2025 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg

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Men's freestyle 61 kg
at the 2025 World Championships
Venue Arena Zagreb
Dates13–14 September 2025
Competitors26 from 24 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg  
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
  2024
2026  

The men's freestyle 61 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Zagreb, Croatia on 13 and 14 September 2025. [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
UWW Flag icon.png Zaur Uguev (UWW)11
Flag of Iran.svg  Ahmad Javan  (IRI)2

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
UWW Flag icon.png Zaur Uguev (UWW)11
Flag of Armenia.svg  Manvel Khndzrtsyan  (ARM)6Flag of Armenia.svg  Manvel Khndzrtsyan  (ARM)0
Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Piroddu  (ITA)1 UWW Flag icon.png Zaur Uguev (UWW)13
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Besir Alili  (MKD)1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assylzhan Yessengeldi  (KAZ)2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Georgii Okorokov  (AUS)7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Georgii Okorokov  (AUS)0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assylzhan Yessengeldi  (KAZ)10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assylzhan Yessengeldi  (KAZ)11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Nino Leutert  (SUI)0 UWW Flag icon.png Zaur Uguev (UWW)10
Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)3
Flag of India.svg  Udit Kumar  (IND)0
Flag of Yemen.svg  Ibrahim Guzan  (YEM)0 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu  (KGZ)2
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu  (KGZ)10FFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu  (KGZ)8
Flag of South Korea.svg  Han Sang-boum  (KOR)0 Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)13
Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)10Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)7
Flag of Japan.svg  Takara Suda  (JPN)2

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Giorgi Goniashvili  (GEO)4
Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Kum-hyok  (PRK)5Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Kum-hyok  (PRK)15
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Dylan Shawver  (PUR)4 Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Kum-hyok  (PRK)10
Flag of Albania.svg  Zelimkhan Abakarov  (ALB)3Flag of Moldova.svg  Leonid Colesnic  (MDA)0
Flag of Turkey.svg  Emrah Ormanoğlu  (TUR)0 Flag of Albania.svg  Zelimkhan Abakarov  (ALB)4
Flag of Moldova.svg  Leonid Colesnic  (MDA)7
Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Kum-hyok  (PRK)2
UWW Flag icon.png Dzmitry Shamela (UWW)9Flag of Iran.svg  Ahmad Javan  (IRI)3
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga  (MGL)7 UWW Flag icon.png Dzmitry Shamela (UWW)4
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kamil Kerymov  (UKR)12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kamil Kerymov  (UKR)15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Zezhong  (CHN)2 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kamil Kerymov  (UKR)4
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Josh Kramer  (ECU)2 Flag of Iran.svg  Ahmad Javan  (IRI)8
Flag of Iran.svg  Ahmad Javan  (IRI)13Flag of Iran.svg  Ahmad Javan  (IRI)5
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Nuraddin Novruzov  (AZE)2

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Armenia.svg  Manvel Khndzrtsyan  (ARM)4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assylzhan Yessengeldi  (KAZ)10
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assylzhan Yessengeldi  (KAZ)11FFlag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)8
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Josh Kramer  (ECU)0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Nuraddin Novruzov  (AZE)12Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Nuraddin Novruzov  (AZE)6F
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Nuraddin Novruzov  (AZE)10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kamil Kerymov  (UKR)2Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Kum-hyok  (PRK)0

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgUWW Flag icon.png Zaur Uguev (UWW)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Ahmad Javan  (IRI)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assylzhan Yessengeldi  (KAZ)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Nuraddin Novruzov  (AZE)
5Flag of the United States.svg  Jax Forrest  (USA)
5Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Kum-hyok  (PRK)
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kamil Kerymov  (UKR)
8Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu  (KGZ)
9UWW Flag icon.png Dzmitry Shamela (UWW)
10Flag of Albania.svg  Zelimkhan Abakarov  (ALB)
11Flag of Armenia.svg  Manvel Khndzrtsyan  (ARM)
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Georgii Okorokov  (AUS)
13Flag of Moldova.svg  Leonid Colesnic  (MDA)
14Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga  (MGL)
15Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Dylan Shawver  (PUR)
16Flag of Georgia.svg  Giorgi Goniashvili  (GEO)
17Flag of Japan.svg  Takara Suda  (JPN)
18Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Zezhong  (CHN)
19Flag of Ecuador.svg  Josh Kramer  (ECU)
20Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Piroddu  (ITA)
21Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Besir Alili  (MKD)
22Flag of India.svg  Udit Kumar  (IND)
23Flag of Turkey.svg  Emrah Ormanoğlu  (TUR)
24Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Nino Leutert  (SUI)
25Flag of Yemen.svg  Ibrahim Guzan  (YEM)
26Flag of South Korea.svg  Han Sang-boum  (KOR)

References

  1. "Freestyle – Seniors – 61 kg – Results". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 12 September 2025.