Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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Men's freestyle 97 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Makuhari Messe
Date	6–7 August 2021
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Abdulrashid Sadulaev  ROC Kyle Snyder  United States Reineris Salas  Cuba Abraham Conyedo  Italy

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place on 6–7 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku.^[1][2]

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.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9:00)

Date	Time	Event
6 August 2021	11:00	Qualification rounds
	18:15	Semifinals
7 August 2021	18:45	Repechage
	19:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Main bracket

	1/8 finals				1/4 finals				Semifinals				Final
	Abdulrashid Sadulaev (ROC)	5
	Sharif Sharifov (AZE)	0			Abdulrashid Sadulaev (ROC)	10
	Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (IRI)	3			Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	0
	Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	6							Abdulrashid Sadulaev (ROC)	4
	Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR)	3							Reineris Salas (CUB)	0
	Reineris Salas (CUB)	4			Reineris Salas (CUB)	6
	Mohamed Saadaoui (TUN)	0			Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD)	4
	Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD)	5											Abdulrashid Sadulaev (ROC)	6
	Alisher Yergali (KAZ)	WO											Kyle Snyder (USA)	3
	Mohammed Fardj (ALG)				Alisher Yergali (KAZ)	7
	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	3			Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)	8
	Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)	3							Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)	0
	Abraham Conyedo (ITA)	6							Kyle Snyder (USA)	5
	Albert Saritov (ROU)	1			Abraham Conyedo (ITA)	0
	Jordan Steen (CAN)	2			Kyle Snyder (USA)	6
	Kyle Snyder (USA)	12

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
	Sharif Sharifov (AZE)	7			Sharif Sharifov (AZE)	3
	Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	5			Reineris Salas (CUB)	3
	Jordan Steen (CAN)	2			Abraham Conyedo (ITA)	6
	Abraham Conyedo (ITA)	4			Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)	2

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Abdulrashid Sadulaev (ROC)
	Kyle Snyder (USA)
	Reineris Salas (CUB)
	Abraham Conyedo (ITA)
5	Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
5	Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)
7	Alisher Yergali (KAZ)
8	Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)
9	Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD)
10	Jordan Steen (CAN)
11	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)
12	Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR)
13	Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (IRI)
14	Albert Saritov (ROU)
15	Mohamed Saadaoui (TUN)
—	Mohammed Fardj (ALG)

References

1. "Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 97kg Schedule". Archived from the original on 2021-07-25.
2. "Tokyo 2020". United World Wrestling.