2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg

The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 16 and 17 September 2023.^[1]

Men's freestyle 70 kg at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	16–17 September 2023
Competitors	30 from 27 nations
Medalists
Zain Retherford    United States   Amir Mohammad Yazdani    Iran   Ramazan Ramazanov    Bulgaria   Arman Andreasyan    Armenia
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Main article: 2023 World Wrestling Championships

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

Final

	Final
	Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)	5
	Zain Retherford (USA)	8

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	12
	Marc Dietsche (SUI)	10F			Marc Dietsche (SUI)	6
	Brian Oloo (KEN)	0							Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	0
	Patryk Ołenczyn (POL)	1							Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)	10
	Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)	11			Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)	6
	Magomed Bashir Khaniev (AZE)	9			Magomed Bashir Khaniev (AZE)	0
	Sanzhar Doszhanov (KAZ)	2											Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)	13
	Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	11											Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	2
	Perman Hommadow (TKM)	0			Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	15
	Dániel Antal (HUN)	9F			Dániel Antal (HUN)	4
	Nikita Dmitrijevs Mayeuski (AIN)	4							Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	10F
	Cristian Santiago (MEX)	0							Amr Reda Hussen (EGY)	2
	Amr Reda Hussen (EGY)	10			Amr Reda Hussen (EGY)	14
	Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL)	2			Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO)	4
	Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO)	8

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
	Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	4
	Cao Nan (CHN)	1			Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	5
	Michael Asselstine (CAN)	0			Fati Vejseli (MKD)	2
	Fati Vejseli (MKD)	7							Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	5
	Yevgeny Zherbaev (AIN)	5							Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (JPN)	3
	Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (JPN)	9			Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (JPN)	6
	Jeong Yong-seok (KOR)	1			Servet Coşkun (TUR)	4
	Servet Coşkun (TUR)	4											Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	0
	Ihor Nykyforuk (UKR)	9											Zain Retherford (USA)	7
	Abhimanyu (UWW)	19F			Abhimanyu (UWW)	13
	Nicolai Grahmez (MDA)	15			Nicolai Grahmez (MDA)	2
	Zafarbek Otakhonov (UZB)	6							Abhimanyu (UWW)	2
	Mustafo Akhmedov (TJK)	8							Zain Retherford (USA)	9
	Kevin Henkel (GER)	0			Mustafo Akhmedov (TJK)	0
					Zain Retherford (USA)	4

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Patryk Ołenczyn (POL)	13			Patryk Ołenczyn (POL)	3			Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	6
	Magomed Bashir Khaniev (AZE)	10			Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	7			Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	8
					Mustafo Akhmedov (TJK)	1			Abhimanyu (UWW)	1
					Abhimanyu (UWW)	3			Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	12

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Zain Retherford (USA)
	Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)
	Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)
	Arman Andreasyan (ARM)
5	Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)
5	Abhimanyu (UWW)
7	Amr Reda Hussen (EGY)
8	Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (JPN)
9	Marc Dietsche (SUI)
10	Dániel Antal (HUN)
11	Patryk Ołenczyn (POL)
12	Magomed Bashir Khaniev (AZE)
13	Nicolai Grahmez (MDA)
14	Giorgi Elbakidze (GEO)
15	Fati Vejseli (MKD)
16	Mustafo Akhmedov (TJK)
17	Servet Coşkun (TUR)
18	Zafarbek Otakhonov (UZB)
19	Yevgeny Zherbaev (AIN)
20	Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL)
21	Sanzhar Doszhanov (KAZ)
22	Cao Nan (CHN)
23	Jeong Yong-seok (KOR)
24	Ihor Nykyforuk (UKR)
25	Nikita Dmitrijevs Mayeuski (AIN)
26	Michael Asselstine (CAN)
27	Kevin Henkel (GER)
28	Brian Oloo (KEN)
29	Cristian Santiago (MEX)
30	Perman Hommadow (TKM)

References

1. "70kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

External links

• Official website