# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 87 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 23 and 24 September 2023.
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

* C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
* F — Won by fall

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Ali Cengiz (TUR) | 5$^F$ | | |
| Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ) | 3 | Ali Cengiz (TUR) | 8 |
| Semen Novikov (BUL) | 0 | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 7 |
| Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 10 | | |
* During the final between Ali Cengiz and Dávid Losonczi, Losonczi pinned his opponent but that didn't confirmed by the referees. On 15 November 2023, the United World Wrestling recognized that a serious refereeing mistake had been committed which changed the outcome of this bout. Therefore, the UWW declared both wrestlers as the winners of the contest and award a gold medal to Dávid Losonczi.

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Ali Cengiz (TUR) | 7 | | | | |
| | | Toni Metsomäki (FIN) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Ali Cengiz (TUR) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) | 1 | | |
| | | Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) | 5 | | | | |
| Zac Braunagel (USA) | 8 | Zac Braunagel (USA) | 1 | | | | |
| Azym Annamämmedow (TKM) | 3 | | | | | Ali Cengiz (TUR) | 3 |
| Luis Avendaño (VEN) | 4 | | | | | Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB) | 3 |
| Lukas Staudacher (AUT) | 2 | Luis Avendaño (VEN) | 0 | | | | |
| Exauce Mukubu (NOR) | 7 | Exauce Mukubu (NOR) | 10 | | | | |
| Milad Alirzaev (AIN) | 1 | | | Exauce Mukubu (NOR) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB) | 2 | | |
| | | John Omondi (KEN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB) | 8 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Mirco Minguzzi (ITA) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Park Sang-hyeok (KOR) | 1 | | |
| | | Daniel Vicente (MEX) | 1 | | | | |
| Manoj Kumar (UWW) | 0 | Park Sang-hyeok (KOR) | 9 | | | | |
| Park Sang-hyeok (KOR) | 9 | | | | | Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ) | 9 |
| Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL) | 8 | | | | | Nasser Alizadeh (IRI) | 4 |
| Ronisson Brandão (BRA) | 0 | Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Marcel Sterkenburg (NED) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Nasser Alizadeh (IRI) | 4 | | |
| | | Ilias Pagkalidis (GRE) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Nasser Alizadeh (IRI) | 6 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Alex Bjurberg Kessidis (SWE) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Qian Haitao (CHN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Alex Bjurberg Kessidis (SWE) | 4$^F$ | | |
| | | | | Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM) | 7 | | |
| | | Martynas Nemsevičius (LTU) | 0 | | | | |
| Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM) | 5 | Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM) | 10$^C$ | | | | |
| Daniel Grégorich (CUB) | 1 | | | | | Alex Bjurberg Kessidis (SWE) | 3 |
| Sultan Ali Eid (JOR) | 1 | | | | | Semen Novikov (BUL) | 5 |
| Lasha Gobadze (GEO) | 8 | Lasha Gobadze (GEO) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Ivan Huklek (CRO) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Lasha Gobadze (GEO) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Semen Novikov (BUL) | 3 | | |
| | | Mohamed Metwally (EGY) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Semen Novikov (BUL) | 9 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Damian von Euw (SUI) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Kiryl Maskevich (AIN) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Kiryl Maskevich (AIN) | 5 | | |
| Carlos Muñoz (COL) | 0 | | | Hannes Wagner (GER) | 3 | | |
| Hannes Wagner (GER) | 9 | Hannes Wagner (GER) | 1 | | | | |
| Masato Sumi (JPN) | 2 | Masato Sumi (JPN) | 1 | | | | |
| Andreas Välis (EST) | 0 | | | | | Kiryl Maskevich (AIN) | 1 |
| Viorel Burduja (MDA) | 1 | | | | | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 6 |
| Islam Abbasov (AZE) | 5 | Islam Abbasov (AZE) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Bachir Sid Azara (ALG) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Islam Abbasov (AZE) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 8 | | |
| | | Azat Salidinov (KGZ) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 8 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Toni Metsomäki (FIN) | 1 | Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) | 5 | Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) | 7 |
| Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) | 5 | Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB) | 3 | Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ) | 2 |
| Azat Salidinov (KGZ) | 1 | Islam Abbasov (AZE) | 6 | Islam Abbasov (AZE) | 3 |
| Islam Abbasov (AZE) | 5 | Kiryl Maskevich (AIN) | 1 | Semen Novikov (BUL) | 6 |
| Olympic wrestle-off | Olympic wrestle-off |
| Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ) | 8 |
| Islam Abbasov (AZE) | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Ali Cengiz (TUR) |
| | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) |
| | Zhan Beleniuk (UKR) |
| | Semen Novikov (BUL) |
| 5 | Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ) |
| 5 | Islam Abbasov (AZE) |
| 7 | Alex Bjurberg Kessidis (SWE) |
| 8 | Park Sang-hyeok (KOR) |
| 9 | Kiryl Maskevich (AIN) |
| 10 | Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB) |
| 11 | Exauce Mukubu (NOR) |
| 12 | Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL) |
| 13 | Hannes Wagner (GER) |
| 14 | Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM) |
| 15 | Lasha Gobadze (GEO) |
| 16 | Nasser Alizadeh (IRI) |
| 17 | Zac Braunagel (USA) |
| 18 | Masato Sumi (JPN) |
| 19 | Luis Avendaño (VEN) |
| 20 | Toni Metsomäki (FIN) |
| 21 | Ilias Pagkalidis (GRE) |
| 22 | Azym Annamämmedow (TKM) |
| 23 | Lukas Staudacher (AUT) |
| 24 | Mirco Minguzzi (ITA) |
| 25 | Ivan Huklek (CRO) |
| 26 | Bachir Sid Azara (ALG) |
| 27 | Qian Haitao (CHN) |
| 28 | Daniel Grégorich (CUB) |
| 29 | Viorel Burduja (MDA) |
| 30 | Marcel Sterkenburg (NED) |
| 31 | Milad Alirzaev (AIN) |
| 32 | Sultan Ali Eid (JOR) |
| 33 | Daniel Vicente (MEX) |
| 34 | Azat Salidinov (KGZ) |
| 35 | Andreas Välis (EST) |
| 36 | John Omondi (KEN) |
| 37 | Ronisson Brandão (BRA) |
| 38 | Manoj Kumar (UWW) |
| 39 | Mohamed Metwally (EGY) |
| 40 | Carlos Muñoz (COL) |
| 41 | Damian von Euw (SUI) |
| 42 | Martynas Nemsevičius (LTU) |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics