2024 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg

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Men's freestyle 70 kg
at the 2024 World Championships
Venue Tirana Olympic Park
Dates30–31 October 2024
Competitors25 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
  2023
2025  

The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tirana, Albania on 30 and 31 October. [1] [2]

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.

Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit, including two halves of three minutes. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.

Nurkozha Kaipanov from Kazakhstan won the gold medal. [3] [4] He became the second Kazakh male freestyle wrestler to win a World Championship title. [5]

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshinosuke Aoyagi  (JPN)3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nurkozha Kaipanov  (KAZ)5

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Armenia.svg  Arman Andreasyan  (ARM)7
Flag of Romania.svg  Ștefan Coman  (ROU)1 Flag of Albania.svg  Eriglent Prizreni  (ALB)2
Flag of Albania.svg  Eriglent Prizreni  (ALB)8Flag of Armenia.svg  Arman Andreasyan  (ARM)0
Flag of Germany.svg  Kizhan Clarke  (GER)0 White flag of surrender.svg Inalbek Sheriev (AIN)2
White flag of surrender.svg Inalbek Sheriev (AIN)10White flag of surrender.svg Inalbek Sheriev (AIN)13
Flag of India.svg  Manish Goswami  (IND)0 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)2
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)10White flag of surrender.svg Inalbek Sheriev (AIN)1
Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshinosuke Aoyagi  (JPN)6
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Fati Vejseli  (MKD)0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Shuptar  (UKR)10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Shuptar  (UKR)6F
Flag of Poland.svg  Patryk Ołenczyn  (POL)6 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Shuptar  (UKR)2
Flag of Turkey.svg  Yasin Yeşil  (TUR)3Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshinosuke Aoyagi  (JPN)12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Shijian  (CHN)3 Flag of Turkey.svg  Yasin Yeşil  (TUR)0
Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshinosuke Aoyagi  (JPN)11

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Akaki Kemertelidze  (GEO)10
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Peiman Biabani  (CAN)2 Flag of the United States.svg  James Green  (USA)4
Flag of the United States.svg  James Green  (USA)5Flag of Georgia.svg  Akaki Kemertelidze  (GEO)2
Flag of Israel.svg  Mitch Finesilver  (ISR)0 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nurkozha Kaipanov  (KAZ)12
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nurkozha Kaipanov  (KAZ)9Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nurkozha Kaipanov  (KAZ)14
Flag of Moldova.svg  Nicolai Grahmez  (MDA)2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nurkozha Kaipanov  (KAZ)13
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Abdulmazhid Kudiev  (TJK)2
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Alibek Osmonov  (KGZ)0
Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)10Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)10
White flag of surrender.svg Niurgun Skriabin (AIN)0 Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)5
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen  (MGL)0 Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Abdulmazhid Kudiev  (TJK)6
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Abdulmazhid Kudiev  (TJK)11Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Abdulmazhid Kudiev  (TJK)12F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Ramazan Ramazanov  (BUL)2

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Turkey.svg  Yasin Yeşil  (TUR)1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Shuptar  (UKR)0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Shuptar  (UKR)5White flag of surrender.svg Inalbek Sheriev (AIN)10
Flag of Israel.svg  Mitch Finesilver  (ISR)11Flag of Israel.svg  Mitch Finesilver  (ISR)1Flag of Georgia.svg  Akaki Kemertelidze  (GEO)2
Flag of Moldova.svg  Nicolai Grahmez  (MDA)0Flag of Georgia.svg  Akaki Kemertelidze  (GEO)8Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Abdulmazhid Kudiev  (TJK)13

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nurkozha Kaipanov  (KAZ)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Yoshinosuke Aoyagi  (JPN)
Bronze medal icon.svgWhite flag of surrender.svg Inalbek Sheriev (AIN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Abdulmazhid Kudiev  (TJK)
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Shuptar  (UKR)
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Akaki Kemertelidze  (GEO)
7Flag of Iran.svg  Sina Khalili  (IRI)
8Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Kanan Heybatov  (AZE)
9Flag of Israel.svg  Mitch Finesilver  (ISR)
10Flag of Albania.svg  Eriglent Prizreni  (ALB)
11Flag of the United States.svg  James Green  (USA)
12Flag of Turkey.svg  Yasin Yeşil  (TUR)
13Flag of Armenia.svg  Arman Andreasyan  (ARM)
14Flag of Poland.svg  Patryk Ołenczyn  (POL)
15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Shijian  (CHN)
16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Peiman Biabani  (CAN)
17Flag of Moldova.svg  Nicolai Grahmez  (MDA)
18Flag of Romania.svg  Ștefan Coman  (ROU)
19Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Ramazan Ramazanov  (BUL)
20Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Fati Vejseli  (MKD)
21Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Alibek Osmonov  (KGZ)
22Flag of Germany.svg  Kizhan Clarke  (GER)
23Flag of India.svg  Manish Goswami  (IND)
24White flag of surrender.svg Niurgun Skriabin (AIN)
25Flag of Mongolia.svg  Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen  (MGL)

References

  1. "Freestyle – Seniors – 70 kg – Results". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. "2024 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  3. "Kazakhstan's Nurkozha Kaipanov Wins Gold at 2024 World Wrestling Championships". astanatimes.com. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. "Taylor, Arujau score men's freestyle bronze to conclude Senior World Championships". USA Wrestling . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  5. "Nurkozha Kaipanov secures gold at World Championships – Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana". Kazakhstan Today. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.