# 2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg

The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 15 and 16 September 2022.
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 |
| Taishi Narikuni (JPN) | 10 |
| Zain Retherford (USA) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) | 14 | | | | |
| Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 7 | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) | 2 | | | | |
| Vincent De Marinis (CAN) | 0 | | | Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) | 11 | | |
| Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL) | 7 | | | Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL) | 0 | | |
| Fati Vejseli (MKD) | 4 | Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL) | 13 | | | | |
| Dániel Antal (HUN) | 4 | Bacar Ndum (GBS) | 2 | | | | |
| Bacar Ndum (GBS) | 8 | | | | | Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) | 10 |
| Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) | | | | | | Taishi Narikuni (JPN) | 11 |
| Josh Finesilver (ISR) | WO | Josh Finesilver (ISR) | 0 | | | | |
| Anthony Wesley (CPV) | 0 | Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB) | 10 | | | | |
| Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB) | 11 | | | Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB) | 0 | | |
| Taishi Narikuni (JPN) | 6 | | | Taishi Narikuni (JPN) | 11 | | |
| Naveen Malik (IND) | 1 | Taishi Narikuni (JPN) | 11$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ) | 4 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Arman Andreasyan (ARM) | 6 | | | | |
| Elie Djekoundakom (CHA) | 0 | Gianluca Talamo (ITA) | 2 | | | | |
| Gianluca Talamo (ITA) | 10 | | | Arman Andreasyan (ARM) | 0 | | |
| Marc Dietsche (SUI) | 4 | | | Zain Retherford (USA) | 5 | | |
| Daniel Chomanič (SVK) | 1 | Marc Dietsche (SUI) | 0 | | | | |
| Kevin Henkel (GER) | 0 | Zain Retherford (USA) | 4$^F$ | | | | |
| Zain Retherford (USA) | 10 | | | | | Zain Retherford (USA) | 7 |
| Servet Coşkun (TUR) | 6 | | | | | Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO) | 0 |
| Wurenibai Nuerlanbieke (CHN) | 6 | Servet Coşkun (TUR) | 7 | | | | |
| Jeong Yong-seok (KOR) | 7 | Jeong Yong-seok (KOR) | 3 | | | | |
| Oleksii Boruta (UKR) | 4 | | | Servet Coşkun (TUR) | 0 | | |
| Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL) | 3 | | | Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO) | 2 | | |
| Joshgun Azimov (AZE) | 3 | Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO) | 2 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Naveen Malik (IND) | 11 | Naveen Malik (IND) | WO | Naveen Malik (IND) | 1 |
| Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ) | 3 | Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB) | | Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) | 4 |
| Kevin Henkel (GER) | 6 | Kevin Henkel (GER) | 1 | Arman Andreasyan (ARM) | 5 |
| Marc Dietsche (SUI) | 2 | Arman Andreasyan (ARM) | 3 | Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO) | 5 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Taishi Narikuni (JPN) |
| | Zain Retherford (USA) |
| | Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) |
| | Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO) |
| 5 | Naveen Malik (IND) |
| 5 | Arman Andreasyan (ARM) |
| 7 | Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL) |
| 8 | Servet Coşkun (TUR) |
| 9 | Gianluca Talamo (ITA) |
| 10 | Josh Finesilver (ISR) |
| 11 | Jeong Yong-seok (KOR) |
| 12 | Bacar Ndum (GBS) |
| 13 | Maxim Saculţan (MDA) |
| 14 | Kevin Henkel (GER) |
| 15 | Marc Dietsche (SUI) |
| 16 | Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL) |
| 17 | Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ) |
| 18 | Wurenibai Nuerlanbieke (CHN) |
| 19 | Fati Vejseli (MKD) |
| 20 | Oleksii Boruta (UKR) |
| 21 | Dániel Antal (HUN) |
| 22 | Joshgun Azimov (AZE) |
| 23 | Daniel Chomanič (SVK) |
| 24 | Vincent De Marinis (CAN) |
| 25 | Elie Djekoundakom (CHA) |
| 26 | Anthony Wesley (CPV) |
| — | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) |
| — | Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB) |