2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg
# 2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

The men's freestyle 79 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.

Kyle Dake from the United States won the gold medal.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Kyle Dake (USA) | 2 |
| Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Bakhtiyar Izbassarov (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL) | 0 | | |
| | | Oh Man-ho (KOR) | 0 | | | | |
| Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL) | 13 | Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL) | 7 | | | | |
| Sachin Rathi (IND) | 1 | | | | | Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) | 0 |
| Rustam Dudaiev (UKR) | 1 | | | | | Kyle Dake (USA) | 13 |
| Ayhan Sucu (TUR) | 6 | Ayhan Sucu (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| Francisco Kadima (ANG) | 0 | Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | 5 | | | | |
| Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | 12 | | | Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | 0 | | |
| Martin Obst (GER) | 2 | | | Kyle Dake (USA) | 11 | | |
| Jasmit Phulka (CAN) | 1 | Martin Obst (GER) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Kyle Dake (USA) | 11 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Rashid Kurbanov (UZB) | 2 | | | | |
| Omaraskhab Nazhmudinov (ROU) | 7 | Grigor Grigoryan (ARM) | 9 | | | | |
| Grigor Grigoryan (ARM) | 10 | | | Grigor Grigoryan (ARM) | 4 | | |
| Johnny Bur (FRA) | 2 | | | Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI) | 7 | | |
| Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI) | 10 | Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI) | 3 | | | | |
| Mihály Nagy (HUN) | 0 | Sosuke Takatani (JPN) | 2 | | | | |
| Sosuke Takatani (JPN) | 9 | | | | | Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI) | 3 |
| Santiago Martínez (COL) | 0 | | | | | Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE) | 3 |
| Ali Shabanau (BLR) | 10 | Ali Shabanau (BLR) | 8 | | | | |
| Cédric Nimpagaritse (BDI) | 0 | Döwletmyrat Orazgylyjow (TKM) | 0 | | | | |
| Döwletmyrat Orazgylyjow (TKM) | $4^F$ | | | Ali Shabanau (BLR) | 2 | | |
| Amirkhan Visalimov (AUT) | 1 | | | Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE) | 6 | | |
| Ethan Ramos (PUR) | 12 | Ethan Ramos (PUR) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE) | 14 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - |
| Martin Obst (GER) | 0 | Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | 0 |
| Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | 10 | Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) | 10 |
| Ethan Ramos (PUR) | 12 | Ali Shabanau (BLR) | 8 |
| Ali Shabanau (BLR) | 16 | Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI) | 8 |
