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

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
Akhmed Tazhudinov    Bahrain   Mojtaba Goleij    Iran   Habila Awusayiman    China   Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag    Mongolia
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Wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	57 kg	60 kg	50 kg
	65 kg	67 kg	53 kg
	74 kg	77 kg	57 kg
	86 kg	87 kg	62 kg
	97 kg	97 kg	68 kg
	125 kg	130 kg	76 kg
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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.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	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)	9F
	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 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

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)

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