Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 97 kg

Men's freestyle 97 kg
at the 2022 Asian Games
Men's freestyle 97 kg ; at the 2022 Asian Games
Venue	Lin'an Sports and Culture Centre
Date	7 October 2023
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
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The men's freestyle 97 kilograms wrestling competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou was held on 6 October 2023 at the Lin'an Sports and Culture Centre.^[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 China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 7 October 2023	10:00	1/8 finals
		1/4 finals
		Semifinals
		Repechages
	17:00	Finals

Results

Legend

F — Won by fall
WO — Won by walkover

Main bracket

1/8 finals		1/4 finals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

		Seo Ju-hwan (KOR)	6
Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM)	8	Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM)	0
Mo Sari (CAM)	2			Seo Ju-hwan (KOR)	1
Kanybek Abdulkhairov (KGZ)	10			Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)	6
Sardar Wali Naderi (AFG)	0	Kanybek Abdulkhairov (KGZ)	0
Habila Awusayiman (CHN)	3	Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)	9^F
Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)	7					Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)	6
Takashi Ishiguro (JPN)	8					Mojtaba Goleij (IRI)	1
Rahmonjon Mahmadbekov (TJK)	0	Takashi Ishiguro (JPN)	2
Vicky Chahar (IND)	0	Alisher Yergali (KAZ)	4
Alisher Yergali (KAZ)	10			Alisher Yergali (KAZ)	1
Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	7			Mojtaba Goleij (IRI)	3
Mojtaba Goleij (IRI)	13	Mojtaba Goleij (IRI)	4
Ngô Văn Lâm (VIE)		Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL)	2
Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL)	WO

Repechage


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal matches


Habila Awusayiman (CHN)	12	Habila Awusayiman (CHN)	2

Kanybek Abdulkhairov (KGZ)	2	Seo Ju-hwan (KOR)	1


Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	4	Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL)	8

Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL)	14	Alisher Yergali (KAZ)	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
	Mojtaba Goleij (IRI)
	Habila Awusayiman (CHN)
	Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL)
5	Seo Ju-hwan (KOR)
5	Alisher Yergali (KAZ)
7	Kanybek Abdulkhairov (KGZ)
8	Takashi Ishiguro (JPN)
9	Şatlyk Hemelýäýew (TKM)
10	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)
11	Mo Sari (CAM)
12	Rahmonjon Mahmadbekov (TJK)
13	Sardar Wali Naderi (AFG)
14	Vicky Chahar (IND)
—	Ngô Văn Lâm (VIE)