2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

Men's freestyle 79 kg at the 2022 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	15–16 September 2022
Competitors	32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Jordan Burroughs   United States   Mohammad Nokhodi   Iran   Arsalan Budazhapov   Kyrgyzstan   Vasyl Mykhailov   Ukraine

Main article: 2022 World Wrestling Championships

The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 15 and 16 September 2022.

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Final

	Final
	Jordan Burroughs (USA)	4
	Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)	2

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
	Jordan Burroughs (USA)	12
	Şähergeldi Saparmyradow (TKM)	1			Jordan Burroughs (USA)	12
	Dejan Mitrov (MKD)	3			Dejan Mitrov (MKD)	1
	Csaba Vida (HUN)	2							Jordan Burroughs (USA)	10
	Ştefan Canţîr (MDA)	2							Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	0
	Shuhrat Bozorov (TJK)	11			Shuhrat Bozorov (TJK)	0
	Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	2			Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	10
	Saifedine Alekma (FRA)	2											Jordan Burroughs (USA)	9
	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	11											Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)	2
	Xia Shengsong (CHN)	0			Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	0
	Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK)	2			Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)	10
	Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)	3							Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)	5
	Assane Ballo (CIV)								Yudai Takahashi (JPN)	3
	Yudai Takahashi (JPN)	WO			Yudai Takahashi (JPN)	7
	Adam Thomson (CAN)	0			Arman Avagyan (ARM)	6
	Arman Avagyan (ARM)	11

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	3
	Alans Amirovs (LAT)	1			Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	12
	Seo Bum-gue (KOR)	14			Seo Bum-gue (KOR)	1
	Kornelijus Stulginskas (LTU)	3							Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	0
	Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)	6							Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)	10
	Bolat Sakayev (KAZ)	4			Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)	7
	Erik Reinbok (EST)	2			Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	1
	Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	5											Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)	4
	Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)	3											Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)	5
	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	10			Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	13
	Deepak Mirka (IND)	10			Deepak Mirka (IND)	2
	Dan Tsesarsky (ISR)	0							Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	5
	Altanzulyn Dölgöön (MGL)	12							Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)	10
	Andy Mukendi (COD)	2			Altanzulyn Dölgöön (MGL)	0
	Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)	6			Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)	10
	Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)	7

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Şähergeldi Saparmyradow (TKM)	10			Şähergeldi Saparmyradow (TKM)	0			Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	5
	Dejan Mitrov (MKD)	1			Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	10			Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)	1
	Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)	9			Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)	1			Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	3
	Altanzulyn Dölgöön (MGL)	7			Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	8			Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)	5

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Jordan Burroughs (USA)
	Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
	Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)
	Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR)
5	Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)
5	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)
7	Yudai Takahashi (JPN)
8	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)
9	Altanzulyn Dölgöön (MGL)
10	Arman Avagyan (ARM)
11	Seo Bum-gue (KOR)
12	Deepak Mirka (IND)
13	Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)
14	Dejan Mitrov (MKD)
15	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)
16	Şähergeldi Saparmyradow (TKM)
17	Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)
18	Shuhrat Bozorov (TJK)
19	Bolat Sakayev (KAZ)
20	Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)
21	Kornelijus Stulginskas (LTU)
22	Saifedine Alekma (FRA)
23	Csaba Vida (HUN)
24	Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK)
25	Erik Reinbok (EST)
26	Ştefan Canţîr (MDA)
27	Andy Mukendi (COD)
28	Alans Amirovs (LAT)
29	Assane Ballo (CIV)
30	Dan Tsesarsky (ISR)
31	Xia Shengsong (CHN)
32	Adam Thomson (CAN)

External links

• Official website