# 1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 54 kg

The men's freestyle 54 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yenisey Sports Palace in Krasnoyarsk, Russia from 28 to 30 August 1997.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Round 1

| | Score | |
| Round of 32 |||
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 7–0 | Li Zhengyu (CHN) |
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 7–2 | David Legrand (FRA) |
| Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 0–10 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) |
| Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) | 3–2 | Nazim Alidjanov (MDA) |
| Roger Ruiu (CAN) | 6–5 | José Restrepo (COL) |
| Zeke Jones (USA) | 3–5 | Jin Ju-dong (PRK) |
| Tamazi Kuloshvili (GEO) | 0–6 | Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) |
| Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) | 7–4 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) |
| Wilfredo García (CUB) | 9–0 | José Barreto (VEN) |
| Thomas Röthlisberger (SUI) | 5–11 | Romica Rașovan (GER) |
| Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) | 4–1 | Pavel Siniavski (ISR) |
| Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 10–0 | Armen Simonyan (ARM) |
| Maksim Molonov (RUS) | 8–1 | Song Jae-myung (KOR) |
| Károly Kiss (HUN) | 0–11 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) |
| Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 7–6 | Hideo Sasayama (JPN) |

### Round 2

| | Score | |
| Round of 16 |||
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 3–0 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 5–3 | Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) |
| Roger Ruiu (CAN) | 0–12 | Jin Ju-dong (PRK) |
| Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) | 6–3 | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) |
| Wilfredo García (CUB) | 5–1 | Romica Rașovan (GER) |
| Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) | 0–11 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) |
| Maksim Molonov (RUS) | 11–5 | Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) |
| Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | | Bye |
| Repechage |||
| Li Zhengyu (CHN) | 12–7 | David Legrand (FRA) |
| Gheorghe Corduneanu (ROM) | 1–7 | Nazim Alidjanov (MDA) |
| José Restrepo (COL) | 0–8 Fall | Zeke Jones (USA) |
| Tamazi Kuloshvili (GEO) | 1–7 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) |
| José Barreto (VEN) | 13–8 | Thomas Röthlisberger (SUI) |
| Pavel Siniavski (ISR) | 0–10 | Armen Simonyan (ARM) |
| Song Jae-myung (KOR) | 6–2 | Károly Kiss (HUN) |
| Hideo Sasayama (JPN) | | Bye |

### Round 3

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 1–12 | Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 1–5 | Jin Ju-dong (PRK) |
| Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) | 0–3 | Wilfredo García (CUB) |
| Namig Abdullayev (AZE) | 1–3 | Maksim Molonov (RUS) |
| Repechage |||
| Hideo Sasayama (JPN) | 5–0 Fall | Li Zhengyu (CHN) |
| Nazim Alidjanov (MDA) | 2–8 | Zeke Jones (USA) |
| Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 10–0 Fall | José Barreto (VEN) |
| Armen Simonyan (ARM) | 3–5 | Song Jae-myung (KOR) |
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 3–2 | Mevlana Kulaç (TUR) |
| Roger Ruiu (CAN) | 2–7 | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) |
| Romica Rașovan (GER) | 6–0 | Vlatko Sokolov (MKD) |
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | | Bye |

### Round 4

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 6–4 | Hideo Sasayama (JPN) |
| Zeke Jones (USA) | 4–6 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) |
| Song Jae-myung (KOR) | 0–3 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) |
| Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) | 6–0 | Romica Rașovan (GER) |
| Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) | 0–3 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) |
| Herman Kantoyeu (BLR) | 4–10 Fall | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) |

### Round 5

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 0–3 | Jin Ju-dong (PRK) |
| Wilfredo García (CUB) | 4–0 | Maksim Molonov (RUS) |
| Repechage |||
| Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) | 3–4 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) |
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 3–2 | Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | 1–0 | Namig Abdullayev (AZE) |

### Round 6

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1–3 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | | Bye |

### Round 7

| | Score | |
| Repechage |||
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 2–1 | Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) |
| Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) | 5–1 | Maksim Molonov (RUS) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| 5th place match |||
| Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI) | WO | Maksim Molonov (RUS) |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) | 7–1 | Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) |
| Final |||
| Jin Ju-dong (PRK) | 2–3 | Wilfredo García (CUB) |