2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg

The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 15 and 16 September 2022.^[1]

Men's freestyle 70 kg at the 2022 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	15–16 September 2022
Competitors	28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Taishi Narikuni    Japan   Zain Retherford    United States   Ernazar Akmataliev    Kyrgyzstan   Zurabi Iakobishvili    Georgia
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Main article: 2022 World Wrestling Championships

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

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Final

	Final
	Taishi Narikuni (JPN)	10
	Zain Retherford (USA)	0

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	14
	Maxim Saculţan (MDA)	7			Maxim Saculţan (MDA)	2
	Vincent De Marinis (CAN)	0							Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	11
	Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	7							Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	0
	Fati Vejseli (MKD)	4			Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	13
	Dániel Antal (HUN)	4			Bacar Midana (GBS)	2
	Bacar Midana (GBS)	8											Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	10
	Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)												Taishi Narikuni (JPN)	11
	Josh Finesilver (ISR)	WO			Josh Finesilver (ISR)	0
	Anthony Wesley (CPV)	0			Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB)	10
	Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB)	11							Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB)	0
	Taishi Narikuni (JPN)	6							Taishi Narikuni (JPN)	11
	Naveen Malik (IND)	1			Taishi Narikuni (JPN)	11^F
					Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ)	4

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	6
	Elie Djekoundakom (CHA)	0			Gianluca Talamo (ITA)	2
	Gianluca Talamo (ITA)	10							Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	0
	Marc Dietsche (SUI)	4							Zain Retherford (USA)	5
	Daniel Chomanič (SVK)	1			Marc Dietsche (SUI)	0
	Kevin Henkel (GER)	0			Zain Retherford (USA)	4^F
	Zain Retherford (USA)	10											Zain Retherford (USA)	7
	Servet Coşkun (TUR)	6											Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO)	0
	Wurenibai Nuerlanbieke (CHN)	6			Servet Coşkun (TUR)	7
	Jeong Yong-seok (KOR)	7			Jeong Yong-seok (KOR)	3
	Oleksii Boruta (UKR)	4							Servet Coşkun (TUR)	0
	Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL)	3							Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO)	2
	Joshgun Azimov (AZE)	3			Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL)	1
					Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO)	2

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Naveen Malik (IND)	11			Naveen Malik (IND)	WO			Naveen Malik (IND)	1
	Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ)	3			Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB)				Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)	4
	Kevin Henkel (GER)	6			Kevin Henkel (GER)	1			Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	5
	Marc Dietsche (SUI)	2			Arman Andreasyan (ARM)	3			Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO)	5

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Taishi Narikuni (JPN)
	Zain Retherford (USA)
	Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ)
	Zurabi Iakobishvili (GEO)
5	Naveen Malik (IND)
5	Arman Andreasyan (ARM)
7	Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)
8	Servet Coşkun (TUR)
9	Gianluca Talamo (ITA)
10	Josh Finesilver (ISR)
11	Jeong Yong-seok (KOR)
12	Bacar Midana (GBS)
13	Maxim Saculţan (MDA)
14	Kevin Henkel (GER)
15	Marc Dietsche (SUI)
16	Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen (MGL)
17	Syrbaz Talgat (KAZ)
18	Wurenibai Nuerlanbieke (CHN)
19	Fati Vejseli (MKD)
20	Oleksii Boruta (UKR)
21	Dániel Antal (HUN)
22	Joshgun Azimov (AZE)
23	Daniel Chomanič (SVK)
24	Vincent De Marinis (CAN)
25	Elie Djekoundakom (CHA)
26	Anthony Wesley (CPV)
—	Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI)
—	Ilyas Bekbulatov (UZB)

References

1. "70kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

External links

• Official website