# 2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg

The men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 2 and 3 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 |
| David Taylor (USA) | 2 |
| Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 6 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | David Taylor (USA) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Boris Makojev (SVK) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | David Taylor (USA) | 8$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Akhmed Aibuev (FRA) | 0 | | |
| | | Akhmed Aibuev (FRA) | 18 | | | | |
| | | Ivars Samušonoks (LAT) | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | David Taylor (USA) | 6$^F$ |
| Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) | 11 | | | | | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 2 |
| Rasul Tsikhayeu (BLR) | 10 | Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) | 2 | | | | |
| Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 7 | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 13 | | | | |
| Ahmed Dudarov (GER) | 0 | | | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 10 | | |
| Piotr Ianulov (MDA) | | | | Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) | 2 | | |
| Uri Kalashnikov (ISR) | WO | Uri Kalashnikov (ISR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) | 4 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Artur Naifonov (RWF) | 11 | | | | |
| Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL) | 4 | Hayato Ishiguro (JPN) | 0 | | | | |
| Hayato Ishiguro (JPN) | 7 | | | Artur Naifonov (RWF) | 5 | | |
| Mark Inguyesi (KEN) | 0 | | | Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 2 | | |
| Noel Torres (MEX) | 10 | Noel Torres (MEX) | 2 | | | | |
| Osman Göçen (TUR) | 5 | Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 12 | | | | |
| Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 10 | | | | | Artur Naifonov (RWF) | 2 |
| Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 5 | | | | | Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 8 |
| Sandeep Singh Mann (IND) | 4 | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 2 | | | | |
| Dzhemal Ali (BUL) | 2 | Ethan Ramos (PUR) | 13 | | | | |
| Ethan Ramos (PUR) | 14 | | | Ethan Ramos (PUR) | 0 | | |
| Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) | 12 | | | Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 10 | | |
| Sebastian Jezierzański (POL) | 1 | Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 12 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Boris Makojev (SVK) | 6 | Boris Makojev (SVK) | 5 |
| Akhmed Aibuev (FRA) | 3 | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 9 |
| Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) | 10 | Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) | 0 |
| Ethan Ramos (PUR) | 0 | Artur Naifonov (RWF) | 3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Hassan Yazdani (IRI) |
| | David Taylor (USA) |
| | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) |
| | Artur Naifonov (RWF) |
| 5 | Boris Makojev (SVK) |
| 5 | Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) |
| 7 | Ethan Ramos (PUR) |
| 8 | Taimuraz Friev (ESP) |
| 9 | Akhmed Aibuev (FRA) |
| 10 | Noel Torres (MEX) |
| 11 | Uri Kalashnikov (ISR) |
| 12 | Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) |
| 13 | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) |
| 14 | Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) |
| 15 | Hayato Ishiguro (JPN) |
| 16 | Rasul Tsikhayeu (BLR) |
| 17 | Ivars Samušonoks (LAT) |
| 18 | Osman Göçen (TUR) |
| 19 | Sandeep Singh Mann (IND) |
| 20 | Ganbaataryn Gankhuyag (MGL) |
| 21 | Dzhemal Ali (BUL) |
| 22 | Sebastian Jezierzański (POL) |
| 23 | Piotr Ianulov (MDA) |
| 24 | Ahmed Dudarov (GER) |
| 25 | Mark Inguyesi (KEN) |