# 2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 28 September 2006.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Mihail Ganev (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Ibragim Aldatov (UKR) | 6 | 3 | | Ibragim Aldatov (UKR) | 4 | 5 |
| Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI) | 0 | 6 | 1 | Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI) | 0 | 1 |
| Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Mihail Ganev (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kunihiko Obata (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Mihail Ganev (BUL) | 1 | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Matt Gentry (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Mihail Ganev (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Máximo Blanco (VEN) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 5 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | Iván Fundora (CUB) | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Alexandru Burcă (MDA) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Iván Fundora (CUB) | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Sombir (IND) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | | | Ibragim Aldatov (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| Ibragim Aldatov (UKR) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Lee Armstrong (AUS) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Ibragim Aldatov (UKR) | 2 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 0 | 0 |
| Gela Saghirashvili (GEO) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Elnur Aslanov (AZE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Gela Saghirashvili (GEO) | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 4 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Anis Gharbi (FRA) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI) | 0 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Abdulkhakim Shapiyev (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI) | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROM) | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROM) | 2 | 0 | 4$^F$ | | | | | | | |
| Chuluundavaagiin Mönkhbayar (MGL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI) | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Donny Pritzlaff (USA) | 0 | 1 |
| Nibaldo Candia (CHI) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Ruslan Kokaev (ARM) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ruslan Kokaev (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Donny Pritzlaff (USA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| Richard Addinall (RSA) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Donny Pritzlaff (USA) | 3 | 7$^F$ | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Gábor Hatos (HUN) | 3$^F$ | | | | | | | |
| | | | Lê Duy Hợi (VIE) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Gábor Hatos (HUN) | 1 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | | | Jean-Noël Malo (CIV) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE) | 1 | 2 |
| | | | Si Riguleng (CHN) | 5 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Cho Byung-kwan (KOR) | 0 | 0 | | | | Si Riguleng (CHN) | 3 | 0 | | | |
| Carlos Domínguez (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | | Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE) | 3 | 5 | | | |
| Jānis Leišavnieks (LAT) | 1 | 2 | Jānis Leišavnieks (LAT) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE) | 1 | 2 | Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE) | 9 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Peter Weisenberger (GER) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Lee Armstrong (AUS) | 0 | | | Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 5 | Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 3 | 2 | |
| Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 4$^F$ | | | Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Mihail Ganev (BUL) | 1 | 0 | |
| Abdulkhakim Shapiyev (KAZ) | 3 | 1 | 1 | Abdulkhakim Shapiyev (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | | Donny Pritzlaff (USA) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | Donny Pritzlaff (USA) | 3 | 3 | | Murad Gaidarov (BLR) | 3 | 0 | 0 |