# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 22 and 23 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) | 9 | | |
| Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) | 0 | Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) | 3 |
| Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) | 3 | Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) | 3 |
| Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) | 0 | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Nicu Ojog (ROU) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) | 9 | | |
| | | | | Joe Rau (USA) | 0 | | |
| | | Joe Rau (USA) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Filip Smetko (CRO) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) | 9 |
| Laokratis Kesidis (GRE) | 3 | | | | | Artur Omarov (CZE) | 0 |
| Mohamed Ali Gabr (EGY) | 1 | Laokratis Kesidis (GRE) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Beksultan Makhmudov (KGZ) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Beksultan Makhmudov (KGZ) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Artur Omarov (CZE) | 5 | | |
| | | Adem Boudjemline (ALG) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Artur Omarov (CZE) | 5 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Tamás Lévai (HUN) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Li Yiming (CHN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Tamás Lévai (HUN) | 5 | | |
| | | | | Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) | 7 | | |
| | | Serhii Omelin (UKR) | 1 | | | | |
| Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) | 2 | Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) | 5 | | | | |
| Metehan Başar (TUR) | 1 | | | | | Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) | 0 |
| Arvi Savolainen (FIN) | 8 | | | | | Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) | 9 |
| Yuta Nara (JPN) | 0 | Arvi Savolainen (FIN) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Tyrone Sterkenburg (NED) | 7$^R$ | | | | |
| | | | | Arvi Savolainen (FIN) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) | 4$^F$ | | |
| | | Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) | 7 | | | | |
| | | Arif Niftullayev (AZE) | 3$^R$ | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Olzhas Syrlybay (KAZ) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) | 3 | | |
| | | Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) | 9 | | | | |
| | | Mathias Bak (DEN) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) | 5 |
| Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) | 9 | | | | | Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) | 8 |
| Peter Öhler (GER) | 1 | Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Artur Sargsian (AIN) | 1$^R$ | | | | |
| | | | | Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Rustam Assakalov (UZB) | 4 | | |
| | | Igor Queiroz (BRA) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Rustam Assakalov (UZB) | 11 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Felix Baldauf (NOR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Giorgi Melia (GEO) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Felix Baldauf (NOR) | 9 | | |
| | | | | Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE) | 0 | | |
| | | Kevin Mejía (HON) | 1 | | | | |
| Shailesh Rajendra Shelke (UWW) | 0 | Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE) | 5 | | | | |
| Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE) | 6 | | | | | Felix Baldauf (NOR) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) | 4 |
| | | Kim Seung-jun (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Gerard Kurniczak (POL) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Gerard Kurniczak (POL) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) | 7 | | |
| | | Markus Ragginger (AUT) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) | 3 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | Nicu Ojog (ROU) | 2$^F$ | Nicu Ojog (ROU) | 0 | Artur Omarov (CZE) | 3 |
| | | Joe Rau (USA) | 1 | Artur Omarov (CZE) | 5 | Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) | 1 |
| Peter Öhler (GER) | WO | Peter Öhler (GER) | 5 | Peter Öhler (GER) | 5 | Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) | 1 |
| Artur Sargsian (AIN) | | Rustam Assakalov (UZB) | 3 | Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) | 7 | Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) | 4 |
| Olympic wrestle-off | Olympic wrestle-off |
| Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) | 1 |
| Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) | 5$^F$ |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) |
| | Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) |
| | Artur Omarov (CZE) |
| | Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) |
| 5 | Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) |
| 5 | Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) |
| 7 | Peter Öhler (GER) |
| 8 | Arvi Savolainen (FIN) |
| 9 | Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) |
| 10 | Felix Baldauf (NOR) |
| 11 | Nicu Ojog (ROU) |
| 12 | Rustam Assakalov (UZB) |
| 13 | Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE) |
| 14 | Laokratis Kesidis (GRE) |
| 15 | Beksultan Makhmudov (KGZ) |
| 16 | Tamás Lévai (HUN) |
| 17 | Gerard Kurniczak (POL) |
| 18 | Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA) |
| 19 | Joe Rau (USA) |
| 20 | Mathias Bak (DEN) |
| 21 | Igor Queiroz (BRA) |
| 22 | Olzhas Syrlybay (KAZ) |
| 23 | Metehan Başar (TUR) |
| 24 | Mohamed Ali Gabr (EGY) |
| 25 | Giorgi Melia (GEO) |
| 26 | Markus Ragginger (AUT) |
| 27 | Filip Smetko (CRO) |
| 28 | Adem Boudjemline (ALG) |
| 29 | Li Yiming (CHN) |
| 30 | Serhii Omelin (UKR) |
| 31 | Kevin Mejía (HON) |
| 32 | Tyrone Sterkenburg (NED) |
| 33 | Arif Niftullayev (AZE) |
| 34 | Artur Sargsian (AIN) |
| 35 | Kim Seung-jun (KOR) |
| 36 | Shailesh Rajendra Shelke (UWW) |
| 37 | Yuta Nara (JPN) |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics