# 1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 58 kg

The men's freestyle 58 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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mohammad Talaei Iran |
| Silver | Ramil Islamov Uzbekistan |
| Bronze | Guivi Sissaouri Canada |

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Tadeusz Kowalski (POL) | 3–8 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | 3–2 | Mikalai Savin (BLR) |
| Sanshiro Abe (JPN) | 12–0 Fall | Marcos Ventura (BRA) |
| Cory O'Brien (AUS) | 0–4 Fall | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) |
| Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL) | 0–4 | Mohammad Talaei (IRI) |
| Tony Purler (USA) | 0–12 | Šaban Trstena (MKD) |
| Ali Rakhmatov (TJK) | 12–6 | Yoendri Albear (CUB) |
| Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) | 8–3 | Jo Yong-guk (PRK) |
| Michele Liuzzi (ITA) | 6–1 | Murat Mambetov (KAZ) |
| Harun Doğan (TUR) | 1–0 | Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) |
| Mikhail Chernov (UKR) | 10–0 | Javier Sánchez (MEX) |
| Ľuboš Čikel (SVK) | 10–0 | David Ortiz (VEN) |
| Arif Abdullayev (AZE) | 5–7 | Ramil Islamov (UZB) |
| Karo Simonyan (ARM) | | Bye |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Karo Simonyan (ARM) | 0–11 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | 4–3 | Sanshiro Abe (JPN) |
| Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 5–6 | Mohammad Talaei (IRI) |
| Šaban Trstena (MKD) | 3–7 | Ali Rakhmatov (TJK) |
| Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) | 4–1 | Michele Liuzzi (ITA) |
| Harun Doğan (TUR) | 2–1 | Mikhail Chernov (UKR) |
| Ľuboš Čikel (SVK) | 1–5 | Ramil Islamov (UZB) |
| Repechage |||
| Tadeusz Kowalski (POL) | 7–4 | Mikalai Savin (BLR) |
| Marcos Ventura (BRA) | 0–10 | Cory O'Brien (AUS) |
| Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL) | 11–16 | Tony Purler (USA) |
| Yoendri Albear (CUB) | 1–11 | Jo Yong-guk (PRK) |
| Murat Mambetov (KAZ) | 6–4 | Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ) |
| Javier Sánchez (MEX) | 3–1 | David Ortiz (VEN) |
| Arif Abdullayev (AZE) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Murad Umakhanov (RUS) | 1–3 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) |
| Mohammad Talaei (IRI) | WO | Ali Rakhmatov (TJK) |
| Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) | 4–0 | Harun Doğan (TUR) |
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Arif Abdullayev (AZE) | 9–0 | Tadeusz Kowalski (POL) |
| Cory O'Brien (AUS) | 1–11 | Tony Purler (USA) |
| Jo Yong-guk (PRK) | 1–7 | Murat Mambetov (KAZ) |
| Javier Sánchez (MEX) | 0–12 | Karo Simonyan (ARM) |
| Sanshiro Abe (JPN) | 3–8 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) |
| Šaban Trstena (MKD) | WO | Michele Liuzzi (ITA) |
| Mikhail Chernov (UKR) | 10–0 | Ľuboš Čikel (SVK) |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Arif Abdullayev (AZE) | 10–4 | Tony Purler (USA) |
| Murat Mambetov (KAZ) | 5–6 | Karo Simonyan (ARM) |
| Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 5–4 | Michele Liuzzi (ITA) |
| Mikhail Chernov (UKR) | 1–9 Fall | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| Harun Doğan (TUR) | | Bye |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 3–1 | Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) |
| Mohammad Talaei (IRI) | 4–1 | Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) |
| Repechage |||
| Harun Doğan (TUR) | 1–6 | Arif Abdullayev (AZE) |
| Karo Simonyan (ARM) | 0–9 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) |
| Murad Umakhanov (RUS) | | Bye |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Murad Umakhanov (RUS) | 8–0 | Arif Abdullayev (AZE) |
| Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | 4–3 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) |
| Murad Umakhanov (RUS) | 12–2 | Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| 5th place match |||
| Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 7–4 | Jung Jin-hyuk (KOR) |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Guivi Sissaouri (CAN) | 3–0 | Murad Umakhanov (RUS) |
| Final |||
| Ramil Islamov (UZB) | 1–2 | Mohammad Talaei (IRI) |