# Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg

Men's freestyle 97 kilograms competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place on August 21 at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca.
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.
Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.

## Schedule

All times are Brasília Standard Time (UTC−03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 21 August 2016 | 08:30 | Qualification rounds |
| 21 August 2016 | 13:00 | Repechage |
| 21 August 2016 | 13:45 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Kyle Snyder (USA) | 2 |
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 1 |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Kyle Snyder (USA) | 10 | | | | |
| Javier Cortina (CUB) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 7 | | |
| | | Albert Saritov (ROU) | 0 | | |
| Albert Saritov (ROU) | 5 | | | | |
| Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Kyle Snyder (USA) | 9 |
| | | | | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 4 |
| José Daniel Díaz (VEN) | 0 | | | | |
| Mamed Ibragimov (KAZ) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Mamed Ibragimov (KAZ) | 1 | | |
| | | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 6 | | |
| Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 8 | | | | |
| Georgy Ketoev (ARM) | 1 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga (MGL) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Magomed Musaev (KGZ) | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | Magomed Musaev (KGZ) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 5 | | |
| | | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Anzor Boltukaev (RUS) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 11 |
| | | Soso Tamarau (NGR) | 0 | | | | |
| Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | WO | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 13 | | | | |
| Bedopassa Buassat (GBS) | | | | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 3 | | |
| Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 10 | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 12 | | |
| İbrahim Bölükbaşı (TUR) | 0 | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 1 | | | | |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 0 | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 2 | | | | |
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 3 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | Javier Cortina (CUB) | 1 | Albert Saritov (ROU) | 10 |
| | | Albert Saritov (ROU) | 8 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 0 |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 2 | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 0 | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 6 |
| Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 5 | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) | 5$^F$ | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 4 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Kyle Snyder (USA) |
| | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) |
| | Albert Saritov (ROU) |
| | Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) |
| 5 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) |
| 5 | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) |
| 7 | Reza Yazdani (IRI) |
| 8 | Mamed Ibragimov (KAZ) |
| 9 | Magomed Musaev (KGZ) |
| 10 | Javier Cortina (CUB) |
| 11 | Anzor Boltukaev (RUS) |
| 12 | Nicolae Ceban (MDA) |
| 13 | Radosław Baran (POL) |
| 14 | Georgy Ketoev (ARM) |
| 15 | Bedopassa Buassat (GBS) |
| 16 | Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga (MGL) |
| 17 | İbrahim Bölükbaşı (TUR) |
| 18 | José Daniel Díaz (VEN) |
| 19 | Soso Tamarau (NGR) |