2025 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg
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The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Zagreb, Croatia on 15 and 16 September 2025.[1]
| Men's freestyle 97 kg at the 2025 World Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Arena Zagreb | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 15–16 September 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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
Final
| Final | |||
 Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI)
| 2 | ||
 Kyle Snyder (USA)
| 4 | ||
Top half
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Nishan Randhawa (CAN)
| 3 |  Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD)
| 5 | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
| 10 | ||||||||||||
 Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ)
| 4 |  Magomed Kurbanov (UWW)
| 9 | ||||||||||||
| Magomed Kurbanov (UWW)
| 5 | Magomed Kurbanov (UWW)
| 8 | ||||||||||||
 Habila Awusayiman (CHN)
| 4 |  Richárd Végh (HUN)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Richárd Végh (HUN)
| 7 | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI)
| 2 | Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI)
| 5 | ||||||||||||
 Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL)
| 2 | Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI)
| 6 | ||||||||||||
 Akhmed Magamaev (BUL)
| 7 | Akhmed Magamaev (BUL)
| 3 | ||||||||||||
 Radu Lefter (MDA)
| 3 | Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI)
| 10 | ||||||||||||
| Aliaksandr Hushtyn (UWW)
| 6 |  Vicky Hooda (IND)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Seo Ju-hwan (KOR)
| 5 | Aliaksandr Hushtyn (UWW)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Vicky Hooda (IND)
| 9 | Vicky Hooda (IND)
| 11 | ||||||||||||
 Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE)
| 11R | ||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
| Kyle Snyder (USA)
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Adam Jakšík (SVK)
| 1 |  Cristian Sarco (VEN)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Cristian Sarco (VEN)
| 2 | Kyle Snyder (USA)
| 5 | ||||||||||||
 Arturo Silot (CUB)
| 6 |  Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Resul Güne (TUR)
| 4 | Arturo Silot (CUB)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 David Mchedlidze (UKR)
| 3 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)
| 5 | Kyle Snyder (USA)
| 9 | ||||||||||||
 Arash Yoshida (JPN)
| 7F | Arash Yoshida (JPN)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Domantas Pauliuščenko (LTU)
| 0 | Arash Yoshida (JPN)
| 10 | ||||||||||||
 Filip Huklek (CRO)
| 0 |  Ertuğrul Ağca (GER)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ertuğrul Ağca (GER)
| 11 | Arash Yoshida (JPN)
| 6 | ||||||||||||
 Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM)
| 4 |  Givi Matcharashvili (GEO)
| 2 | ||||||||||||
 Adlan Viskhanov (FRA)
| 1 | Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Givi Matcharashvili (GEO)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
Repechage
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | ||||||||
| Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL) | 2 | Akhmed Magamaev (BUL) | 4F | Akhmed Magamaev (BUL) | 10 | |||||
| Akhmed Magamaev (BUL) | 5 | Vicky Hooda (IND) | 0 | Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) | 13 | |||||
| Cristian Sarco (VEN) | 1 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 0 | |||||||
| Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 6 | Arash Yoshida (JPN) | 6 | |||||||
Final standing
| Rank | Athlete |
|---|---|
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Kyle Snyder (USA) |
 |
Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI) |
 |
Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) |
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Arash Yoshida (JPN) |
| 5 | Akhmed Magamaev (BUL) |
| 5 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) |
| 7 | Vicky Hooda (IND) |
| 8 | Magomed Kurbanov (UWW) |
| 9 | Ertuğrul Ağca (GER) |
| 10 | Arturo Silot (CUB) |
| 11 | Aliaksandr Hushtyn (UWW) |
| 12 | Givi Matcharashvili (GEO) |
| 13 | Cristian Sarco (VEN) |
| 14 | Richárd Végh (HUN) |
| 15 | Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD) |
| 16 | Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM) |
| 17 | Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL) |
| 18 | Seo Ju-hwan (KOR) |
| 19 | Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ) |
| 20 | Resul Güne (TUR) |
| 21 | Habila Awusayiman (CHN) |
| 22 | Nishan Randhawa (CAN) |
| 23 | David Mchedlidze (UKR) |
| 24 | Radu Lefter (MDA) |
| 25 | Adam Jakšík (SVK) |
| 26 | Adlan Viskhanov (FRA) |
| 27 | Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE) |
| 28 | Domantas Pauliuščenko (LTU) |
| 29 | Filip Huklek (CRO) |