2017 European Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia on May 3.

Medalists

Gold	Rıza Yıldırım   Turkey
Silver	Aliaksandr Hushtyn   Belarus
Bronze	Mihail Ganev   Bulgaria
	Elizbar Odikadze   Georgia

• The winner of the silver medal in the 97 kg category, Anzor Boltukaev from Russia, was disqualified and deprived of the medal due to doping.^[1]

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Final

	Final
	Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)	2
	Rıza Yıldırım (TUR)	4

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Héctor Rodríguez (ESP)	0
					Timofei Xenidis (GRE)	10
									Timofei Xenidis (GRE)	5
									Mihail Ganev (BUL)	6
					Jozef Jaloviar (SVK)	0
					Mihail Ganev (BUL)	4
													Mihail Ganev (BUL)	0
													Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)	11
					Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR)	10
					Alexios Kaouslidis (CYP)	0
									Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR)	5
									Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)	8
					Murazi Mchedlidze (UKR)	3
					Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)	5

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Marko Jovanović (SRB)	0
					Magomedgadzhi Nurov (MKD)	10
									Magomedgadzhi Nurov (MKD)	4
									Rıza Yıldırım (TUR)	7
					Rıza Yıldırım (TUR)	10
	Andris Ozoliņš-Ozols (LAT)	0			Ragnar Kaasik (EST)	0
	Ragnar Kaasik (EST)	11											Rıza Yıldırım (TUR)	8
	Nicolae Ceban (MDA)	9											Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	2
	Attila Szmik (HUN)	0			Nicolae Ceban (MDA)	3
	Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	4			Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	4
	Gabriel Seregelyi (GER)	1							Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	4
	Egzon Shala (ALB)	0							Aslanbek Alborov (AZE)	1
	Aslanbek Alborov (AZE)	10			Aslanbek Alborov (AZE)	11
	Tarik Azouzzi (BEL)	0			Georgy Ketoyev (ARM)	1
	Georgy Ketoyev (ARM)	10

Repechage

					Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
					Murazi Mchedlidze (UKR)	0			Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR)	7
					Aliaksandr Hushtyn (BLR)	10			Mihail Ganev (BUL)	0
					Ragnar Kaasik (EST)	0			Magomedgadzhi Nurov (MKD)	0
					Magomedgadzhi Nurov (MKD)	10			Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)	10

References

1. https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/boltukaev-suspended-anti-doping-violation Boltukaev Suspended for Anti-Doping Violation

• Draw
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