# 1997 World Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1997 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Wrocław, Poland and Women's competition were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Armenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Russia | 61 | Russia | 60 | Japan | 44 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 45 | Turkey | 38 | France | 41 |
| 3 | Iran | 40 | Germany | 31 | United States | 33 |
| 4 | Turkey | 30 | Bulgaria | 28 | China | 25 |
| 5 | Cuba | 30 | Cuba | 25 | Germany | 25 |
| 6 | United States | 29 | Ukraine | 25 | Russia | 24 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 25 | Hungary | 24 | Norway | 22 |
| 8 | South Korea | 20 | Kazakhstan | 22 | Canada | 21 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 19 | Poland | 21 | Ukraine | 21 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 18 | South Korea | 18 | Poland | 18 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Wilfredo García Cuba | Jin Ju-dong North Korea | Maulen Mamyrov Kazakhstan |
| 58 kg details | Mohammad Talaei Iran | Ramil Islamov Uzbekistan | Guivi Sissaouri Canada |
| 63 kg details | Abbas Hajkenari Iran | Cary Kolat United States | Magomed Azizov Russia |
| 69 kg details | Arayik Gevorgyan Armenia | Hwang Sang-ho South Korea | Zaza Zazirov Ukraine |
| 76 kg details | Buvaisar Saitiev Russia | Alexander Leipold Germany | Miroslav Gochev Bulgaria |
| 85 kg details | Les Gutches United States | Eldar Assanov Ukraine | Alireza Heidari Iran |
| 97 kg details | Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia | Ahmet Doğu Turkey | Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia |
| 130 kg details | Zekeriya Güçlü Turkey | Alexis Rodríguez Cuba | David Musulbes Russia |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Ercan Yıldız Turkey | Vahan Juharyan Armenia | Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan Germany |
| 58 kg details | Yuriy Melnichenko Kazakhstan | Rafik Simonyan Russia | Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria |
| 63 kg details | Şeref Eroğlu Turkey | Nikolay Monov Russia | Włodzimierz Zawadzki Poland |
| 69 kg details | Son Sang-pil South Korea | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | Ender Memet Romania |
| 76 kg details | Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland | Tamás Berzicza Hungary | Filiberto Azcuy Cuba |
| 85 kg details | Sergey Tsvir Russia | Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey | Thomas Zander Germany |
| 97 kg details | Gogi Koguashvili Russia | Anatoly Fedorenko Belarus | Andrzej Wroński Poland |
| 130 kg details | Aleksandr Karelin Russia | Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary | Héctor Milián Cuba |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 46 kg details | Zhong Xiue China | Mette Barlie Norway | Farah Touchi France |
| 51 kg details | Joanna Piasecka Poland | Shannon Williams United States | Miho Adachi Japan |
| 56 kg details | Anna Gomis France | Mariko Shimizu Japan | Sara Eriksson Sweden |
| 62 kg details | Lise Golliot France | Stéphanie Groß Germany | Małgorzata Bassa Poland |
| 68 kg details | Christine Nordhagen Canada | Sandra Bacher United States | Nina Englich Germany |
| 75 kg details | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Kristie Stenglein United States | Liu Dongfeng China |

## Participating nations
### Men's freestyle

220 competitors from 45 nations participated.
* Armenia (5)
* Australia (5)
* Azerbaijan (6)
* Belarus (8)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Canada (8)
* China (7)
* Colombia (2)
* Cuba (8)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (2)
* Georgia (7)
* Germany (7)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (5)
* Hungary (5)
* Iran (8)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (8)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (7)
* Latvia (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Macedonia (5)
* Mexico (2)
* Moldova (1)
* Mongolia (8)
* Netherlands (1)
* North Korea (2)
* Poland (6)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (8)
* Slovakia (4)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (8)
* Switzerland (3)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Turkey (8)
* Ukraine (8)
* United States (8)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Venezuela (8)

### Men's Greco-Roman

227 competitors from 47 nations participated.
* Armenia (5)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (4)
* Belarus (7)
* Bulgaria (6)
* China (6)
* Colombia (2)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (6)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (7)
* France (6)
* Georgia (8)
* Germany (8)
* Greece (8)
* Hungary (7)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (3)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (8)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Moldova (2)
* Netherlands (2)
* North Korea (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (8)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (8)
* Slovakia (4)
* South Korea (8)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Turkey (8)
* Ukraine (8)
* United States (8)
* Uzbekistan (4)
* Venezuela (8)
* Yugoslavia (5)

### Women's freestyle

92 competitors from 21 nations participated.
* Australia (5)
* Austria (4)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (5)
* China (5)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (6)
* Germany (5)
* Greece (3)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (6)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (4)
* Russia (6)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tunisia (3)
* Ukraine (6)
* United States (6)
* Venezuela (5)