# 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg

The men's freestyle 61 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 20 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 61 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

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) | 7 |
| Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) | 5 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Stilyan Iliev (BUL) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Jason-Guy Luneau (CAN) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Stilyan Iliev (BUL) | 2 | | |
| Ramaz Turmanidze (GEO) | 4 | | | Ramaz Turmanidze (GEO) | 3 | | |
| Nico Megerle (GER) | 1 | Ramaz Turmanidze (GEO) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Nils Leutert (SUI) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ramaz Turmanidze (GEO) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) | 13 |
| | | Joey Silva (PUR) | 0 | | | | |
| Yousef Eissa (EGY) | 0 | Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) | 11 | | | | |
| Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) | 10 | | | Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) | 9 | | |
| | | | | Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) | 3 | | |
| | | Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) | 9 | | | | |
| | | Armin Habibzadeh (IRI) | 1 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) | 9 | | | | |
| | | Aaron Nagao (USA) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) | 11 | | |
| Intigam Valizada (AZE) | 10 | | | Elkin España (COL) | 0 | | |
| Rajapaksha Samaradivakara (SRI) | 0 | Intigam Valizada (AZE) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Elkin España (COL) | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) | 5 |
| | | | | | | Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR) | 0 |
| | | Andrii Dzhelep (UKR) | 11 | | | | |
| Adam Biboulatov (FRA) | 0 | Kodai Ogawa (JPN) | 4 | | | | |
| Kodai Ogawa (JPN) | 10 | | | Andrii Dzhelep (UKR) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR) | 7 | | |
| | | Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Antonio Margiotta (PHI) | 0 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Yousef Eissa (EGY) | 1 | Joey Silva (PUR) | 1 | Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) | 12 |
| Joey Silva (PUR) | 3 | Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) | 6 | Ramaz Turmanidze (GEO) | 4 |
| | | Aaron Nagao (USA) | 14 | Aaron Nagao (USA) | 4 |
| | | Elkin España (COL) | 4 | Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR) | 9 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) |
| | Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) |
| | Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) |
| | Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR) |
| 5 | Ramaz Turmanidze (GEO) |
| 5 | Aaron Nagao (USA) |
| 7 | Elkin España (COL) |
| 8 | Kodai Ogawa (JPN) |
| 9 | Intigam Valizada (AZE) |
| 10 | Stilyan Iliev (BUL) |
| 11 | Andrii Dzhelep (UKR) |
| 12 | Joey Silva (PUR) |
| 13 | Jason-Guy Luneau (CAN) |
| 14 | Nils Leutert (SUI) |
| 15 | Nico Megerle (GER) |
| 16 | Armin Habibzadeh (IRI) |
| 17 | Yousef Eissa (EGY) |
| 18 | Rajapaksha Samaradivakara (SRI) |
| 19 | Adam Biboulatov (FRA) |
| 20 | Antonio Margiotta (PHI) |