1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg

{{short description|None}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

|event = Men's freestyle 76 kg

|championship = 1997 World Championships

|dates = 28–30 August 1997

|venue = Yenisey Sports Palace

|competitors = 30

|nations = 30

|gold = Buvaisar Saitiev

|gold_nation = RUS

|silver = Alexander Leipold

|silver_nation = GER

|bronze = Miroslav Gochev

|bronze_nation = BUL

|prev = 1995

|next = 1998

}}

{{1997 World Wrestling Championships}}

{{main|1997 World Wrestling Championships}}

The men's freestyle 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Yenisey Sports Palace in Krasnoyarsk, Russia from 28 to 30 August 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.usawrestling.org/cfml.exe?template=/wrestlin/fullpage.cfm&count=402 |title=Final Freestyle World Championships release, including team scores |work=themat.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980128065308/http://www.usawrestling.org/cfml.exe?template=/wrestlin/fullpage.cfm&count=402 |accessdate=24 May 2020|archive-date=1998-01-28 }}

Results

;Legend

  • WO — Won by walkover

=Round 1=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | Round of 32
{{flagathlete|José Alberto Díaz|VEN|1954}}align=center| 0–11{{flagathlete|Jannie du Toit|RSA}}
{{flagathlete|Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar|MGL}}align=center| 1–1{{flagathlete|Marcin Jurecki|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Lazaros Loizidis|GRE}}align=center| 0–4{{flagathlete|Ruslan Khinchagov|UZB}}
{{flagathlete|Alexander Leipold|GER}}align=center| 14–2{{flagathlete|Ari Kortehisto|FIN}}
{{flagathlete|Buvaisar Saitiev|RUS}}align=center| 8–1 Fall{{flagathlete|Nick Ugoalah|CAN}}
{{flagathlete|Árpád Ritter|HUN}}align=center| 4–1 Fall{{flagathlete|Nurbek Izabekov|KGZ|1992}}
{{flagathlete|Davyd Bichinashvili|UKR}}align=center| 5–3{{flagathlete|Magomed Kurugliyev|KAZ}}
{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}align=center| 0–3{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}
{{flagathlete|Moon Eui-jae|KOR|1984}}align=center| 10–0{{flagathlete|Thomas Coppola|GBR}}
{{flagathlete|Dan St. John|USA}}align=center| 5–0 Fall{{flagathlete|Valerij Verhušin|Macedonia|code=MKD}}
{{flagathlete|Rein Ozoline|AUS}}align=center| 0–10{{flagathlete|Aleksandre Kakhniashvili|GEO|1990}}
{{flagathlete|Amir Tavakkolian|IRI}}align=center| 10–2{{flagathlete|Wu Guang|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Eduard Alexeenko|BLR|1995}}align=center| 3–1{{flagathlete|Vahagn Manukyan|ARM}}
{{flagathlete|Küllo Kõiv|EST}}align=center| 6–1{{flagathlete|Leonardo Díaz|CUB}}
{{flagathlete|Kenji Koshiba|JPN|1947}}align=center| 1–1 Ret{{flagathlete|Christoph Feyer|SUI}}

=Round 2=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | Round of 16
{{flagathlete|Jannie du Toit|RSA}}align=center| 0–10{{flagathlete|Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar|MGL}}
{{flagathlete|Ruslan Khinchagov|UZB}}align=center| 2–3{{flagathlete|Alexander Leipold|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Buvaisar Saitiev|RUS}}align=center| 6–0{{flagathlete|Árpád Ritter|HUN}}
{{flagathlete|Davyd Bichinashvili|UKR}}align=center| 2–0{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}
{{flagathlete|Moon Eui-jae|KOR|1984}}align=center| 6–2{{flagathlete|Dan St. John|USA}}
{{flagathlete|Aleksandre Kakhniashvili|GEO|1990}}align=center| 0–4{{flagathlete|Amir Tavakkolian|IRI}}
{{flagathlete|Eduard Alexeenko|BLR|1995}}align=center| 3–1{{flagathlete|Küllo Kõiv|EST}}
colspan="3" | Repechage
{{flagathlete|José Alberto Díaz|VEN|1954}}align=center| 0–10{{flagathlete|Marcin Jurecki|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Lazaros Loizidis|GRE}}align=center| 12–1{{flagathlete|Ari Kortehisto|FIN}}
{{flagathlete|Nick Ugoalah|CAN}}align=center| 1–6{{flagathlete|Nurbek Izabekov|KGZ|1992}}
{{flagathlete|Magomed Kurugliyev|KAZ}}align=center| 1–4 Fall{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}
{{flagathlete|Thomas Coppola|GBR}}align=center| 1–5{{flagathlete|Valerij Verhušin|Macedonia|code=MKD}}
{{flagathlete|Rein Ozoline|AUS}}align=center| 11–14{{flagathlete|Wu Guang|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Vahagn Manukyan|ARM}}align=center| 1–6{{flagathlete|Leonardo Díaz|CUB}}
{{flagathlete|Kenji Koshiba|JPN|1947}}Bye

