2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg
# 2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg

The men's freestyle 65 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 21 and 22 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.

Takuto Otoguro from Japan won the gold medal.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 16 |
| Bajrang Punia (IND) | 9 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Selahattin Kılıçsallayan (TUR) | 5 | | | | |
| Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 7 | Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 6 | | | | |
| Amir Hossein Maghsoudi (IRI) | 3 | | | Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) | 0 | | |
| Sirojiddin Khasanov (UZB) | 10 | | | Akhmed Chakaev (RUS) | 10 | | |
| Karam Shakir (IRQ) | 0 | Sirojiddin Khasanov (UZB) | 3 | | | | |
| Logan Stieber (USA) | 5 | Akhmed Chakaev (RUS) | 8 | | | | |
| Akhmed Chakaev (RUS) | 7 | | | | | Akhmed Chakaev (RUS) | 10 |
| George Bucur (ROU) | 2 | | | | | Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 15 |
| Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 13 | Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 11 | | | | |
| Kim Kuk-gwang (PRK) | 2 | Vasyl Shuptar (UKR) | 0 | | | | |
| Vasyl Shuptar (UKR) | 4 | | | Takuto Otoguro (JPN) | 12 | | |
| Dimitar Ivanov (BUL) | $6^F$ | | | Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA) | 2 | | |
| Yoandrys Grant (JAM) | 0 | Dimitar Ivanov (BUL) | 7 | | | | |
| Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA) | 10 | Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA) | 12 | | | | |
| Michael Asselstine (CAN) | 3 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haji Aliyev (AZE) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Alejandro Valdés (CUB) | 2 | Alejandro Valdés (CUB) | 10 | | | | |
| Juan Pablo González (ESP) | 0 | Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) | 0 | | | | |
| Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) | 10 | | | Alejandro Valdés (CUB) | 11 | | |
| Maximilian Ausserleitner (AUT) | 0 | | | Niurgun Skriabin (BLR) | 0 | | |
| Hasibagena (CHN) | 10 | Hasibagena (CHN) | 0 | | | | |
| Niurgun Skriabin (BLR) | 11 | Niurgun Skriabin (BLR) | 12 | | | | |
| Mbundé Cumba (GBS) | 2 | | | | | Alejandro Valdés (CUB) | 3 |
| David Habat (SLO) | 0 | | | | | Bajrang Punia (IND) | 4 |
| Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) | $5^F$ | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) | 2 | | | | |
| Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL) | 9 | Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL) | 1 | | | | |
| Valodya Frangulyan (ARM) | 2 | | | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) | 3 | | |
| Masoud Niazi (NED) | 0 | | | Bajrang Punia (IND) | 5 | | |
| Lee Seung-chul (KOR) | 5 | Lee Seung-chul (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| Roman Asharin (HUN) | 4 | Bajrang Punia (IND) | 4 | | | | |
| Bajrang Punia (IND) | 9 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Bucur (ROU) | 8 | George Bucur (ROU) | 3 | George Bucur (ROU) | 4 |
| Vasyl Shuptar (UKR) | 2 | Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA) | 2 | Akhmed Chakaev (RUS) | 9 |
| Roman Asharin (HUN) | 5 | Lee Seung-chul (KOR) | 6 | Lee Seung-chul (KOR) | 0 |
| Lee Seung-chul (KOR) | 9 | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL) | 4 | Alejandro Valdés (CUB) | 10 |
