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Men's freestyle 97 kg at the 2001 World Championships
Venue	Winter Sports Palace
Dates	22–24 November 2001
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Giorgi Gogshelidze    Russia   Krasimir Kochev    Bulgaria   Vadim Tasoyev    Ukraine
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2001 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	54 kg	54 kg	46 kg
	58 kg	58 kg	51 kg
	63 kg	63 kg	56 kg
	69 kg	69 kg	62 kg
	76 kg	76 kg	68 kg
	85 kg	85 kg	75 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 November 2001.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		GEO	BLR	EST
1	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	2	0	7	13		—	3–0	10–0
2	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2	1	1	4	10		0–3 PO	—	10–0
3	Neeme Jaanson (EST)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 ST	0–4 ST	—

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		UKR	USA	MGL
1	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	2	0	7	16		—	6–2	10–0
2	Dominic Black (USA)	2	1	1	4	13		1–3 PP	—	11–7
3	Ganzorigiin Gankhuyag (MGL)	2	0	2	1	7		0–4 ST	1–3 PP	—

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	JPN	LAT
1	Taşkın Özkale (TUR)	2	1	1	5	11		—	1–3	10–0
2	Kiyotaka Kodaira (JPN)	2	1	1	4	6		3–1 PP	—	3–4
3	Jurijs Janovičs (LAT)	2	1	1	3	4		0–4 ST	3–1 PP	—

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		RUS	IRI	SUI
1	Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)	2	2	0	7	11		—	4–1 Fall	7–0
2	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	1	1	3	7		0–4 TO	—	6–1
3	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	0	2	1	1		0–3 PO	1–3 PP	—

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		NED	GER	IND
1	George Torchinava (NED)	2	2	0	6	7		—	3–2	4–3
2	Mesut Okcu (GER)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	7–1
3	Shamsher Singh (IND)	2	0	2	2	4		1–3 PP	1–3 PP	—

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		HUN	UZB	CUB	POL
1	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	3	2	1	8	15		—	3–2	2–3	10–0 Fall
2	Magomed Ibragimov (UZB)	3	2	1	7	16		1–3 PP	—	5–2	9–1
3	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	3	2	1	7	8		3–1 PP	1–3 PP	—	3–0
4	Maksymilian Witek (POL)	3	0	3	1	1		0–4 TO	1–3 PP	0–3 PO	—

Pool 7

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	GBR	KOR	MKD
1	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	3	3	0	10	24		—	10–0	4–1	10–5
2	Johannes Rossouw (GBR)	3	2	1	8	4		0–4 ST	—	4–0 Fall	WO
3	Kang Dong-kuk (KOR)	3	1	2	5	6		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—	5–0 Ret
4	Žarko Kocev (MKD)	3	0	3	1	5		1–3 PP	0–4 PA	0–4 PA	—

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1
	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	4			Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	0
	Taşkın Özkale (TUR)	0			Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)	4
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)	3							Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)	3
	George Torchinava (NED)	1							Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	0
	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	3			Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	0
					Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	7
									Bronze medal match
									Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	10
									Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	0

References

1. "Event Regulations". Official website. Archived from the original on 2002-06-03. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

• 2001 World Wrestling Championships