| 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | Women | |
| 57 kg | 55 kg | 50 kg | |
| 61 kg | 60 kg | 53 kg | |
| 65 kg | 63 kg | 55 kg | |
| 70 kg | 67 kg | 57 kg | |
| 74 kg | 72 kg | 59 kg | |
| 79 kg | 77 kg | 62 kg | |
| 86 kg | 82 kg | 65 kg | |
| 92 kg | 87 kg | 68 kg | |
| 97 kg | 97 kg | 72 kg | |
| 125 kg | 130 kg | 76 kg | |
The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 1 and 2 November. [1] [2]
| Gold |  Mavlud Rizmanov (RUS) |
| Silver |  Pouya Dadmarz (IRI) |
| Bronze |  Adem Uzun (TUR) |
 Nihad Guluzade (AZE) |
| Final | |||
| Mavlud Rizmanov (RUS) | 3 | ||
| Pouya Dadmarz (IRI) | 1 | ||
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Arslan Abdurakhmanov (KAZ) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Denis Demirov (BUL) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Arslan Abdurakhmanov (KAZ) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Akyikat Kulzhigit (KGZ) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Akyikat Kulzhigit (KGZ) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Sebastian Kolompar (SRB) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Arslan Abdurakhmanov (KAZ) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mavlud Rizmanov (RUS) | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Mavlud Rizmanov (RUS) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Bajram Sina (ALB) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mavlud Rizmanov (RUS) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Adem Uzun (TUR) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Adem Uzun (TUR) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
 Arshad Arshad (IND) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Giorgi Tokhadze (GEO) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Ashot Mkhitaryan (ARM) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Giorgi Tokhadze (GEO) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Taylor LaMont (USA) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Artiom Deleanu (MDA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Taylor LaMont (USA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Taylor LaMont (USA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pouya Dadmarz (IRI) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Nihad Guluzade (AZE) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Ikhtiyor Botirov (UZB) | 1 | Pouya Dadmarz (IRI) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pouya Dadmarz (IRI) | 6 | Pouya Dadmarz (IRI) | 9 | ||||||||||||
 Snorre Lund (NOR) | 0 |  Taras Krupski (UKR) | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Denis Mihai (ROU) | 8 | Denis Mihai (ROU) | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Grzegorz Hildebrand (POL) | 0 | Taras Krupski (UKR) | 3F | ||||||||||||
| Taras Krupski (UKR) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | ||||||||
| Bajram Sina (ALB) | Adem Uzun (TUR) | 4F | ||||||||
| Adem Uzun (TUR) | WO | Arslan Abdurakhmanov (KAZ) | 0 | |||||||
| Ikhtiyor Botirov (UZB) | 3 | Nihad Guluzade (AZE) | 8 | Nihad Guluzade (AZE) | 9 | |||||
| Nihad Guluzade (AZE) | 7 | Taras Krupski (UKR) | 0 | Taylor LaMont (USA) | 0 | |||||
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