=Round 3=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | Quarterfinals
{{flagathlete|Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar|MGL}}align=center| 0–4{{flagathlete|Alexander Leipold|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Buvaisar Saitiev|RUS}}align=center| 7–0{{flagathlete|Davyd Bichinashvili|UKR}}
{{flagathlete|Moon Eui-jae|KOR|1984}}align=center| 6–3{{flagathlete|Amir Tavakkolian|IRI}}
{{flagathlete|Eduard Alexeenko|BLR|1995}}Bye
colspan="3" | Repechage
{{flagathlete|Kenji Koshiba|JPN|1947}}align=center| 11–1{{flagathlete|Marcin Jurecki|POL}}
{{flagathlete|Lazaros Loizidis|GRE}}align=center| 2–4{{flagathlete|Nurbek Izabekov|KGZ|1992}}
{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}align=center| 6–3{{flagathlete|Valerij Verhušin|Macedonia|code=MKD}}
{{flagathlete|Wu Guang|CHN}}align=center| 3–14{{flagathlete|Leonardo Díaz|CUB}}
{{flagathlete|Jannie du Toit|RSA}}align=center| 0–3 Fall{{flagathlete|Ruslan Khinchagov|UZB}}
{{flagathlete|Árpád Ritter|HUN}}align=center| 0–6{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}
{{flagathlete|Dan St. John|USA}}align=center| 1–6{{flagathlete|Aleksandre Kakhniashvili|GEO|1990}}
{{flagathlete|Küllo Kõiv|EST}}Bye

=Round 4=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | Repechage
{{flagathlete|Küllo Kõiv|EST}}align=center| 4–1{{flagathlete|Kenji Koshiba|JPN|1947}}
{{flagathlete|Nurbek Izabekov|KGZ|1992}}align=center| 2–5{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}
{{flagathlete|Leonardo Díaz|CUB}}align=center| 4–7{{flagathlete|Ruslan Khinchagov|UZB}}
{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}align=center| 3–0{{flagathlete|Aleksandre Kakhniashvili|GEO|1990}}
{{flagathlete|Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar|MGL}}align=center| 0–7{{flagathlete|Davyd Bichinashvili|UKR}}
{{flagathlete|Amir Tavakkolian|IRI}}Bye

=Round 5=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | Semifinals
{{flagathlete|Eduard Alexeenko|BLR|1995}}align=center| 1–4{{flagathlete|Alexander Leipold|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Buvaisar Saitiev|RUS}}align=center| 6–2{{flagathlete|Moon Eui-jae|KOR|1984}}
colspan="3" | Repechage
{{flagathlete|Amir Tavakkolian|IRI}}align=center| 0–5{{flagathlete|Küllo Kõiv|EST}}
{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}align=center| 3–0 Fall{{flagathlete|Davyd Bichinashvili|UKR}}
{{flagathlete|Ruslan Khinchagov|UZB}}align=center| 1–2{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}

=Round 6=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | Repechage
{{flagathlete|Küllo Kõiv|EST}}align=center| 0–3 Fall{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}
{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}Bye

=Round 7=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | Repechage
{{flagathlete|Eduard Alexeenko|BLR|1995}}align=center| 2–5{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}
{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}align=center| 3–0{{flagathlete|Moon Eui-jae|KOR|1984}}

=Finals=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"

! align="right" width="270"|

!width="65"|Score

!align="left" width="270"|

colspan="3" | 5th place match
{{flagathlete|Eduard Alexeenko|BLR|1995}}align=center| WO{{flagathlete|Moon Eui-jae|KOR|1984}}
colspan="3" | Bronze medal match
{{flagathlete|Miroslav Gochev|BUL}}align=center| 3–0{{flagathlete|Kamil Kocaoğlu|TUR}}
colspan="3" | Final
{{flagathlete|Alexander Leipold|GER}}align=center| 1–2{{flagathlete|Buvaisar Saitiev|RUS}}

References

{{reflist}}