1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 69 kg

The men's freestyle 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yenisey Sports Palace in Krasnoyarsk, Russia from 29 to 31 August 1997.[1]

1997 World Wrestling Championships
FreestyleGreco-RomanWomen
54 kg54 kg46 kg
58 kg58 kg51 kg
63 kg63 kg56 kg
69 kg69 kg62 kg
76 kg76 kg68 kg
85 kg85 kg75 kg
97 kg97 kg
130 kg130 kg
Main article: 1997 World Wrestling Championships

Medalists
GoldArayik Gevorgyan
 Armenia
SilverHwang Sang-ho
 South Korea
BronzeZaza Zazirov
 Ukraine

Results
Legend
  • WO — Won by walkover

Round 1
Score
Round of 32
 Adam Saitiev (RUS)10–0 Juan Suárez (VEN)
 Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)0–10 Igor Kupeev (UZB)
 Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)5–0 Jens Gündling (GER)
 Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)3–0 Fall Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL)
 Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)3–4 Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL)
 Sergey Demchenko (BLR)3–2 Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)
 Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)10–0 Tibor Čopík (SVK)
 János Fórizs (HUN)1–7 Zaza Zazirov (UKR)
 Chen Naijin (CHN)3–10 Vaso Spasov (MKD)
 Salvatore Rinella (ITA)1–7 Lincoln McIlravy (USA)
 Heikki Hirvonen (FIN)1–11 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)
 Almaz Askarov (KGZ)8–0 Fall Davit Gagishvili (GEO)
 Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)11–1 Eloy Urbano (MEX)
 Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN)16–4 Ernest Malherbe (RSA)
 Richard Weiss (AUS)10–4 Robert Betz (CAN)

Round 2
Score
Round of 16
 Adam Saitiev (RUS)2–5 Igor Kupeev (UZB)
 Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)3–1 Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)
 Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL)2–4 Sergey Demchenko (BLR)
 Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)0–11 Zaza Zazirov (UKR)
 Vaso Spasov (MKD)0–10 Lincoln McIlravy (USA)
 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)1–1 Almaz Askarov (KGZ)
 Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)7–0 Fall Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN)
 Richard Weiss (AUS)Bye
Repechage
 Juan Suárez (VEN)0–9 Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)
 Jens Gündling (GER)5–10 Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL)
 Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)2–3 Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)
 Tibor Čopík (SVK)0–4 János Fórizs (HUN)
 Chen Naijin (CHN)3–5 Salvatore Rinella (ITA)
 Heikki Hirvonen (FIN)0–7 Fall Davit Gagishvili (GEO)
 Eloy Urbano (MEX)7–10 Ernest Malherbe (RSA)
 Robert Betz (CAN)Bye

Round 3
Score
Quarterfinals
 Richard Weiss (AUS)3–5 Igor Kupeev (UZB)
 Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)3–0 Sergey Demchenko (BLR)
 Zaza Zazirov (UKR)9–0 Fall Lincoln McIlravy (USA)
 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)1–3 Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
Repechage
 Robert Betz (CAN)0–8 Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)
 Buyandelgeriin Batbayar (MGL)0–3 Fall Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)
 János Fórizs (HUN)4–5 Salvatore Rinella (ITA)
 Davit Gagishvili (GEO)9–3 Ernest Malherbe (RSA)
 Adam Saitiev (RUS)4–2 Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)
 Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL)1–1 Ret Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)
 Vaso Spasov (MKD)0–12 Almaz Askarov (KGZ)
 Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN)Bye

Round 4
Score
Repechage
 Ryusaburo Katsu (JPN)1–4 Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)
 Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)10–0 Salvatore Rinella (ITA)
 Davit Gagishvili (GEO)5–13 Fall Adam Saitiev (RUS)
 Tzvetelin Vasilev (BUL)6–8 Almaz Askarov (KGZ)
 Richard Weiss (AUS)1–9 Sergey Demchenko (BLR)
 Lincoln McIlravy (USA)3–4 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)

Round 5
Score
Semifinals
 Igor Kupeev (UZB)3–4 Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)
 Zaza Zazirov (UKR)1–3 Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
Repechage
 Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)4–1 Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)
 Adam Saitiev (RUS)3–1 Fall Almaz Askarov (KGZ)
 Sergey Demchenko (BLR)0–2 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)

Round 6
Score
Repechage
 Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)0–10 Fall Adam Saitiev (RUS)
 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)Bye

Round 7
Score
Repechage
 Igor Kupeev (UZB)5–1 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)
 Adam Saitiev (RUS)2–4 Zaza Zazirov (UKR)

Finals
Score
5th place match
 Davoud Ghanbari (IRI)WO Adam Saitiev (RUS)
Bronze medal match
 Igor Kupeev (UZB)0–4 Zaza Zazirov (UKR)
Final
 Hwang Sang-ho (KOR)0–3 Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)

References
  1. "Final Freestyle World Championships release, including team scores". themat.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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