# 2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 17 and 18 September 2022.
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

* F — Won by fall
* R — Retired

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Kyle Snyder (USA) | 6 |
| Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 10 | | |
| Nishan Randhawa (CAN) | 0 | | | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 0 | | |
| Erik Thiele (GER) | 10 | Erik Thiele (GER) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (IRI) | 1 |
| | | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (IRI) | 10 | | | | |
| Vicky Chahar (IND) | 2 | Samuel Scherrer (SUI) | 0 | | | | |
| Samuel Scherrer (SUI) | 2 | | | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (IRI) | 8 | | |
| Ulrich Manouan (CIV) | 0 | | | Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) | 5 | | |
| Şamhan Jabrailov (MDA) | 10 | Şamhan Jabrailov (MDA) | 1$^R$ | | | | |
| | | Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) | 4 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Ölziisaikhany Batzul (MGL) | 0 | | | | |
| Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) | 5 | Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) | 6 | | | | |
| Seo Min-won (KOR) | 0 | | | Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) | 2 | | |
| Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) | 5 | | | Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) | 4 | | |
| Mücahit Çelik (TUR) | 6 | Mücahit Çelik (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) | 10 |
| | | | | | | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 0 |
| | | Mamed Ibragimov (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |
| Lukas Krasauskas (LTU) | 0 | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 8 | | | | |
| Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 10 | | | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 6 | | |
| Ben Honis (ITA) | 4 | | | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) | 4 | | |
| Muheite Tuerxunbieke (CHN) | 6 | Muheite Tuerxunbieke (CHN) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) | 14 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 0 | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 6$^F$ |
| Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 11 | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (IRI) | 4 |
| Mücahit Çelik (TUR) | 0 | Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) | 3 |
| Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) | 11 | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 5 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Kyle Snyder (USA) |
| | Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) |
| | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) |
| | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) |
| 5 | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (IRI) |
| 5 | Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) |
| 7 | Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) |
| 8 | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) |
| 9 | Erik Thiele (GER) |
| 10 | Şamhan Jabrailov (MDA) |
| 11 | Muheite Tuerxunbieke (CHN) |
| 12 | Mücahit Çelik (TUR) |
| 13 | Samuel Scherrer (SUI) |
| 14 | Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) |
| 15 | Ben Honis (ITA) |
| 16 | Vicky Chahar (IND) |
| 17 | Mamed Ibragimov (KAZ) |
| 18 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) |
| 19 | Seo Min-won (KOR) |
| 20 | Ölziisaikhany Batzul (MGL) |
| 21 | Nishan Randhawa (CAN) |
| 22 | Ulrich Manouan (CIV) |
| 23 | Lukas Krasauskas (LTU) |