1997 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg explained

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

See main article: 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.^[1]

Results

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Round 1

	Score
Round of 32
	0–11
	1–1
	0–4
	14–2
	8–1 Fall
	4–1 Fall
	5–3
	0–3
	10–0
	5–0 Fall
	0–10
	10–2
	3–1
	6–1
	1–1 Ret

Round 2

	Score
Round of 16
	0–10
	2–3
	6–0
	2–0
	6–2
	0–4
	3–1
Repechage
	0–10
	12–1
	1–6
	1–4 Fall
	1–5
	11–14
	1–6
		Bye

Round 3

	Score
Quarterfinals
	0–4
	7–0
	6–3
		Bye
Repechage
	11–1
	2–4
	6–3
	3–14
	0–3 Fall
	0–6
	1–6
		Bye

Round 4

	Score
Repechage
	4–1
	2–5
	4–7
	3–0
	0–7
		Bye

Round 5

	Score
Semifinals
	1–4
	6–2
Repechage
	0–5
	3–0 Fall
	1–2

Round 6

	Score
Repechage
	0–3 Fall
		Bye

Round 7

	Score
Repechage
	2–5
	3–0

Finals

	Score
5th place match
	WO
Bronze medal match
	3–0
Final
	1–2

External links

UWW Database

Notes and References

Web site: Final Freestyle World Championships release, including team scores . themat.com . https://web.archive.org/web/19980128065308/http://www.usawrestling.org/cfml.exe?template=/wrestlin/fullpage.cfm&count=402 . 24 May 2020. 1998-01-28 .