| Wrestling at the 1997 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Dates | June 1997 |
The wrestling tournament at the 1997 Mediterranean Games was held in Bari, Italy.
| Wrestling at the 1997 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Dates | June 1997 |
The wrestling tournament at the 1997 Mediterranean Games was held in Bari, Italy.
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 |  Greece | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Syria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  FR Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 kg |  Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) |  David Legrand (FRA) |  Yassin Al Orabi (SYR) |
| 58 kg | Harun Doğan (TUR) |  Konstantinos Kesanidis (GRE) |  Mohamed Amine Benhamadi (ALG) |
| 63 kg |  Giovanni Schillaci (ITA) |  Arout Parsekian (CYP) | Muharrem Demireğen (TUR) |
| 69 kg | Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) | Ahmad Al-Aosta (SYR) | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) |
| 76 kg | Kamil Kocaağaoğlu (TUR) | Lazaros Loizidis (GRE) | Angelo Camarda (ITA) |
| 97 kg | Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) |  Ndue Njebza (ALB) | William Rombouts (FRA) |
| 125 kg | Zekeriya Güçlü (TUR) |  Mario Miketek (CRO) | Anastasios Symeonidis (GRE) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 kg | Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR) | Francesco Costantino (ITA) | Ercan Yıldız (TUR) |
| 58 kg | Efstathios Theodosiadis (GRE) | Ergüder Bekişdamat (TUR) | Zakaria Al Nached (SYR) |
| 63 kg | Mehmet Akif Pirim (TUR) | Thierry Bastien (FRA) | Aristidis Rubenian (GRE) |
| 69 kg |  Nandor Sabo (FRY) | Mecnun Güler (TUR) |  Rade Bačič (SLO) |
| 76 kg | Yvon Riemer (FRA) | Dimitrios Avramis (GRE) |  Karam Gaber (EGY) |
| 85 kg | Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) | Philippe Nagy (FRA) | Aleksandar Jovančević (FRY) |
| 97 kg | Hakkı Başar (TUR) | Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) | Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) |
| 125 kg | Anastasios Sofianidis (GRE) | Şaban Donat (TUR) | Stipe Damjanović (CRO) |
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