# 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg

The men's freestyle 61 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and will be held in Tirana, Albania on 25 and 26 October 2024.
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

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Bashir Magomedov (ANA) | 4 |
| Ruslan Abdullayev (AZE) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Elkin España (COL) | 8$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Lok Ming Tai (HKG) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Elkin España (COL) | 0 | | |
| Simone Piroddu (ITA) | 0 | | | Ebrahim Khari (IRI) | 10 | | |
| Ebrahim Khari (IRI) | 10 | Ebrahim Khari (IRI) | 12 | | | | |
| | | Adilet Almukhamedov (KAZ) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ebrahim Khari (IRI) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Bashir Magomedov (ANA) | 12 |
| | | Emre Kural (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| Nicholas Bouzakis (USA) | 3 | Levik Mikayelyan (ARM) | 7 | | | | |
| Levik Mikayelyan (ARM) | 10 | | | Levik Mikayelyan (ARM) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Bashir Magomedov (ANA) | 11 | | |
| | | Bashir Magomedov (ANA) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Jiliang Bai (CHN) | 2 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | William Betancourt (PUR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Mykyta Abramov (UKR) | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | Mykyta Abramov (UKR) | 1 | | |
| Endrio Avdyli (ALB) | 0 | | | Ruslan Abdullayev (AZE) | 3 | | |
| Ruslan Abdullayev (AZE) | 11 | Ruslan Abdullayev (AZE) | 6$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Fotis Papadopoulos (CAN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ruslan Abdullayev (AZE) | 11 |
| | | | | | | Abhishek Dhaka (IND) | 1 |
| | | Abhishek Dhaka (IND) | 6 | | | | |
| Iukhan Dokturbek Uulu (KGZ) | 8 | Iukhan Dokturbek Uulu (KGZ) | 1 | | | | |
| Vasile Marcu (MDA) | 2 | | | Abhishek Dhaka (IND) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Meiryu Akamine (JPN) | 2 | | |
| | | Meiryu Akamine (JPN) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Omar Gazashvili (GEO) | 1 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | Jiliang Bai (CHN) | 1 | Ebrahim Khari (IRI) | 3 |
| | | Levik Mikayelyan (ARM) | 2 | Levik Mikayelyan (ARM) | 3 |
| Fotis Papadopoulos (CAN) | 8 | Endrio Avdyli (ALB) | 3 | Abhishek Dhaka (IND) | 3 |
| Endrio Avdyli (ALB) | 17 | Mykyta Abramov (UKR) | 14 | Mykyta Abramov (UKR) | 1 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Bashir Magomedov (ANA) |
| | Ruslan Abdullayev (AZE) |
| | Ebrahim Khari (IRI) |
| | Abhishek Dhaka (IND) |
| 5 | Levik Mikayelyan (ARM) |
| 5 | Mykyta Abramov (UKR) |
| 7 | Elkin España (COL) |
| 8 | Endrio Avdyli (ALB) |
| 9 | Iukhan Dokturbek Uulu (KGZ) |
| 10 | Meiryu Akamine (JPN) |
| 11 | Jiliang Bai (CHN) |
| 12 | Fotis Papadopoulos (CAN) |
| 13 | Nicholas Bouzakis (USA) |
| 14 | Vasile Marcu (MDA) |
| 15 | Omar Gazashvili (GEO) |
| 16 | Emre Kural (TUR) |
| 17 | William Betancourt (PUR) |
| 18 | Adilet Almukhamedov (KAZ) |
| 19 | Lok Ming Tai (HKG) |
| 20 | Simone Piroddu (ITA) |