# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg

The men's freestyle 65 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 18 and 19 September 2023.
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
* WO — Won by walkover

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Rahman Amouzad (IRI) | 5 | | |
| Iszmail Muszukajev (HUN) | 6 | Iszmail Muszukajev (HUN) | 11 |
| Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) | 9 | Sebastian Rivera (PUR) | 0 |
| Sebastian Rivera (PUR) | 10 | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Rahman Amouzad (IRI) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Yanisse Madi (COM) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Rahman Amouzad (IRI) | 12 | | |
| | | | | Ștefan Coman (ROU) | 0 | | |
| | | Ștefan Coman (ROU) | 5 | | | | |
| Yoon Seok-ki (KOR) | 2 | Úber Cuero (COL) | 1 | | | | |
| Úber Cuero (COL) | 6 | | | | | Rahman Amouzad (IRI) | 7 |
| Austin Gómez (MEX) | 8 | | | | | Nick Lee (USA) | 4 |
| Anuj Kumar (UWW) | 7 | Austin Gómez (MEX) | 3 | | | | |
| Krzysztof Bieńkowski (POL) | 0 | Nick Lee (USA) | 10$^F$ | | | | |
| Nick Lee (USA) | 6 | | | Nick Lee (USA) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Umidjon Jalolov (UZB) | 3 | | |
| | | Mikyay Naim (BUL) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Umidjon Jalolov (UZB) | 6 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Agustín Destribats (ARG) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Nino Leutert (SUI) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Agustín Destribats (ARG) | 1 | | |
| Shamil Mamedov (AIN) | 15 | | | Shamil Mamedov (AIN) | 10 | | |
| Ikromzhon Khadzhimurodov (KGZ) | 3 | Shamil Mamedov (AIN) | 11 | | | | |
| Levi Nyongesa (KEN) | 0 | Ibrahim Guzan (YEM) | 0 | | | | |
| Ibrahim Guzan (YEM) | 10 | | | | | Shamil Mamedov (AIN) | 4 |
| Islam Dudaev (ALB) | 2 | | | | | Iszmail Muszukajev (HUN) | 5 |
| Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 9 | Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 10 | | | | |
| Lachlan McNeil (CAN) | 0 | Erik Arushanian (UKR) | 0 | | | | |
| Erik Arushanian (UKR) | 11 | | | Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Iszmail Muszukajev (HUN) | 6$^F$ | | |
| | | Adil Ospanov (KAZ) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Iszmail Muszukajev (HUN) | 7 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) | 9 | | | | |
| | | Alexander Semisorow (GER) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Haji Aliyev (AZE) | 3 | | |
| | | Georgii Okorokov (AUS) | 2 | | | | |
| Yuan Shaohua (CHN) | 4 | Haji Aliyev (AZE) | 9 | | | | |
| Haji Aliyev (AZE) | 10 | | | | | Haji Aliyev (AZE) | 2 |
| Abdullah Assaf (PLE) | 0 | | | | | Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) | 12 |
| Alejandro Valdés (CUB) | 10 | Alejandro Valdés (CUB) | 2 | | | | |
| Abdulmazhid Kudiev (TJK) | 6 | Abdulmazhid Kudiev (TJK) | 6 | | | | |
| Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA) | 2 | | | Abdulmazhid Kudiev (TJK) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) | 8 | | |
| | | Niurgun Skriabin (AIN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) | 9 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Edemi Bolkvadze (GEO) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Ethan Aguigui (GUM) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Edemi Bolkvadze (GEO) | 0 | | |
| Colin Realbuto (ITA) | 18 | | | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 4 | | |
| Junjun Asebias (FSM) | 8 | Colin Realbuto (ITA) | 3 | | | | |
| Cavit Acar (TUR) | 5 | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 7 | | | | |
| Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 8 | | | | | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 4 |
| Carlos Álvarez (ESP) | 5 | | | | | Sebastian Rivera (PUR) | 15 |
| Josh Finesilver (ISR) | 15 | Josh Finesilver (ISR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Ayub Musaev (BEL) | 9$^F$ | | | | |
| | | | | Ayub Musaev (BEL) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Sebastian Rivera (PUR) | 10 | | |
| | | Alibeg Alibegov (BRN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Sebastian Rivera (PUR) | 10 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Adil Ospanov (KAZ) | WO | Adil Ospanov (KAZ) | 0 | Shamil Mamedov (AIN) | 8 |
| Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | | Shamil Mamedov (AIN) | 8 | Rahman Amouzad (IRI) | 6 |
| Alibeg Alibegov (BRN) | 5 | Alibeg Alibegov (BRN) | 0 | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 1 |
| Ayub Musaev (BEL) | 3 | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 2 | Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) | 5 |
| Olympic wrestle-off | Olympic wrestle-off |
| Rahman Amouzad (IRI) | 10 |
| Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Iszmail Muszukajev (HUN) |
| | Sebastian Rivera (PUR) |
| | Shamil Mamedov (AIN) |
| | Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM) |
| 5 | Rahman Amouzad (IRI) |
| 5 | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) |
| 7 | Nick Lee (USA) |
| 8 | Haji Aliyev (AZE) |
| 9 | Abdulmazhid Kudiev (TJK) |
| 10 | Ayub Musaev (BEL) |
| 11 | Colin Realbuto (ITA) |
| 12 | Alejandro Valdés (CUB) |
| 13 | Agustín Destribats (ARG) |
| 14 | Adil Ospanov (KAZ) |
| 15 | Josh Finesilver (ISR) |
| 16 | Edemi Bolkvadze (GEO) |
| 17 | Erik Arushanian (UKR) |
| 18 | Ibrahim Guzan (YEM) |
| 19 | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) |
| 20 | Umidjon Jalolov (UZB) |
| 21 | Úber Cuero (COL) |
| 22 | Austin Gómez (MEX) |
| 23 | Ștefan Coman (ROU) |
| 24 | Alibeg Alibegov (BRN) |
| 25 | Junjun Asebias (FSM) |
| 26 | Anuj Kumar (UWW) |
| 27 | Cavit Acar (TUR) |
| 28 | Carlos Álvarez (ESP) |
| 29 | Yuan Shaohua (CHN) |
| 30 | Ikromzhon Khadzhimurodov (KGZ) |
| 31 | Yoon Seok-ki (KOR) |
| 32 | Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA) |
| 33 | Islam Dudaev (ALB) |
| 34 | Alexander Semisorow (GER) |
| 35 | Georgii Okorokov (AUS) |
| 36 | Krzysztof Bieńkowski (POL) |
| 37 | Mikyay Naim (BUL) |
| 38 | Niurgun Skriabin (AIN) |
| 39 | Yanisse Madi (COM) |
| 40 | Nino Leutert (SUI) |
| 41 | Levi Nyongesa (KEN) |
| 42 | Abdullah Assaf (PLE) |
| 43 | Lachlan McNeil (CAN) |
| 44 | Ethan Aguigui (GUM) |
| — | Takuto Otoguro (JPN) |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics