2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg

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

Main article: 2001 World Wrestling Championships

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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	—

Source: Official website

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