2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

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Men's freestyle 79 kg
at the 2024 U23 World Championships
Venue Tirana Olympic Park
Dates26–27 October
Competitors25 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg  
  2023
2025  

The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and will be held in Tirana, Albania on 26 and 27 October 2024. [1]

Contents

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

Final

Final
Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Lu  (CHN)5

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivan Harashuk  (UKR)4
Flag of Albania.svg  Arjan Danaj  (ALB)0 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)4
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivan Harashuk  (UKR)0
Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)11Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Owen Martin  (CAN)0 Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)10
Flag of Turkey.svg  Okan Tahtacı  (TUR)12 Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Matrullo  (ITA)0
Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Matrullo  (ITA)14Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)12
Flag of Japan.svg  Masaki Sato  (JPN)1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Umar Mavlaev  (SUI)0
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Mukhammad Abdullaev  (KGZ)0 Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Kennedy  (USA)9F
Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Kennedy  (USA)11Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Kennedy  (USA)6
Flag of Japan.svg  Masaki Sato  (JPN)5FFlag of Japan.svg  Masaki Sato  (JPN)8
ANA flag (2017).svg  Artsiom Belavusau  (ANA)0 Flag of Japan.svg  Masaki Sato  (JPN)10
Flag of Finland.svg  Joona Vuoti  (FIN)0

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of India.svg  Sahil Dalal  (IND)0
Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Pedzicki  (POL)2 ANA flag (2017).svg  Arsen Balaian  (ANA)10
ANA flag (2017).svg  Arsen Balaian  (ANA)13ANA flag (2017).svg  Arsen Balaian  (ANA)6F
Flag of Georgia.svg  Otari Adeishvili  (GEO)9 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhengis Kanybekov  (KAZ)1
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radomir Stoyanov  (BUL)10Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radomir Stoyanov  (BUL)0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhengis Kanybekov  (KAZ)10
ANA flag (2017).svg  Arsen Balaian  (ANA)2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Lu  (CHN)4
Flag of Romania.svg  Krisztian Biro  (ROU)1
Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Lu  (CHN)3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Lu  (CHN)10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Lu  (CHN)11
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Abdelhady  (EGY)12Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Abdelhady  (EGY)0
Flag of Moldova.svg  Gheorghi Cara  (MDA)10 Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Abdelhady  (EGY)16
Flag of Colombia.svg  Juan Cardozo  (COL)6

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Owen Martin  (CAN)6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivan Harashuk  (UKR)2Flag of Japan.svg  Masaki Sato  (JPN)11
Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Matrullo  (ITA)5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Owen Martin  (CAN)9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Owen Martin  (CAN)0
Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)4Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Abdelhady  (EGY)4ANA flag (2017).svg  Arsen Balaian  (ANA)9
Flag of Romania.svg  Krisztian Biro  (ROU)2Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)8Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)1

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Feng Lu  (CHN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Masaki Sato  (JPN)
Bronze medal icon.svgANA flag (2017).svg  Arsen Balaian  (ANA)
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Owen Martin  (CAN)
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)
7Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Kennedy  (USA)
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Abdelhady  (EGY)
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivan Harashuk  (UKR)
10Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)
11Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhengis Kanybekov  (KAZ)
12Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaele Matrullo  (ITA)
13Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radomir Stoyanov  (BUL)
14Flag of Romania.svg  Krisztian Biro  (ROU)
15Flag of Turkey.svg  Okan Tahtacı  (TUR)
16Flag of Moldova.svg  Gheorghi Cara  (MDA)
17Flag of Georgia.svg  Otari Adeishvili  (GEO)
18Flag of Colombia.svg  Juan Cardozo  (COL)
19Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Pedzicki  (POL)
20ANA flag (2017).svg  Artsiom Belavusau  (ANA)
21Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Umar Mavlaev  (SUI)
22Flag of Finland.svg  Joona Vuoti  (FIN)
23Flag of India.svg  Sahil Dalal  (IND)
24Flag of Albania.svg  Arjan Danaj  (ALB)
25Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Mukhammad Abdullaev  (KGZ)

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References

  1. "Competition Program U23 World Championships". uww.org. Retrieved 2024-10-18.