2025 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

Men's freestyle 97 kg at the 2025 World Championships
Venue	Arena Zagreb
Dates	15–16 September 2025
Competitors	29 from 27 nations
Medalists
Kyle Snyder    United States   Amir Ali Azarpira    Iran   Akhmed Tazhudinov    Bahrain   Arash Yoshida    Japan

2025 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	57 kg	55 kg	50 kg
	61 kg	60 kg	53 kg
	65 kg	63 kg	55 kg
	70 kg	67 kg	57 kg
	74 kg	72 kg	59 kg
	79 kg	77 kg	62 kg
	86 kg	82 kg	65 kg
	92 kg	87 kg	68 kg
	97 kg	97 kg	72 kg
	125 kg	130 kg	76 kg

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]

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.

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• R — Retired

	Final
	Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI)	2
	Kyle Snyder (USA)	4

	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 Chahar (IND)	0
	Seo Ju-hwan (KOR)	5			Aliaksandr Hushtyn (UWW)	1
	Vicky Chahar (IND)	9			Vicky Chahar (IND)	11
	Magomedkhan Magomedov (AZE)	11R

	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 round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL)	2			Akhmed Magamaev (BUL)	4F			Akhmed Magamaev (BUL)	10
	Akhmed Magamaev (BUL)	5			Vicky Chahar (IND)	0			Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)	13
					Cristian Sarco (VEN)	1			Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)	0
					Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)	6			Arash Yoshida (JPN)	6

Rank	Athlete
	Kyle Snyder (USA)
	Amir Ali Azarpira (IRI)
	Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
	Arash Yoshida (JPN)
5	Akhmed Magamaev (BUL)
5	Zbigniew Baranowski (POL)
7	Vicky Chahar (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)

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