2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 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 74 kg at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	17–18 September 2023
Competitors	45 from 42 nations
Medalists
Zaurbek Sidakov   Kyle Dake    United States   Khetag Tsabolov    Serbia   Daichi Takatani    Japan
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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

• C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
• F — Won by fall

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Turan Bayramov (AZE)	1
	Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN)	5			Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN)	10
	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	1			Kyle Dake (USA)	7
	Kyle Dake (USA)	4

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Soner Demirtaş (TUR)	10
					Tymur Hudyma (UKR)	0
									Soner Demirtaş (TUR)	3
									Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM)	0
					Abdul Jamal Spartan (UGA)	0
	Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM)	7			Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM)	12F
	Anthony Montero (VEN)	6											Soner Demirtaş (TUR)	4
	Tobias Portmann (SUI)	6											Turan Bayramov (AZE)	5
	Naveen Malik (UWW)	12			Naveen Malik (UWW)	4
	Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	3			Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	6
	Tim Müller (GER)	1							Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)	0
									Turan Bayramov (AZE)	8F
					Magomedrasul Asluev (BRN)	0
					Turan Bayramov (AZE)	10

Section 2

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Olonbayaryn Süldkhüü (MGL)	1
					Khetag Tsabolov (SRB)	11
									Khetag Tsabolov (SRB)	13
	Adam Thomson (CAN)	11							Lu Feng (CHN)	2
	Malik Amine (SMR)	6			Adam Thomson (CAN)	0
	Anthony Wesley (CPV)	0			Lu Feng (CHN)	10
	Lu Feng (CHN)	10											Khetag Tsabolov (SRB)	4
	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	12											Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN)	6
	Kamil Rybicki (POL)	1			Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	0
	Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO)	6			Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN)	3
	Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN)	7							Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN)	6
									Younes Emami (IRI)	0
					Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)	0
					Younes Emami (IRI)	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)	8
					Vasile Diacon (MDA)	2
									Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)	4
									Rasul Shapiev (MKD)	3
					Inayat Ullah (PAK)	2
	Lee Seung-chul (KOR)	0			Rasul Shapiev (MKD)	3
	Rasul Shapiev (MKD)	8											Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)	3
	Kakageldi Agaýew (TKM)	0											Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	4
	Shane Jones (PUR)	10			Shane Jones (PUR)	3
	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	7			Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	12
	Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau (AIN)	6							Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	8
									Mitch Finesilver (ISR)	4
					Mathayo Mahabila (KEN)	1
					Mitch Finesilver (ISR)	11

Section 4

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Murad Kuramagomedov (HUN)	10
					César Alvan (BRA)	0
									Murad Kuramagomedov (HUN)	0
	Daichi Takatani (JPN)	7							Daichi Takatani (JPN)	5
	Frank Chamizo (ITA)	2			Daichi Takatani (JPN)	17
	Anthony Valencia (MEX)	10F			Anthony Valencia (MEX)	5
	Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)	14											Daichi Takatani (JPN)	4
	Erik Reinbok (EST)	4											Kyle Dake (USA)	6
	Simon Marchl (AUT)	2			Erik Reinbok (EST)	0
					Nurkozha Kaipanov (KAZ)	10
									Nurkozha Kaipanov (KAZ)	4
									Kyle Dake (USA)	9
					Magomet Evloev (TJK)	2
					Kyle Dake (USA)	12

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Repechage round 3				Bronze medals
	Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO)	10			Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO)	0			Younes Emami (IRI)	4			Khetag Tsabolov (SRB)	6
	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)	4			Younes Emami (IRI)	10			Khetag Tsabolov (SRB)	11			Turan Bayramov (AZE)	4
					Magomet Evloev (TJK)	1			Nurkozha Kaipanov (KAZ)	3			Daichi Takatani (JPN)	6F
					Nurkozha Kaipanov (KAZ)	6			Daichi Takatani (JPN)	5			Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	4

	Olympic wrestle-off
	Turan Bayramov (AZE)	8
	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	8C

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Zaurbek Sidakov (AIN)
	Kyle Dake (USA)
	Khetag Tsabolov (SRB)
	Daichi Takatani (JPN)
5	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)
5	Turan Bayramov (AZE)
7	Lu Feng (CHN)
8	Nurkozha Kaipanov (KAZ)
9	Hrayr Alikhanyan (ARM)
10	Younes Emami (IRI)
11	Soner Demirtaş (TUR)
12	Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)
13	Rasul Shapiev (MKD)
14	Anthony Valencia (MEX)
15	Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ)
16	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB)
17	Mitch Finesilver (ISR)
18	Shane Jones (PUR)
19	Murad Kuramagomedov (HUN)
20	Naveen Malik (UWW)
21	Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO)
22	Adam Thomson (CAN)
23	Erik Reinbok (EST)
24	Magomet Evloev (TJK)
25	Anthony Montero (VEN)
26	Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau (AIN)
27	Malik Amine (SMR)
28	Tobias Portmann (SUI)
29	Inayat Ullah (PAK)
30	Simon Marchl (AUT)
31	Frank Chamizo (ITA)
32	Vasile Diacon (MDA)
33	Tim Müller (GER)
34	Olonbayaryn Süldkhüü (MGL)
35	Mathayo Mahabila (KEN)
36	Kamil Rybicki (POL)
37	Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)
38	Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev (BUL)
39	Lee Seung-chul (KOR)
40	Tymur Hudyma (UKR)
41	Magomedrasul Asluev (BRN)
42	Anthony Wesley (CPV)
43	Kakageldi Agaýew (TKM)
44	César Alvan (BRA)
45	Abdul Jamal Spartan (UGA)

Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics