The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships, and was held in Yakutsk, Russia on May 29.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Anzor Boltukaev
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| Silver |  Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
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| Bronze |  Yevgeny Kolomiets
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| Vladislav Baytsaev
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Results edit
- Legend
- F — Won by fall
- WO — Won by walkover
Finals edit
| Final | |||
| Anzor Boltukaev
| 10 | ||
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
| 0 | ||
Top half edit
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Azret Shogenov
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tamerlan Rasuev
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Azret Shogenov
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Akhmed Bataev
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Akhmed Bataev
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Ramazi Kharebashvili
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Akhmed Bataev
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Anzor Boltukaev
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Anzor Boltukaev
| WO | ||||||||||||||
| Marat Khaev
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| Anzor Boltukaev
| 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Yevgeny Kolomiets
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yevgeny Kolomiets
| WO | ||||||||||||||
 Stanislav Gadzhiev
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Bottom half edit
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Astemir Nakov
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Adlan Ibragimov
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Adlan Ibragimov
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vladislav Baitcaev
| 2F | ||||||||||||||
| Yuri Belonovskiy
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Magomedrasul Magomedov
| 0 | Vladislav Baitcaev
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| Vladislav Baitcaev
| 10 | Vladislav Baitcaev
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| Guram Chertkoev
| 6 | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| Tembulat Kambolov
| 4 | Guram Chertkoev
| 10 | ||||||||||||
 Valentin Gruzdev
| 8F | Valentin Gruzdev
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Murad Tazhudinov
| 0 | Guram Chertkoev
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Yevgeny Kinishov
| 0 | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
| 11 | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| Yusup Malachmagomedov
| 6 | Igor Ovsyannikov
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Igor Ovsyannikov
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
Repechage edit
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | ||||||||
| Yevgeny Kolomiets | WO | Yevgeny Kolomiets | 9 | |||||||
| Marat Khaev | Akhmed Bataev | 4 | ||||||||
| Yevgeny Kinishov | 1 | Igor Ovsyannikov | 6 | Igor Ovsyannikov | 0 | |||||
| Igor Ovsyannikov | 6 | Guram Chertkoev | 2 | Vladislav Baitcaev | 10 | |||||