# 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg

The men's freestyle 86 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 24 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 86 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

* D — Disqualified
* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Trent Hidlay (USA) | 3 |
| Tatsuya Shirai (JPN) | 3 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Nurtilek Karypbaev (KGZ) | 0 | | | | |
| Sajjad Gholami (IRI) | 6 | Trent Hidlay (USA) | 6 | | | | |
| Trent Hidlay (USA) | 15 | | | Trent Hidlay (USA) | 6 | | |
| Maksat Satybaldy (KAZ) | 12 | | | Maksat Satybaldy (KAZ) | 0 | | |
| Edward Lessing (RSA) | 2 | Maksat Satybaldy (KAZ) | 9 | | | | |
| | | Rakhim Magamadov (FRA) | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Trent Hidlay (USA) | 11 |
| | | | | | | Ivan Ichizli (MDA) | 1 |
| | | Ivan Ichizli (MDA) | 11 | | | | |
| Jaime García-Zozaya (ESP) | 0 | Knyaz Iboyan (ARM) | 3 | | | | |
| Knyaz Iboyan (ARM) | 10 | | | Ivan Ichizli (MDA) | 12 | | |
| Benjamin Greil (AUT) | 12 | | | Cezary Sadowski (POL) | 7 | | |
| César Ubico (GUA) | 0 | Benjamin Greil (AUT) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Cezary Sadowski (POL) | 6$^F$ | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Tatsuya Shirai (JPN) | 2 | | | | |
| Angelos Kouklaris (GRE) | 0 | Emre Çiftçi (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| Emre Çiftçi (TUR) | 10 | | | Tatsuya Shirai (JPN) | 3 | | |
| Steven Rodríguez (VEN) | 0 | | | Lars Schäfle (GER) | 1 | | |
| Lars Schäfle (GER) | 5 | Lars Schäfle (GER) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Jairo Rivera (PUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tatsuya Shirai (JPN) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Evsem Shvelidze (GEO) | 3 |
| | | Hunter Lee (CAN) | 5 | | | | |
| Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) | 19 | Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) | 8 | | | | |
| Ivars Samušonoks (LAT) | 9 | | | Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) | 4 | | |
| Mattia Nasello (ITA) | 11 | | | Evsem Shvelidze (GEO) | 11$^F$ | | |
| Chengiz Soltanlı (ISR) | 6 | Mattia Nasello (ITA) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Evsem Shvelidze (GEO) | 11 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Sajjad Gholami (IRI) | D | Nurtilek Karypbaev (KGZ) | 2 | Maksat Satybaldy (KAZ) | 3 |
| Nurtilek Karypbaev (KGZ) | WO | Maksat Satybaldy (KAZ) | 7 | Ivan Ichizli (MDA) | 4 |
| | | Emre Çiftçi (TUR) | 10 | Emre Çiftçi (TUR) | 12 |
| | | Lars Schäfle (GER) | 1 | Evsem Shvelidze (GEO) | 5 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Tatsuya Shirai (JPN) |
| | Trent Hidlay (USA) |
| | Ivan Ichizli (MDA) |
| | Emre Çiftçi (TUR) |
| 5 | Maksat Satybaldy (KAZ) |
| 5 | Evsem Shvelidze (GEO) |
| 7 | Lars Schäfle (GER) |
| 8 | Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) |
| 9 | Cezary Sadowski (POL) |
| 10 | Nurtilek Karypbaev (KGZ) |
| 11 | Knyaz Iboyan (ARM) |
| 12 | Benjamin Greil (AUT) |
| 13 | Mattia Nasello (ITA) |
| 14 | Ivars Samušonoks (LAT) |
| 15 | Rakhim Magamadov (FRA) |
| 16 | Chengiz Soltanlı (ISR) |
| 17 | Hunter Lee (CAN) |
| 18 | Edward Lessing (RSA) |
| 19 | Steven Rodríguez (VEN) |
| 20 | Jairo Rivera (PUR) |
| 21 | Jaime García (ESP) |
| 22 | Angelos Kouklaris (GRE) |
| 23 | César Ubico (GUA) |
| DSQ | Sajjad Gholami (IRI) |