2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg
# 2014 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 9 September 2014.

This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals.

## Results

### Legend

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

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 2 |
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 1 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Attila Szmik (HUN) | 0 | | | | |
| Zhang Xueyi (CHN) | 8 | Zhang Xueyi (CHN) | 6 | | | | |
| Jozef Jaloviar (SVK) | 0 | | | Zhang Xueyi (CHN) | 0 | | |
| Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 12 | | | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 10 | | |
| Arjun Gill (CAN) | 2 | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 8 | | | | |
| Yuri Maier (ARG) | 4 | Javier Cortina (CUB) | 0 | | | | |
| Javier Cortina (CUB) | 14 | | | | | Abdusalam Gadisov (RUS) | 4 |
| Seiji Suzuki (JPN) | 0 | | | | | Şamil Erdoğan (TUR) | 2 |
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 6 | Radosław Baran (POL) | 0 | | | | |
| Imants Lagodskis (LAT) | 4 | Şamil Erdoğan (TUR) | 10 | | | | |
| Şamil Erdoğan (TUR) | $4^F$ | | | Şamil Erdoğan (TUR) | 8 | | |
| Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 10 | | | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 0 | | |
| Sumit Malik (IND) | 0 | Reza Yazdani (IRI) | 9 | | | | |
| Philipp Hutter (SUI) | 1 | Magomed Musaev (KGZ) | 3 | | | | |
| Magomed Musaev (KGZ) | 9 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 11 | | | | | | |
| Koo Tae-hyun (KOR) | 0 | Rustam Iskandari (TJK) | 2 | | | | |
| Egzon Shala (ALB) | $7^F$ | Egzon Shala (ALB) | $9^F$ | | | | |
| Yusup Jalilau (BLR) | 4 | | | Egzon Shala (ALB) | 2 | | |
| Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 10 | | | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 9 | | |
| Nurýagdy Karataýew (TKM) | 0 | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 5 | | | | |
| Jake Varner (USA) | 7 | Jake Varner (USA) | 3 | | | | |
| William Harth (GER) | 0 | | | | | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 1 |
| Omar Omarov (UZB) | | | | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 5 |
| Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga (MGL) | WO | Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga (MGL) | 12 | | | | |
| Yermukambet Inkar (KAZ) | 7 | Yermukambet Inkar (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |
| Johannes Ludescher (AUT) | 1 | | | Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga (MGL) | 0 | | |
| Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 0 | | | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 6 | | |
| Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 6 | Khetag Gazyumov (AZE) | 2 | | | | |
| Jesse Ruíz (MEX) | 0 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 1 | | | | |
| Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 10 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arjun Gill (CAN) | 2 | Javier Cortina (CUB) | WO | Javier Cortina (CUB) | 0 |
| Javier Cortina (CUB) | 4 | Zhang Xueyi (CHN) | | Şamil Erdoğan (TUR) | 10 |
| Nicolae Ceban (MDA) | 2 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 3 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 0 |
| Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 2 | Dorjkhandyn Khüderbulga (MGL) | 2 | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | $2^F$ |

* Şamil Erdoğan of Turkey originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Stanozolol. Javier Cortina was raised to third and took the bronze medal.
