2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

Wrestling competitions
Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueŠtark Arena
Dates22–23 September 2023
Competitors37 from 34 nations
Medalists
gold medal Gabriel Rosillo   Cuba
silver medal Artur Aleksanyan   Armenia
bronze medal Artur Omarov   Czech Republic
bronze medal Mohammad Hadi Saravi   Iran
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The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 22 and 23 September 2023.[1]

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

Finals

Semifinals Final
 Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) 9
 Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) 0  Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) 3
 Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) 3  Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) 3
 Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) 0

Top half

Section 1

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
 Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) 10
 Nicu Ojog (ROU) 4
 Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) 9
 Joe Rau (USA) 0
 Joe Rau (USA) 4
 Filip Smetko (CRO) 1
 Artur Aleksanyan (ARM) 9
 Laokratis Kesidis (GRE) 3  Artur Omarov (CZE) 0
 Mohamed Ali Gabr (EGY) 1  Laokratis Kesidis (GRE) 8
 Beksultan Makhmudov (KGZ) 10
 Beksultan Makhmudov (KGZ) 1
 Artur Omarov (CZE) 5
 Adem Boudjemline (ALG) 1
 Artur Omarov (CZE) 5

Section 2

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
 Tamás Lévai (HUN) 5
 Li Yiming (CHN) 1
 Tamás Lévai (HUN) 5
 Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) 7
 Serhii Omelin (UKR) 1
 Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) 2  Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) 5
 Metehan Başar (TUR) 1  Mikheil Kajaia (SRB) 0
 Arvi Savolainen (FIN) 8  Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) 9
 Yuta Nara (JPN) 0  Arvi Savolainen (FIN) 10
 Tyrone Sterkenburg (NED) 7R
 Arvi Savolainen (FIN) 0
 Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) 4F
 Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) 7
 Arif Niftullayev (AZE) 3R

Bottom half

Section 3

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
 Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA) 1
 Olzhas Syrlybay (KAZ) 1
 Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA) 1
Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) 3
Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) 9
 Mathias Bak (DEN) 5
Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) 5
 Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) 9  Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) 8
 Peter Öhler (GER) 1  Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) 4
Artur Sargsian (AIN) 1R
 Gabriel Rosillo (CUB) 6
 Rustam Assakalov (UZB) 4
 Igor Queiroz (BRA) 2
 Rustam Assakalov (UZB) 11

Section 4

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
 Felix Baldauf (NOR) 3
 Giorgi Melia (GEO) 1
 Felix Baldauf (NOR) 9
 Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE) 0
 Kevin Mejía (HON) 1
Shailesh Rajendra Shelke (UWW) 0  Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE) 5
 Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE) 6   Felix Baldauf (NOR) 1
 Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) 4
 Kim Seung-jun (KOR) 0
 Gerard Kurniczak (POL) 4
 Gerard Kurniczak (POL) 1
 Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) 7
 Markus Ragginger (AUT) 1
 Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI) 3

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Repechage round 3Bronze medals
 Nicu Ojog (ROU)2F Nicu Ojog (ROU)0 Artur Omarov (CZE)3
 Joe Rau (USA)1 Artur Omarov (CZE)5 Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU)1
 Peter Öhler (GER)WO Peter Öhler (GER)5 Peter Öhler (GER)5 Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN)1
Artur Sargsian (AIN)  Rustam Assakalov (UZB)3 Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN)7 Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI)4
Olympic wrestle-off
 Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU) 1
Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN) 5F

Final standing

Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gabriel Rosillo (CUB)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Artur Omarov (CZE)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mohammad Hadi Saravi (IRI)
5 Abubakar Khaslakhanau (AIN)
5  Mindaugas Venckaitis (LTU)
7  Peter Öhler (GER)
8  Arvi Savolainen (FIN)
9  Mikheil Kajaia (SRB)
10  Felix Baldauf (NOR)
11  Nicu Ojog (ROU)
12  Rustam Assakalov (UZB)
13  Aleksandar Stjepanetic (SWE)
14  Laokratis Kesidis (GRE)
15  Beksultan Makhmudov (KGZ)
16  Tamás Lévai (HUN)
17  Gerard Kurniczak (POL)
18  Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA)
19  Joe Rau (USA)
20  Mathias Bak (DEN)
21  Igor Queiroz (BRA)
22  Olzhas Syrlybay (KAZ)
23  Metehan Başar (TUR)
24  Mohamed Ali Gabr (EGY)
25  Giorgi Melia (GEO)
26  Markus Ragginger (AUT)
27  Filip Smetko (CRO)
28  Adem Boudjemline (ALG)
29  Li Yiming (CHN)
30  Serhii Omelin (UKR)
31  Kevin Mejía (HON)
32  Tyrone Sterkenburg (NED)
33  Arif Niftullayev (AZE)
34 Artur Sargsian (AIN)
35  Kim Seung-jun (KOR)
36 Shailesh Rajendra Shelke (UWW)
37  Yuta Nara (JPN)
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "97kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

External links

  • Official website
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World Champions in Greco-Roman heavyweight (97 kg)
  • 1904: +75 kg
  • 1905: +80 kg
  • 1907: +85 kg
  • 1908–1909: +75 kg
  • 1910: +85 kg
  • 1911: +83 kg
  • 1913–1922: +82.5 kg
  • 1950–1961: +87 kg
  • 1962–1967: +97 kg
  • 1969–1995: 100 kg
  • 1997–2001: 97 kg
  • 2002–2013: 96 kg
  • 2014–2017: 98 kg
  • 2018–present: 97 kg