# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

The men's freestyle 79 kilograms competition at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 17 and 18 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

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Akhmed Usmanov (AIN) | 4 |
| Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 1 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 9 | | | | |
| Ramazan Sarı (TUR) | 11 | Ramazan Sarı (TUR) | 4 | | | | |
| Yuto Miwa (JPN) | 0 | | | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 2 | | |
| Raúl Palacios (MEX) | 3 | | | Akhmed Usmanov (AIN) | 5 | | |
| Sachin Mor (UWW) | 8 | Sachin Mor (UWW) | 0 | | | | |
| Akhmed Usmanov (AIN) | 3 | Akhmed Usmanov (AIN) | 11 | | | | |
| Ahmad Magomedov (MKD) | 2 | | | | | Akhmed Usmanov (AIN) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Orkhan Abbasov (AZE) | 0 |
| | | Chance Marsteller (USA) | 7 | | | | |
| Chemseddine Fetairia (ALG) | 6 | Chemseddine Fetairia (ALG) | 2 | | | | |
| Lee Gun-woo (KOR) | 6 | | | Chance Marsteller (USA) | 3 | | |
| Orkhan Abbasov (AZE) | 6 | | | Orkhan Abbasov (AZE) | 9 | | |
| Iman Mahdavi (UWW) | 3 | Orkhan Abbasov (AZE) | 7$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 1 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 8 | | | | |
| Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 10 | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 0 | | | | |
| Francisco Kadima (ANG) | 0 | | | Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 8 | | |
| Mihail Georgiev (BUL) | 4$^F$ | | | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 2 | | |
| Shuhrat Bozorov (TJK) | 6 | Mihail Georgiev (BUL) | 0 | | | | |
| Jasmit Phulka (CAN) | 1 | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 7 | | | | |
| Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 12 | | | | | Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 10 |
| Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 2 | | | | | Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) | 4 |
| Gurbanmyrat Öwezberdiýew (TKM) | 2 | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 1 | | | | |
| Zaur Efendiev (SRB) | 3 | Andrei Karpach (AIN) | 1 | | | | |
| Andrei Karpach (AIN) | 6 | | | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 2 | | |
| Li Peilong (CHN) | 8 | | | Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) | 5 | | |
| Bat-Erdeniin Byambadorj (MGL) | 12$^F$ | Bat-Erdeniin Byambadorj (MGL) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) | 10 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Ahmad Magomedov (MKD) | 16 | Ahmad Magomedov (MKD) | 1 | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 10 |
| Sachin Mor (UWW) | 6 | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 5 | Orkhan Abbasov (AZE) | 0 |
| | | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 1 | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 1 |
| | | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 4 | Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) | 3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Akhmed Usmanov (AIN) |
| | Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO) |
| | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) |
| | Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) |
| 5 | Orkhan Abbasov (AZE) |
| 5 | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) |
| 7 | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) |
| 8 | Ahmad Magomedov (MKD) |
| 9 | Bat-Erdeniin Byambadorj (MGL) |
| 10 | Mihail Georgiev (BUL) |
| 11 | Ramazan Sarı (TUR) |
| 12 | Alans Amirovs (LAT) |
| 13 | Sachin Mor (UWW) |
| 14 | Chance Marsteller (USA) |
| 15 | Chemseddine Fetairia (ALG) |
| 16 | Andrei Karpach (AIN) |
| 17 | Lee Gun-woo (KOR) |
| 18 | Iman Mahdavi (UWW) |
| 19 | Zaur Efendiev (SRB) |
| 20 | Raúl Palacios (MEX) |
| 21 | Gurbanmyrat Öwezberdiýew (TKM) |
| 22 | Jasmit Phulka (CAN) |
| 23 | Li Peilong (CHN) |
| 24 | Shuhrat Bozorov (TJK) |
| 25 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) |
| 26 | Francisco Kadima (ANG) |
| 27 | Yuto Miwa (JPN) |