# 2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 4 and 5 October.
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

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RWF) | 6 |
| Kyle Snyder (USA) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RWF) | 10 | | | | |
| Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RWF) | 9 | | |
| | | Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR) | 4 | | |
| Islam Ilyasov (AZE) | 3 | | | | |
| Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RWF) | 11 |
| | | | | Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) | 0 |
| Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) | 10 | | | | |
| Maxwell Lacey (CRC) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) | 6 | | |
| | | Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR) | 3 | | |
| Sumir Kumar Sah (NEP) | 0 | | | | |
| Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR) | 10 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Alisher Yergali (KAZ) | 10 | | | | |
| Seo Min-won (KOR) | 6 | Seo Min-won (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| Satyawart Kadian (IND) | 6 | | | Alisher Yergali (KAZ) | 1 | | |
| Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 4 | | | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 6 | | |
| Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 0 | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 10 | | | | |
| Radu Lefter (MDA) | 9$^F$ | Radu Lefter (MDA) | 0 | | | | |
| Dan Cheptai (KEN) | 0 | | | | | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 2 |
| Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) | 17 | | | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 3 |
| Lukas Krasauskas (LTU) | 6 | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) | 3 | | | | |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 4 | Radosław Baran (POL) | 1 | | | | |
| Akhmed Bataev (BUL) | 2 | | | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) | 0 | | |
| Ölziisaikhany Batzul (MGL) | 10 | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 11 | | |
| Nishan Randhawa (CAN) | 0 | Ölziisaikhany Batzul (MGL) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 14 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) | 4 | Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR) | 3 |
| Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR) | 5 | Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) | 9 |
| Ölziisaikhany Batzul (MGL) | 6 | Ölziisaikhany Batzul (MGL) | 0 |
| Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) | 0 | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) | 10 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RWF) |
| | Kyle Snyder (USA) |
| | Mahamed Zakariiev (UKR) |
| | Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) |
| 5 | Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR) |
| 5 | Ölziisaikhany Batzul (MGL) |
| 7 | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) |
| 8 | Radu Lefter (MDA) |
| 9 | Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR) |
| 10 | Alisher Yergali (KAZ) |
| 11 | Seo Min-won (KOR) |
| 12 | Radosław Baran (POL) |
| 13 | Satyawart Kadian (IND) |
| 14 | Lukas Krasauskas (LTU) |
| 15 | Takashi Ishiguro (JPN) |
| 16 | Islam Ilyasov (AZE) |
| 17 | Maxwell Lacey (CRC) |
| 18 | Akhmed Bataev (BUL) |
| 19 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) |
| 20 | Dan Cheptai (KEN) |
| 21 | Sumir Kumar Sah (NEP) |
| 22 | Nishan Randhawa (CAN) |