# 2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 3 and 4 October.
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 |
| Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 5 |
| Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 1 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Ryuki Yoshida (JPN) | 4 | | |
| | | Ryuki Yoshida (JPN) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Oh Man-ho (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ryuki Yoshida (JPN) | 1 |
| Csaba Vida (HUN) | 5 | | | | | Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 10 |
| Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 5$^F$ | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | | | | | |
| Sam Barmish (CAN) | 0 | Jordan Burroughs (USA) | WO | | | | |
| Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 10 | | | Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 9 | | |
| Radik Valiev (RWF) | 10$^F$ | | | Radik Valiev (RWF) | 4 | | |
| Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ) | 1 | Radik Valiev (RWF) | 12 | | | | |
| | | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 2 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 5 | | | | |
| Erik Reinbok (EST) | 3 | Maxim Vasilioglo (ROU) | 2 | | | | |
| Maxim Vasilioglo (ROU) | 6 | | | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 9 | | |
| Ramazan Sarı (TUR) | 10 | | | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) | 5 | | |
| Oktay Hasan (BUL) | 0 | Ramazan Sarı (TUR) | 4 | | | | |
| Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) | 10 | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) | 6 | | | | |
| Suresh Fernando (SRI) | 0 | | | | | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 5 |
| Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 11 | | | | | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 6 |
| Rustam Rasuiev (UKR) | 0 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 4 | | | | |
| Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 11 | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 8 | | | | |
| Aron Caneva (ITA) | 0 | | | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) | 11 | | |
| Byambasürengiin Bat-Erdene (MGL) | 10 | | | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 0 | | |
| Gourav Baliyan (IND) | 0 | Byambasürengiin Bat-Erdene (MGL) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 7 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Sam Barmish (CAN) | WO | Sam Barmish (CAN) | 0 | Radik Valiev (RWF) | 11 |
| Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | | Radik Valiev (RWF) | 10 | Ryuki Yoshida (JPN) | 0 |
| Aron Caneva (ITA) | 2 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 7 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 0 |
| Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 13 | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 3 | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 10 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Jordan Burroughs (USA) |
| | Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI) |
| | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) |
| | Radik Valiev (RWF) |
| 5 | Ryuki Yoshida (JPN) |
| 5 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) |
| 7 | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) |
| 8 | Byambasürengiin Bat-Erdene (MGL) |
| 9 | Ramazan Sarı (TUR) |
| 10 | Sam Barmish (CAN) |
| 11 | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) |
| 12 | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) |
| 13 | Maxim Vasilioglo (ROU) |
| 14 | Erik Reinbok (EST) |
| 15 | Alans Amirovs (LAT) |
| 16 | Aron Caneva (ITA) |
| 17 | Csaba Vida (HUN) |
| 18 | Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ) |
| 19 | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) |
| 20 | Oh Man-ho (KOR) |
| 21 | Oktay Hasan (BUL) |
| 22 | Suresh Fernando (SRI) |
| 23 | Gourav Baliyan (IND) |
| 24 | Rustam Rasuiev (UKR) |
| — | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) |