# 2015 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 7 | | |
| Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 2 | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 5 |
| Kyle Snyder (USA) | 6 | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 5 |
| Abbas Tahan (IRI) | 3 | | |
Abdusalam Gadisov of Russia originally won the silver medal but was disqualified in 2023 due to doping offenses.

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 4$^F$ | | | | |
| Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 1 | | |
| | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 3 | | |
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 8 | | | | |
| Ivan Yankouski (BLR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 0 |
| | | | | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 5 |
| Stefan Kehrer (GER) | 5$^F$ | | | | |
| Georgi Sredkov (BUL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Stefan Kehrer (GER) | 0 | | |
| | | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 10 | | |
| Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 10 | | | | |
| Mausam Khatri (IND) | 0 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Edgar Yenokyan (ARM) | 0 | | | | |
| Kim Jae-gang (KOR) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Kim Jae-gang (KOR) | 1 | | |
| | | Attila Szmik (HUN) | 1 | | |
| Attila Szmik (HUN) | 3 | | | | |
| Ragnar Kaasik (EST) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Kim Jae-gang (KOR) | 2 |
| | | | | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 4 |
| Egzon Shala (ALB) | 2 | | | | |
| Arjun Gill (CAN) | 13 | | | | |
| | | Arjun Gill (CAN) | 3 | | |
| | | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 5 | | |
| Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 10$^F$ | | | | |
| Yuri Maier (ARG) | 0 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Philipp Hutter (SUI) | 0 | | | | |
| Alikhan Zhumayev (KAZ) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Alikhan Zhumayev (KAZ) | 1 | | |
| | | José Daniel Díaz (VEN) | 3 | | |
| Takeshi Yamaguchi (JPN) | 2 | | | | |
| José Daniel Díaz (VEN) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | José Daniel Díaz (VEN) | 1 |
| | | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 11 |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 9 | | | | |
| Edon Shala (KOS) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Radosław Baran (POL) | 0 | | |
| | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 8 | | |
| Kyle Snyder (USA) | 2 | | | | |
| Pavlo Oliynyk (UKR) | 1 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Imants Lagodskis (LAT) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Héctor Rodríguez (ESP) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Imants Lagodskis (LAT) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Magomed Musaev (KGZ) | 5 | | |
| | | Magomed Musaev (KGZ) | 10 | | | | |
| Javier Cortina (CUB) | 5 | Javier Cortina (CUB) | 0 | | | | |
| Micheil Tsikovani (GRE) | 0 | | | | | Magomed Musaev (KGZ) | 4 |
| Nathanael Rose (TTO) | 10 | | | | | Abbas Tahan (IRI) | 5 |
| Aurelio Valdez (MEX) | 0 | Nathanael Rose (TTO) | 0 | | | | |
| Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga (MGL) | 1 | İbrahim Bölükbaşı (TUR) | 12 | | | | |
| İbrahim Bölükbaşı (TUR) | 8 | | | İbrahim Bölükbaşı (TUR) | 2 | | |
| Rodney Wilson (ASA) | 0 | | | Abbas Tahan (IRI) | 12 | | |
| Zhang Xueyi (CHN) | 2$^F$ | Zhang Xueyi (CHN) | 0 | | | | |
| Abbas Tahan (IRI) | 4 | Abbas Tahan (IRI) | 11 | | | | |
| Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 0 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Mausam Khatri (IND) | 5 | Stefan Kehrer (GER) | 0 | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 4 |
| Stefan Kehrer (GER) | 6 | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 10 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 1 |
| Pavlo Oliynyk (UKR) | WO | Pavlo Oliynyk (UKR) | 10 | Pavlo Oliynyk (UKR) | 3 |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | | José Daniel Díaz (VEN) | 0 | Abbas Tahan (IRI) | 2 |