2025 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

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Men's freestyle 79 kg
at the 2025 World Championships
Venue Arena Zagreb
Dates14–15 September 2025
Competitors27 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
  2024
2026  

The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships, and will be held in Zagreb, Croatia on 14 and 15 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
Flag of Greece.svg  Georgios Kougioumtsidis  (GRE)3
Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)2

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Achsarbek Gulajev  (SVK)1
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Dzhabrail Gadzhiev  (AZE)WOFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Dzhabrail Gadzhiev  (AZE)2
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Alfred Daniel  (SLE) Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Dzhabrail Gadzhiev  (AZE)0
Flag of Croatia.svg  Marko Nikolić  (CRO)0 Flag of Greece.svg  Georgios Kougioumtsidis  (GRE)8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Aheiyou Tuerxun  (CHN)8FFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Aheiyou Tuerxun  (CHN)0
Flag of Greece.svg  Georgios Kougioumtsidis  (GRE)10Flag of Greece.svg  Georgios Kougioumtsidis  (GRE)11
Flag of Japan.svg  Ryunosuke Kamiya  (JPN)0 Flag of Greece.svg  Georgios Kougioumtsidis  (GRE)8
Flag of Iran.svg  Mohammad Nokhodi  (IRI)3
Flag of Iran.svg  Mohammad Nokhodi  (IRI)4
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Mikey Labriola  (PUR)10Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Mikey Labriola  (PUR)0
Flag of India.svg  Amit Chhikara  (IND)0 Flag of Iran.svg  Mohammad Nokhodi  (IRI)2
Flag of Latvia.svg  Alans Amirovs  (LAT)0 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Mykhailov  (UKR)1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Mykhailov  (UKR)11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Mykhailov  (UKR)6F
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Magomet Evloev  (TJK)2

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Vladimeri Gamkrelidze  (GEO)1
Flag of Romania.svg  Iakub Shikhdzamalov  (ROU)2 UWW Flag icon.png Akhmed Usmanov (UWW)4
UWW Flag icon.png Akhmed Usmanov (UWW)6UWW Flag icon.png Akhmed Usmanov (UWW)2
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Dejan Mitrov  (MKD)3 Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)3
Flag of South Korea.svg  Seo Bum-gue  (KOR)3Flag of South Korea.svg  Seo Bum-gue  (KOR)0
Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)5Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)10
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Khidir Saipudinov  (BRN)2 Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)4
Flag of France.svg  Zelimkhan Khadjiev  (FRA)11Flag of Mongolia.svg  Olonbayaryn Süldkhüü  (MGL)1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Patrik Leder  (CAN)0 Flag of France.svg  Zelimkhan Khadjiev  (FRA)7
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Azymberdi Saparow  (TKM)5 Flag of Moldova.svg  Vlad Stratan  (MDA)2
Flag of Moldova.svg  Vlad Stratan  (MDA)14Flag of France.svg  Zelimkhan Khadjiev  (FRA)1
Flag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Olonbayaryn Süldkhüü  (MGL)3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Bolat Sakayev  (KAZ)4 Flag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)5
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Olonbayaryn Süldkhüü  (MGL)11

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Japan.svg  Ryunosuke Kamiya  (JPN)11Flag of Japan.svg  Ryunosuke Kamiya  (JPN)3Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Dzhabrail Gadzhiev  (AZE)2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Aheiyou Tuerxun  (CHN)0Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Dzhabrail Gadzhiev  (AZE)5Flag of Iran.svg  Mohammad Nokhodi  (IRI)4
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Khidir Saipudinov  (BRN)10Flag of Bahrain.svg  Khidir Saipudinov  (BRN)4Flag of Bahrain.svg  Khidir Saipudinov  (BRN)9
Flag of South Korea.svg  Seo Bum-gue  (KOR)0UWW Flag icon.png Akhmed Usmanov (UWW)2Flag of Mongolia.svg  Olonbayaryn Süldkhüü  (MGL)2

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Georgios Kougioumtsidis  (GRE)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Mohammad Nokhodi  (IRI)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Bahrain.svg  Khidir Saipudinov  (BRN)
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Dzhabrail Gadzhiev  (AZE)
5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Olonbayaryn Süldkhüü  (MGL)
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vasyl Mykhailov  (UKR)
8Flag of France.svg  Zelimkhan Khadjiev  (FRA)
9UWW Flag icon.png Akhmed Usmanov (UWW)
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Aheiyou Tuerxun  (CHN)
11Flag of Japan.svg  Ryunosuke Kamiya  (JPN)
12Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Mikey Labriola  (PUR)
13Flag of Moldova.svg  Vlad Stratan  (MDA)
14Flag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)
15Flag of South Korea.svg  Seo Bum-gue  (KOR)
16Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Azymberdi Saparow  (TKM)
17Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Bolat Sakayev  (KAZ)
18Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Dejan Mitrov  (MKD)
19Flag of Romania.svg  Iakub Shikhdzamalov  (ROU)
20Flag of Slovakia.svg  Achsarbek Gulajev  (SVK)
21Flag of Georgia.svg  Vladimeri Gamkrelidze  (GEO)
22Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Magomet Evloev  (TJK)
23Flag of Croatia.svg  Marko Nikolić  (CRO)
24Flag of India.svg  Amit Chhikara  (IND)
25Flag of Latvia.svg  Alans Amirovs  (LAT)
26Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Patrik Leder  (CAN)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Alfred Daniel  (SLE)

References

  1. "Freestyle – Seniors – 79 kg – Results". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 12 September 2025.