# Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 86 kg

Men's freestyle 86 kilograms competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place on August 20 at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca.
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.
Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.

## Schedule

All times are Brasília Standard Time (UTC−03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 20 August 2016 | 10:00 | Qualification rounds |
| 20 August 2016 | 16:00 | Repechage |
| 20 August 2016 | 17:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Legend

* D — Disqualified
* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS) | 5 |
| Selim Yaşar (TUR) | 0 |

### Top half

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS) | 10 | | | | |
| István Veréb (HUN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS) | 5 | | |
| | | Pedro Ceballos (VEN) | 0 | | |
| Pedro Ceballos (VEN) | 6 | | | | |
| Mohamed Zaghloul (EGY) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS) | 8 |
| | | | | Sharif Sharifov (AZE) | 1 |
| Bi Shengfeng (CHN) | 0 | | | | |
| Sharif Sharifov (AZE) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Sharif Sharifov (AZE) | 7 | | |
| | | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 0 | | |
| Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) | 2 | | | | |
| Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) | 2 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Qualifications | Qualifications | 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | 1/4 finals | 1/4 finals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Selim Yaşar (TUR) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Jaime Espinal (PUR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Selim Yaşar (TUR) | 5 | | |
| | | | | Reineris Salas (CUB) | 2 | | |
| | | Reineris Salas (CUB) | 4$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Selim Yaşar (TUR) | 2 |
| | | | | | | J'den Cox (USA) | 1 |
| | | J'den Cox (USA) | 7 | | | | |
| Aslan Kakhidze (KAZ) | 7 | Amarhajy Mahamedau (BLR) | 1 | | | | |
| Amarhajy Mahamedau (BLR) | 11 | | | J'den Cox (USA) | 5 | | |
| Orgodolyn Üitümen (MGL) | 6 | | | Alireza Karimi (IRI) | 1 | | |
| Mihail Ganev (BUL) | 4$^F$ | Mihail Ganev (BUL) | 2 | | | | |
| Alireza Karimi (IRI) | 9 | Alireza Karimi (IRI) | 7 | | | | |
| Mohamed Saadaoui (TUN) | 0 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| István Veréb (HUN) | 6 | Pedro Ceballos (VEN) | 1 |
| Pedro Ceballos (VEN) | 7 | Sharif Sharifov (AZE) | 5 |
| Jaime Espinal (PUR) | 4 | Reineris Salas (CUB) | 1$^D$ |
| Reineris Salas (CUB) | 6 | J'den Cox (USA) | 3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS) |
| | Selim Yaşar (TUR) |
| | Sharif Sharifov (AZE) |
| | J'den Cox (USA) |
| 5 | Pedro Ceballos (VEN) |
| 5 | Reineris Salas (CUB) |
| 7 | Alireza Karimi (IRI) |
| 8 | Mihail Ganev (BUL) |
| 9 | Amarhajy Mahamedau (BLR) |
| 10 | Zbigniew Baranowski (POL) |
| 11 | Jaime Espinal (PUR) |
| 12 | Aslan Kakhidze (KAZ) |
| 13 | István Veréb (HUN) |
| 14 | Sandro Aminashvili (GEO) |
| 15 | Orgodolyn Üitümen (MGL) |
| 16 | Kim Gwan-uk (KOR) |
| 17 | Mohamed Zaghloul (EGY) |
| 18 | Mohamed Saadaoui (TUN) |
| 19 | Bi Shengfeng (CHN) |