# 1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 69 kg

The men's freestyle 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yenisey Sports Palace in Krasnoyarsk, Russia from 29 to 31 August 1997.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 10–0 | Juan Suárez (VEN) |
| Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) | 0–10 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 5–0 | Jens Gündling (GER) |
| Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) | 3–0 Fall | Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL) |
| Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL) | 3–4 | Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL) |
| Sergey Demchenko (BLR) | 3–2 | Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) |
| Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 10–0 | Tibor Čopík (SVK) |
| János Fórizs (HUN) | 1–7 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| Chen Naijin (CHN) | 3–10 | Vaso Spasov (MKD) |
| Salvatore Rinella (ITA) | 1–7 | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Heikki Hirvonen (FIN) | 1–11 | Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) |
| Almaz Askarov (KGZ) | 8–0 Fall | Davit Gagishvili (GEO) |
| Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 11–1 | Eloy Urbano (MEX) |
| Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN) | 16–4 | Ernest Malherbe (RSA) |
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | 10–4 | Robert Betz (CAN) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 2–5 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 3–1 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) |
| Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL) | 2–4 | Sergey Demchenko (BLR) |
| Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) | 0–11 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| Vaso Spasov (MKD) | 0–10 | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) | 1–1 | Almaz Askarov (KGZ) |
| Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) | 7–0 Fall | Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN) |
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Juan Suárez (VEN) | 0–9 | Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) |
| Jens Gündling (GER) | 5–10 | Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL) |
| Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL) | 2–3 | Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) |
| Tibor Čopík (SVK) | 0–4 | János Fórizs (HUN) |
| Chen Naijin (CHN) | 3–5 | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) |
| Heikki Hirvonen (FIN) | 0–7 Fall | Davit Gagishvili (GEO) |
| Eloy Urbano (MEX) | 7–10 | Ernest Malherbe (RSA) |
| Robert Betz (CAN) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | 3–5 | Igor Kupeev (UZB) |
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 3–0 | Sergey Demchenko (BLR) |
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 9–0 Fall | Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
| Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) | 1–3 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) |
| Repechage |||
| Robert Betz (CAN) | 0–8 | Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) |
| Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL) | 0–3 Fall | Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) |
| János Fórizs (HUN) | 4–5 | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) |
| Davit Gagishvili (GEO) | 9–3 | Ernest Malherbe (RSA) |
| Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 4–2 | Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) |
| Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL) | 1–1 Ret | Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) |
| Vaso Spasov (MKD) | 0–12 | Almaz Askarov (KGZ) |
| Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN) | 1–4 | Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) |
| Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) | 10–0 | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) |
| Davit Gagishvili (GEO) | 5–13 Fall | Adam Saitiev (RUS) |
| Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL) | 6–8 | Almaz Askarov (KGZ) |
| Richard Weiss (AUS) | 1–9 | Sergey Demchenko (BLR) |
| Lincoln McIlravy (USA) | 3–4 | Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Igor Kupeev (UZB) | 3–4 | Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) |
| Zaza Zazirov (UKR) | 1–3 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) |
| Repechage |||
| Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) | 4–1 | Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ) |
| Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 3–1 Fall | Almaz Askarov (KGZ) |
| Sergey Demchenko (BLR) | 0–2 | Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) | 0–10 Fall | Adam Saitiev (RUS) |
| Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Igor Kupeev (UZB) | 5–1 | Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) |
| Adam Saitiev (RUS) | 2–4 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| 5th place match |||
| Davoud Ghanbari (IRI) | WO | Adam Saitiev (RUS) |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Igor Kupeev (UZB) | 0–4 | Zaza Zazirov (UKR) |
| Final |||
| Hwang Sang-ho (KOR) | 0–3 | Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) |