The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tirana, Albania on 30 and 31 October.
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.
Results Legend F — Won by fall WO — Won by walkover
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Repechage
Final standing RankAthlete Magomed Magomaev 567891011121314151617181920 Mikalai Savenka 2122232425262728293031—DQ
Avtandil Kentchadze from Georgia originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified due to doping.
References
External links Official website