# 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kg is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 22 and 23 October 2022. The qualification rounds were held on 22 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 26 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 74 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 |
| Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour (IRI) | 5 |
| Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev (AZE) | 2 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | David Carr (USA) | 12 | | | | |
| Diego Sandoval (MEX) | 2 | Sonny Santiago (PUR) | 2 | | | | |
| Sonny Santiago (PUR) | 13 | | | David Carr (USA) | 3 | | |
| Patrik Leder (CAN) | 3 | | | Temuri Beruashvili (GEO) | 4 | | |
| Temuri Beruashvili (GEO) | 6 | Temuri Beruashvili (GEO) | 11 | | | | |
| Harry Duno (VEN) | 11$^F$ | Harry Duno (VEN) | 0 | | | | |
| Richard Schröder (GER) | 0 | | | | | Temuri Beruashvili (GEO) | |
| | | | | | | Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour (IRI) | WO |
| | | Vadym Kurylenko (UKR) | 5 | | | | |
| Raul Zarbaliev (ISR) | 8 | Raul Zarbaliev (ISR) | 2 | | | | |
| Luca Finizio (ITA) | 0 | | | Vadym Kurylenko (UKR) | 0 | | |
| Atamyrat Çarlyýew (TKM) | 0 | | | Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour (IRI) | 4 | | |
| Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour (IRI) | 10 | Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour (IRI) | 6 | | | | |
| | | İsmet Çiftçi (TUR) | 4 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Vasile Diacon (MDA) | 6 | | | | |
| Mohamed El Karchouch (ESP) | 0 | Yerkhan Bexultanov (KAZ) | 0 | | | | |
| Yerkhan Bexultanov (KAZ) | 10 | | | Vasile Diacon (MDA) | 6 | | |
| Krisztian Biro (ROU) | 6 | | | Krisztian Biro (ROU) | 2 | | |
| Simon Marchl (AUT) | 4 | Krisztian Biro (ROU) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Alinur Takirov (KGZ) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Vasile Diacon (MDA) | 3 |
| Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM) | 12 | | | | | Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev (AZE) | 4 |
| Dimitar Angelov (BUL) | 1 | Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM) | 8 | | | | |
| Yuto Fukada (JPN) | 10 | Yuto Fukada (JPN) | 4 | | | | |
| Szymon Wojtkowski (POL) | 0 | | | Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM) | 2 | | |
| Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev (AZE) | 13 | | | Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev (AZE) | 4 | | |
| Joan Serna (COL) | 2 | Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev (AZE) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Kusumsiri Arachchilage (SRI) | 0 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Atamyrat Çarlyýew (TKM) | 1 | İsmet Çiftçi (TUR) | 3 | Vadym Kurylenko (UKR) | WO |
| İsmet Çiftçi (TUR) | 11 | Vadym Kurylenko (UKR) | 14$^F$ | Temuri Beruashvili (GEO) | |
| Joan Serna (COL) | WO | Joan Serna (COL) | 0 | Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM) | 3 |
| Kusumsiri Arachchilage (SRI) | | Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM) | 10 | Vasile Diacon (MDA) | 7 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour (IRI) |
| | Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev (AZE) |
| | Vadym Kurylenko (UKR) |
| | Vasile Diacon (MDA) |
| 5 | Temuri Beruashvili (GEO) |
| 5 | Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM) |
| 7 | Krisztian Biro (ROU) |
| 8 | Joan Serna (COL) |
| 9 | Harry Duno (VEN) |
| 10 | İsmet Çiftçi (TUR) |
| 11 | David Carr (USA) |
| 12 | Sonny Santiago (PUR) |
| 13 | Yuto Fukada (JPN) |
| 14 | Yerkhan Bexultanov (KAZ) |
| 15 | Raul Zarbaliev (ISR) |
| 16 | Alinur Takirov (KGZ) |
| 17 | Simon Marchl (AUT) |
| 18 | Patrik Leder (CAN) |
| 19 | Diego Sandoval (MEX) |
| 20 | Dimitar Angelov (BUL) |
| 21 | Atamyrat Çarlyýew (TKM) |
| 22 | Luca Finizio (ITA) |
| 23 | Mohamed El Karchouch (ESP) |
| 24 | Szymon Wojtkowski (POL) |
| 25 | Richard Schröder (GER) |
| — | Kusumsiri Arachchilage (SRI) |