# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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.
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
* WO — Won by walkover

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) | 9 | | |
| Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) | 2$^R$ | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) | 8$^F$ |
| Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 1 | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 1 |
| Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 6 | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Nishan Randhawa (CAN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 12 | | |
| | | | | Radu Lefter (MDA) | 1 | | |
| | | Radu Lefter (MDA) | 7 | | | | |
| | | Baltmönkhiin Badamdorj (MGL) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 0 |
| Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM) | 8 | | | | | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) | 11 |
| Carlos Angulo (COL) | 4$^F$ | Carlos Angulo (COL) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Maxwell Lacey (CRC) | 11$^F$ | | | | |
| | | | | Maxwell Lacey (CRC) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) | 10 | | |
| | | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) | 10 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Ben Honis (ITA) | 2 | | | | |
| Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 11 | | |
| | | Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) | 1 | | |
| Murazi Mchedlidze (UKR) | 3 | | | | |
| Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 4 |
| | | | | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) | 4$^F$ |
| Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) | 7 | | | | |
| Nicolaas de Lange (RSA) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) | 4 | | |
| | | Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) | 2 | | |
| Lukas Krasauskas (LTU) | 0 | | | | |
| Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) | 10 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 7 | | |
| | | | | Akhmed Bataev (BUL) | 5 | | |
| | | Akhmed Bataev (BUL) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Mostafa El-Ders (EGY) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 2 |
| Sergey Sargsyan (ARM) | 8 | | | | | Alisher Yergali (KAZ) | 0 |
| Samuel Scherrer (SUI) | 6 | Sergey Sargsyan (ARM) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Sahil Ahlawat (UWW) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Sahil Ahlawat (UWW) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Alisher Yergali (KAZ) | 11 | | |
| | | Alisher Yergali (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Habila Awusayiman (CHN) | 1 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Erik Thiele (GER) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Thomas Barns (AUS) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Erik Thiele (GER) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 1 | | |
| | | Kim Jae-gang (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 5 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 7 | | | | |
| Aliaksandr Hushtyn (AIN) | 2 | | | | | Erik Thiele (GER) | 5 |
| | | | | | | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 5$^F$ |
| | | İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Utah Mann (TGA) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 4 | | |
| | | Strahinja Despić (SRB) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) | 7 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 10 | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 6 | Kyle Snyder (USA) | WO |
| Maxwell Lacey (CRC) | 0 | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 10 | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) | |
| Strahinja Despić (SRB) | 0 | İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR) | 3 | İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR) | 2 |
| İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR) | 10 | Erik Thiele (GER) | 1 | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) | 6 |
| Olympic wrestle-off | Olympic wrestle-off |
| Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) | |
| İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR) | WO |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) |
| | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) |
| | Kyle Snyder (USA) |
| | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) |
| 5 | İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR) |
| 5 | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN) |
| 7 | Erik Thiele (GER) |
| 8 | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) |
| 9 | Alisher Yergali (KAZ) |
| 10 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) |
| 11 | Maxwell Lacey (CRC) |
| 12 | Carlos Angulo (COL) |
| 13 | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) |
| 14 | Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN) |
| 15 | Sergey Sargsyan (ARM) |
| 16 | Akhmed Bataev (BUL) |
| 17 | Radu Lefter (MDA) |
| 18 | Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) |
| 19 | Sahil Ahlawat (UWW) |
| 20 | Samuel Scherrer (SUI) |
| 21 | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) |
| 22 | Baltmönkhiin Badamdorj (MGL) |
| 23 | Murazi Mchedlidze (UKR) |
| 24 | Aliaksandr Hushtyn (AIN) |
| 25 | Ben Honis (ITA) |
| 26 | Habila Awusayiman (CHN) |
| 27 | Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM) |
| 28 | Mostafa El-Ders (EGY) |
| 29 | Nicolaas de Lange (RSA) |
| 30 | Kim Jae-gang (KOR) |
| 31 | Lukas Krasauskas (LTU) |
| 32 | Utah Mann (TGA) |
| 33 | Nishan Randhawa (CAN) |
| 34 | Thomas Barns (AUS) |
| 35 | Strahinja Despić (SRB) |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics