# 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 18 and 19 October 2022. The qualification rounds were held on 18 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 22 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 97 kilograms.
This Greco-Roman 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

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Markus Ragginger (AUT) | 2 |
| Alex Szőke (HUN) | 3 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Hayk Khloyan (ARM) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Mustafa Olgun (TUR) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Mustafa Olgun (TUR) | 3 | | |
| Ionuţ Goşa (ROU) | 3 | | | Markus Ragginger (AUT) | 6 | | |
| Ali Abedi (IRI) | 4 | Ali Abedi (IRI) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Markus Ragginger (AUT) | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Markus Ragginger (AUT) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Giorgi Katsanashvili (GEO) | 1 |
| | | Aýbegşazada Kürräýew (TKM) | 0 | | | | |
| Giorgi Katsanashvili (GEO) | 3 | Giorgi Katsanashvili (GEO) | 9 | | | | |
| Richard Karelson (EST) | 1 | | | Giorgi Katsanashvili (GEO) | 5 | | |
| Yuri Nakazato (JPN) | 3 | | | Yuri Nakazato (JPN) | 1 | | |
| Anton Vieweg (GER) | 0$^R$ | Yuri Nakazato (JPN) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Islam Umayev (KAZ) | 0 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Sami Samra (EGY) | 5 | | | | |
| José Ferrándiz (ESP) | 2 | Nitesh (IND) | 10 | | | | |
| Nitesh (IND) | 10 | | | Nitesh (IND) | 0 | | |
| Alex Szőke (HUN) | 9 | | | Alex Szőke (HUN) | 8 | | |
| Nicholas Boykin (USA) | 0 | Alex Szőke (HUN) | 9 | | | | |
| | | Luka Katić (SRB) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Alex Szőke (HUN) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Igor Queiroz (BRA) | 0 |
| | | Apostolos Nikolakopoulos (GRE) | 1 | | | | |
| Tyrone Sterkenburg (NED) | 2 | Igor Queiroz (BRA) | 3 | | | | |
| Igor Queiroz (BRA) | 7 | | | Igor Queiroz (BRA) | 5 | | |
| | | | | Valentyn Shkliarenko (UKR) | 3 | | |
| | | Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Valentyn Shkliarenko (UKR) | 1 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | Ali Abedi (IRI) | 6 | Ali Abedi (IRI) | 1 |
| | | Mustafa Olgun (TUR) | 3 | Giorgi Katsanashvili (GEO) | 1 |
| Nicholas Boykin (USA) | 4 | Luka Katić (SRB) | 4 | Nitesh (IND) | 10 |
| Luka Katić (SRB) | 7 | Nitesh (IND) | 13 | Igor Queiroz (BRA) | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Alex Szőke (HUN) |
| | Markus Ragginger (AUT) |
| | Ali Abedidarzi (IRI) |
| | Nitesh (IND) |
| 5 | Giorgi Katsanashvili (GEO) |
| 5 | Igor Queiroz (BRA) |
| 7 | Yuri Nakazato (JPN) |
| 8 | Mustafa Olgun (TUR) |
| 9 | Luka Katić (SRB) |
| 10 | Valentyn Shkliarenko (UKR) |
| 11 | Sami Samra (EGY) |
| 12 | Nicholas Boykin (USA) |
| 13 | Ionuţ Goşa (ROU) |
| 14 | Hayk Khloyan (ARM) |
| 15 | Tyrone Sterkenburg (NED) |
| 16 | José Ferrándiz (ESP) |
| 17 | Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) |
| 18 | Richard Karelson (EST) |
| 19 | Apostolos Nikolakopoulos (GRE) |
| 20 | Anton Vieweg (GER) |
| 21 | Islam Umayev (KAZ) |
| 22 | Aýbegşazada Kürräýew (TKM) |