1997 World Wrestling Championships

1997 World Championships
1997 World Championships
Freestyle
Host city	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Dates	28–31 August
Stadium	Yenisey Sports Palace
Greco-Roman
Host city	Wrocław, Poland
Dates	10–13 September
Stadium	Hala Ludowa
Women
Host city	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Dates	10–12 July
Stadium	Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Russia
Greco-Roman	Russia
Women	Japan
	← 1996 1998 →

The following is the final results of the 1997 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Wrocław, Poland and Women's competition were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	3	2	10
2	Turkey	3	2	0	5
3	France	2	0	1	3
3	Iran	2	0	1	3
5	United States	1	4	0	5
6	Cuba	1	1	2	4
7	Japan	1	1	1	3
8	Armenia	1	1	0	2
8	South Korea	1	1	0	2
10	Poland	1	0	3	4
11	Canada	1	0	1	2
	China	1	0	1	2
	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
14	Finland	1	0	0	1
15	Germany	0	2	3	5
16	Hungary	0	2	0	2
17	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
18	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
22	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
23	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 nations)		22	22	22	66

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
Rank	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Russia	61	Russia	60	Japan	44
2	Ukraine	45	Turkey	38	France	41
3	Iran	40	Germany	31	United States	33
4	Turkey	30	Bulgaria	28	China	25
5	Cuba	30	Cuba	25	Germany	25
6	United States	29	Ukraine	25	Russia	24
7	Uzbekistan	25	Hungary	24	Norway	22
8	South Korea	20	Kazakhstan	22	Canada	21
9	Bulgaria	19	Poland	21	Ukraine	21
10	Kazakhstan	18	South Korea	18	Poland	18

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Wilfredo García Cuba	Jin Ju-dong North Korea	Maulen Mamyrov Kazakhstan
58 kg details	Mohammad Talaei Iran	Ramil Islamov Uzbekistan	Guivi Sissaouri Canada
63 kg details	Abbas Hajkenari Iran	Cary Kolat United States	Magomed Azizov Russia
69 kg details	Arayik Gevorgyan Armenia	Hwang Sang-ho South Korea	Zaza Zazirov Ukraine
76 kg details	Buvaisar Saitiev Russia	Alexander Leipold Germany	Miroslav Gochev Bulgaria
85 kg details	Les Gutches United States	Eldar Assanov Ukraine	Alireza Heidari Iran
97 kg details	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov Russia	Ahmet Doğu Turkey	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia
130 kg details	Zekeriya Güçlü Turkey	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba	David Musulbes Russia

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Ercan Yıldız Turkey	Vahan Juharyan Armenia	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan Germany
58 kg details	Yuriy Melnichenko Kazakhstan	Russia	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria
63 kg details	Şeref Eroğlu Turkey	Russia	Włodzimierz Zawadzki Poland
69 kg details	Son Sang-pil South Korea	Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia	Ender Memet Romania
76 kg details	Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland	Tamás Berzicza Hungary	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba
85 kg details	Sergey Tsvir Russia	Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey	Thomas Zander Germany
97 kg details	Gogi Koguashvili Russia	Belarus	Andrzej Wroński Poland
130 kg details	Aleksandr Karelin Russia	Mihály Deák-Bárdos Hungary	Héctor Milián Cuba

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
46 kg details	China	Mette Barlie Norway	France
51 kg details	Poland	United States	Japan
56 kg details	Anna Gomis France	Japan	Sara Eriksson Sweden
62 kg details	Lise Golliot France	Stéphanie Groß Germany	Poland
68 kg details	Christine Nordhagen Canada	Sandra Bacher United States	Germany
75 kg details	Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan	Kristie Stenglein United States	China

220 competitors from 45 nations participated.

227 competitors from 47 nations participated.

92 competitors from 21 nations participated.^[1]

^ "The Participants of World Championships". All Japan Female Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 21 July 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2020.