# 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg

The men's freestyle 70 kg is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 21 and 22 October 2022. The qualification rounds were held on 20 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 20 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 70 kilograms.
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

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) | 4 |
| Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO) | 8 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Yahya Thomas (USA) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Emmanuel Olapade (CAN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Yahya Thomas (USA) | 4 | | |
| Jorge Gatica (CHI) | 0 | | | Tobias Portmann (SUI) | 1 | | |
| Tobias Portmann (SUI) | 11 | Tobias Portmann (SUI) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Ion Marcu (MDA) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Yahya Thomas (USA) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) | 4 |
| | | Ömer Faruk Çayır (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| Kota Takahashi (JPN) | 7 | Kota Takahashi (JPN) | 10 | | | | |
| Arman Andreasyan (ARM) | 3 | | | Kota Takahashi (JPN) | 7 | | |
| | | | | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) | 17 | | |
| | | Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) | 15 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Lahiru Waduge (SRI) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO) | 5 | | |
| Kanan Heybatov (AZE) | 8 | | | Kanan Heybatov (AZE) | 4 | | |
| Marwane Yezza (FRA) | 1 | Kanan Heybatov (AZE) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Shamil Ustaev (GER) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO) | 10 |
| | | | | | | Orozobek Toktomambetov (KGZ) | 0 |
| | | Gianluca Coletti (ITA) | 1 | | | | |
| Ramon Geršak-Pérez (ESP) | 0 | Ihor Nykyforuk (UKR) | 12 | | | | |
| Ihor Nykyforuk (UKR) | 10 | | | Ihor Nykyforuk (UKR) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Orozobek Toktomambetov (KGZ) | 5 | | |
| | | Orozobek Toktomambetov (KGZ) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Ștefan Coman (ROU) | 1 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ) | 1 | Kota Takahashi (JPN) | 4 |
| Kota Takahashi (JPN) | 3 | Yahya Thomas (USA) | 0 |
| Lahiru Waduge (SRI) | | Kanan Heybatov (AZE) | 8 |
| Kanan Heybatov (AZE) | WO | Orozobek Toktomambetov (KGZ) | 5 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO) |
| | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) |
| | Kota Takahashi (JPN) |
| | Kanan Heybatov (AZE) |
| 5 | Yahya Thomas (USA) |
| 5 | Orozobek Toktomambetov (KGZ) |
| 7 | Ihor Nykyforuk (UKR) |
| 8 | Tobias Portmann (SUI) |
| 9 | Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ) |
| 10 | Ion Marcu (MDA) |
| 11 | Shamil Ustaev (GER) |
| 12 | Arman Andreasyan (ARM) |
| 13 | Stefan Coman (ROU) |
| 14 | Marwane Yezza (FRA) |
| 15 | Gianluca Coletti (ITA) |
| 16 | Emmanuel Olapade (CAN) |
| 17 | Ömer Faruk Çayır (TUR) |
| 18 | Ramon Geršak-Pérez (ESP) |
| 19 | Jorge Gatica (CHI) |
| — | Lahiru Waduge (SRI) |