The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Riga, Latvia on March 9.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Anzor Boltukaev Russia
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| Silver | Ivan Yankouski Belarus
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| Bronze | Erik Thiele Germany
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Elizbar Odikadze Georgia
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Results
edit- Legend
- R — Retired
- F — Won by fall
Final
edit| Final | |||
| Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)
| 11 | ||
| Ivan Yankouski (BLR)
| 0 | ||
Top half
edit| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Magomedgadzhi Nurov (MKD)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Erik Thiele (GER)
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Erik Thiele (GER)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Nicolai Ceban (MDA)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Egzon Shala (ALB)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Nicolai Ceban (MDA)
| 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Erik Thiele (GER)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ivan Yankouski (BLR)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Micheil Tsikovani (GRE)
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Christian Valenzuela (ESP)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Micheil Tsikovani (GRE)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ivan Yankouski (BLR)
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
| 0R | ||||||||||||||
| Ivan Yankouski (BLR)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
Bottom half
edit| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Fatih Yaşarlı (TUR)
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Andranik Galstyan (ARM)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Fatih Yaşarlı (TUR)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
 Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Ragnar Kaasik (EST)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
 Michael Manea (ROM)
| 0 | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 10 | ||||||||||||
| Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 6 | Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)
| 8 | ||||||||||||
| Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)
| 11 | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR)
| 5 | ||||||||||||
 Imants Lagodskis (LAT)
| 0 | Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)
| 11 | ||||||||||||
 Dragomir Stoychev (BUL)
| 0 |  Radosław Baran (POL)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Radosław Baran (POL)
| 11 | Anzor Boltukaev (RUS)
| 12 | ||||||||||||
 Edon Shala (KOS)
| 3 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Jozef Jaloviar (SVK)
| 13 | Jozef Jaloviar (SVK)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Philipp Hutter (SUI)
| 0 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)
| 11 | ||||||||||||
| Elizbar Odikadze (GEO)
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
Repechage
edit| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | ||||||||
| Sharif Sharifov (AZE) | 0R | Erik Thiele (GER) | 5 | |||||||
| Micheil Tsikovani (GRE) | 0 | Micheil Tsikovani (GRE) | 1 | |||||||
| Imants Lagodskis (LAT) | 1 | Radosław Baran (POL) | 1 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 3 | |||||
| Radosław Baran (POL) | 12 | Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) | 5 | Valeriy Andriytsev (UKR) | 1 | |||||