE)7

Repechage

Repechage round 2Repechage round 3Bronze medals
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Magomed Ibragimov  (UZB)10Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Magomed Ibragimov  (UZB)6Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)WO
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Maxwell Lacey  (CRC)0Flag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)10White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Strahinja Despić  (SRB)0Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çiftçi  (TUR)3Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çiftçi  (TUR)2
Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çiftçi  (TUR)10Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Thiele  (GER)1Flag of Georgia.svg  Givi Matcharashvili  (GEO)6
Olympic wrestle-off
White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) 
Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çiftçi  (TUR)WO

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Bahrain.svg  Akhmed Tazhudinov  (BRN)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Magomedkhan Magomedov  (AZE)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Kyle Snyder  (USA)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Georgia.svg  Givi Matcharashvili  (GEO)
5Flag of Turkey.svg  İbrahim Çiftçi  (TUR)
5White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)
7Flag of Germany.svg  Erik Thiele  (GER)
8Flag of Iran.svg  Mojtaba Goleij  (IRI)
9Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alisher Yergali  (KAZ)
10Flag of Poland.svg  Zbigniew Baranowski  (POL)
11Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Maxwell Lacey  (CRC)
12Flag of Colombia.svg  Carlos Angulo  (COL)
13Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Magomed Ibragimov  (UZB)
14Flag of Hungary.svg  Vladislav Baitsaev  (HUN)
15Flag of Armenia.svg  Sergey Sargsyan  (ARM)
16Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Akhmed Bataev  (BUL)
17Flag of Moldova.svg  Radu Lefter  (MDA)
18Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Ishiguro  (JPN)
19Flag placeholder.svg Sahil Ahlawat (UWW)
20Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Samuel Scherrer  (SUI)
21Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Magomedgaji Nurov  (MKD)
22Flag of Mongolia.svg  Baltmönkhiin Badamdorj  (MGL)
23Flag of Ukraine.svg  Murazi Mchedlidze  (UKR)
24White flag of surrender.svg Aliaksandr Hushtyn (AIN)
25Flag of Italy.svg  Ben Honis  (ITA)
26Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Habila Awusayiman  (CHN)
27Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Şatlyk Hemelýäýew  (TKM)
28Flag of Egypt.svg  Mostafa El-Ders  (EGY)
29Flag of South Africa.svg  Nicolaas de Lange  (RSA)
30Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Jae-gang  (KOR)
31Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lukas Krasauskas  (LTU)
32Flag of Tonga.svg  Utah Mann  (TGA)
33Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nishan Randhawa  (CAN)
34Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Thomas Barns  (AUS)
35Flag of Serbia.svg  Strahinja Despić  (SRB)
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References

  1. "97kg Bracket". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 15 September 2023.