2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Giorgi Gogshelidze  Russia
Silver	Krasimir Kochev  Bulgaria
Bronze	Vadim Tasoyev  Ukraine

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	(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	(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	(TUR)	2	1	1	5	11		—	1–3	10–0
2	(JPN)	2	1	1	4	6		3–1 PP	—	3–4
3	(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	(GER)	2	1	1	4	9		1–3 PP	—	7–1
3	(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	(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	(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	(KOR)	3	1	2	5	6		1–3 PP	0–4 TO	—	5–0 Ret
4	(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
	(TUR)		0			Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)		4
	Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)		3								Giorgi Gogshelidze (RUS)		3
	George Torchinava (NED)		1								Krasimir Kochev (BUL)		0
	(HUN)		3			(HUN)		0
						Krasimir Kochev (BUL)		7
											Bronze medal match
											Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)		10
											(HUN)		0

References[]