# 2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg

The men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 20 and 21 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

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Fatih Erdin (TUR) | 2 |
| David Taylor (USA) | 12 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Fatih Erdin (TUR) | 8 | | | | |
| Ahmed Dudarov (GER) | 4 | Boris Makojev (SVK) | 7 | | | | |
| Boris Makojev (SVK) | 5$^F$ | | | Fatih Erdin (TUR) | 10 | | |
| Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 10 | | | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 0 | | |
| Akhmed Aibuev (FRA) | 0 | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 9 | | | | |
| Pawan Kumar (IND) | 0 | Mraz Dzhafarian (UKR) | 3 | | | | |
| Mraz Dzhafarian (UKR) | 6 | | | | | Fatih Erdin (TUR) | 7 |
| Ville Heino (FIN) | 10 | | | | | Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 4 |
| Domenic Abounader (LBN) | 0 | Ville Heino (FIN) | 9 | | | | |
| Edgaras Voitechovskis (LTU) | 7 | Edgaras Voitechovskis (LTU) | 2 | | | | |
| István Veréb (HUN) | 4 | | | Ville Heino (FIN) | 10 | | |
| Stefan Reichmuth (SUI) | 4 | | | Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 10 | | |
| Shota Shirai (JPN) | 1 | Stefan Reichmuth (SUI) | 1 | | | | |
| Pool Ambrocio (PER) | 0 | Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 4 | | | | |
| Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 8 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) | 6 | | | | | | |
| Carlos Izquierdo (COL) | 2 | Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) | 0 | | | | |
| Piotr Ianulov (MDA) | 2 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 9 | | | | |
| Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 5 | | | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 1 | | |
| Pedro Ceballos (VEN) | 11 | | | Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) | 5 | | |
| Guma Babiker Bashir (SUD) | 0 | Pedro Ceballos (VEN) | 0 | | | | |
| Murad Suleymanov (AZE) | 0 | Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) | 7 | | | | |
| Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) | 7 | | | | | Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) | 5 |
| Lin Zushen (CHN) | 0 | | | | | David Taylor (USA) | 7 |
| Orgodolyn Üitümen (MGL) | 10 | Orgodolyn Üitümen (MGL) | 2 | | | | |
| Abdurasul Vakhobov (UZB) | 2 | Yurieski Torreblanca (CUB) | 4 | | | | |
| Yurieski Torreblanca (CUB) | 6 | | | Yurieski Torreblanca (CUB) | 0 | | |
| Hajy Rajabau (BLR) | 9 | | | David Taylor (USA) | 8 | | |
| Adilet Davlumbayev (KAZ) | 2 | Hajy Rajabau (BLR) | 0 | | | | |
| Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 6 | David Taylor (USA) | 10 | | | | |
| David Taylor (USA) | 11 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | Boris Makojev (SVK) | 1 | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 2 |
| | | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 2 | Taimuraz Friev (ESP) | 7 |
| Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 10 | Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 10 | Hassan Yazdani (IRI) | 11 |
| Hajy Rajabau (BLR) | 0 | Yurieski Torreblanca (CUB) | 0 | Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) | 5 |