# 2005 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 27 September 2005.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Joe Williams (USA) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 3 | 1 | Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 0 | 1 |
| Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 6 | 5 | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 3 | 3 |
| Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 0 | 3 | | | |

### 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 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Joe Williams (USA) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kunihiko Obata (JPN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Joe Williams (USA) | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Ahmet Gülhan (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Davit Akhalmosulishvili (GEO) | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Joe Williams (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Harutyun Yenokyan (ARM) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Soslan Tigiev (UZB) | 0 | 3 | 4$^F$ | | | | |
| | | | | Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK) | 3$^F$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cho Yong-pil (KOR) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Peter Weisenberger (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Alexandru Burcă (MDA) | 4 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Alexandru Burcă (MDA) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Carlos Domínguez (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Árpád Ritter (HUN) | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) | 0 | 1 |
| Kaisar Boranbayev (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) | 7 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Elnur Aliyev (AZE) | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Daniel Dancák (SVK) | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Elnur Aliyev (AZE) | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Salvatore Rinella (ITA) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Haris Tajić (BIH) | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) | 1 | 5 | | | |
| | | | Si Riguleng (CHN) | 1 | 4 | | | |
| Brent Duggan (IRL) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Si Riguleng (CHN) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) | 1 | 0 |
| | | | | | | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 6 | 5 |
| Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 2 | 9 | | | | | | |
| Mohamed Osman Malak (GBR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS) | 1 | 2 | | | |
| | | | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Ayman Ezzeddine (LIB) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Mohammed Siddiq (QAT) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 0 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Theodosios Pavlidis (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | Leonardo González (PAN) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Theodosios Pavlidis (GRE) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Krystian Brzozowski (POL) | 1 | 1 |
| Bayarsaikhany Batjargal (MGL) | 8 | 7$^F$ | | | | | | | | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 3 | 2 |
| Soerdas Roepa (SUR) | 0 | 0 | Bayarsaikhany Batjargal (MGL) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Iván Fundora (CUB) | 6$^F$ | | Iván Fundora (CUB) | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Richard Ramos (DOM) | 0 | | | | | Iván Fundora (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 3 | 5 | | | | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 1 | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Zoltan Hunyady (CAN) | 0 | 0 | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Narender Tomar (IND) | 0 | 0 | Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR) | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Carlos Domínguez (ESP) | 1 | 0 | Alexandru Burcă (MDA) | 6 | 2 | Alexandru Burcă (MDA) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Alexandru Burcă (MDA) | 2 | 1 | Talant Jekshenov (KGZ) | 3 | 1 | Joe Williams (USA) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mohamed Osman Malak (GBR) | | | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 1 | 3 | Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | 1 | 2 | |
| Nikolay Paslar (BUL) | W | O | Salvatore Rinella (ITA) | 0 | 1 | Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI) | 0 | 0 | |