2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg

The men's freestyle 57 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 17 and 18 September 2023.^[1]

Men's freestyle 57 kg at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	17–18 September 2023
Competitors	33 from 30 nations
Medalists
Stevan Mićić    Serbia   Rei Higuchi    Japan   Arsen Harutyunyan    Armenia   Zelimkhan Abakarov    Albania
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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

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Rei Higuchi (JPN)	11
	Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ)	0			Rei Higuchi (JPN)	4
	Stevan Mićić (SRB)	6			Stevan Mićić (SRB)	7
	Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)	2

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Zou Wanhao (CHN)	4
					Muhammad Bilal (PAK)	0
									Zou Wanhao (CHN)	1
									Rei Higuchi (JPN)	4
					Rei Higuchi (JPN)	10
					Georgi Vangelov (BUL)	0
													Rei Higuchi (JPN)	16
	Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)	14											Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)	14
	Kamil Kerymov (UKR)	3			Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)	14
					Simone Piroddu (ITA)	2
									Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)	11
									Vladimir Egorov (MKD)	0
					Vladimir Egorov (MKD)	4
					Roberti Dingashvili (GEO)	2

Section 2

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ)	7
					Diamantino Iuna Fafé (GBS)	2
									Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ)	1
									Niklas Stechele (GER)	5
					Niklas Stechele (GER)	6
					Süleyman Atlı (TUR)	5
													Niklas Stechele (GER)	1
													Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ)	4
					Ben Hachem Tarik (MAR)	0
					Gamal Mohamed (EGY)	10
									Gamal Mohamed (EGY)	0
									Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ)	10
					Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ)	5
					Darian Cruz (PUR)	5

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Zandanbudyn Zanabazar (MGL)	6
					Dzmitry Shamela (AIN)	0
									Zandanbudyn Zanabazar (MGL)	0
									Zaur Uguev (AIN)	6
					Zaur Uguev (AIN)	10
					Levan Metreveli (ESP)	0
													Zaur Uguev (AIN)	7
													Stevan Mićić (SRB)	9
					Gayan Ekanayake (SRI)	0
					Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB)	10
									Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB)	2
									Stevan Mićić (SRB)	7
					Kim Guk-hyeon (KOR)	0
					Stevan Mićić (SRB)	11

Section 4

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Aliabbas Rzazade (AZE)	3
					Zane Richards (USA)	2
									Aliabbas Rzazade (AZE)	4
									Milad Valizadeh (IRI)	8
					Milad Valizadeh (IRI)	4
					Răzvan Kovacs (ROU)	1
													Milad Valizadeh (IRI)	2
													Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)	12
					Aman Sehrawat (UWW)	11
					Igor Chichioi (MDA)	0
									Aman Sehrawat (UWW)	0
									Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)	11
					Treye Trotman (CAN)	2
					Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)	13

Repechage

	Repechage round 2				Repechage round 3				Bronze medals
	Georgi Vangelov (BUL)	1			Zou Wanhao (CHN)	0			Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)	11
	Zou Wanhao (CHN)	7			Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)	10			Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ)	0
	Kim Guk-hyeon (KOR)	0			Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB)	0			Zaur Uguev (AIN)	4
	Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB)	10F			Zaur Uguev (AIN)	10			Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)	4

	Olympic wrestle-off
	Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ)	0
	Zaur Uguev (AIN)	4

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Stevan Mićić (SRB)
	Rei Higuchi (JPN)
	Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)
	Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)
5	Zaur Uguev (AIN)
5	Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ)
7	Gulomjon Abdullaev (UZB)
8	Milad Valizadeh (IRI)
9	Niklas Stechele (GER)
10	Zou Wanhao (CHN)
11	Aman Sehrawat (UWW)
12	Gamal Mohamed (EGY)
13	Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ)
14	Aliabbas Rzazade (AZE)
15	Zandanbudyn Zanabazar (MGL)
16	Vladimir Egorov (MKD)
17	Darian Cruz (PUR)
18	Süleyman Atlı (TUR)
19	Kamil Kerymov (UKR)
20	Zane Richards (USA)
21	Roberti Dingashvili (GEO)
22	Diamantino Iuna Fafé (GBS)
23	Treye Trotman (CAN)
24	Simone Piroddu (ITA)
25	Răzvan Kovacs (ROU)
26	Georgi Vangelov (BUL)
27	Muhammad Bilal (PAK)
28	Dzmitry Shamela (AIN)
29	Ben Hachem Tarik (MAR)
30	Levan Metreveli (ESP)
31	Gayan Ekanayake (SRI)
32	Igor Chichioi (MDA)
33	Kim Guk-hyeon (KOR)

Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics