2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
# 2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 20 and 21 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.

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) | 2 |
| Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO) | 2 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Chamizo (ITA) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Gamid Dzhalilov (TJK) | 0 | Frank Chamizo (ITA) | 5 | | | | |
| Ivan Kuskyak (UKR) | 4 | Gong Byung-min (KOR) | 1 | | | | |
| Gong Byung-min (KOR) | 7 | | | Frank Chamizo (ITA) | 6 | | |
| Zsombor Gulyás (HUN) | 3 | | | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 1 | | |
| Adanabasier (CHN) | 5 | Adanabasier (CHN) | 0 | | | | |
| Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | 9 | Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) | $4^F$ | | | | |
| Evgheni Nedealco (MDA) | 3 | | | | | Frank Chamizo (ITA) | 2 |
| Miroslav Kirov (BUL) | 0 | | | | | Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) | 3 |
| Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) | 10 | Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) | 6 | | | | |
| Franklin Gómez (PUR) | 13 | Franklin Gómez (PUR) | 0 | | | | |
| Néstor Tafur (COL) | 2 | | | Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) | 6 | | |
| Guy Delumeau (PLW) | 0 | | | Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 5 | | |
| Mostafa Hosseinkhani (IRI) | 11 | Mostafa Hosseinkhani (IRI) | 3 | | | | |
| Venecious Juah (LBR) | | Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 4 | | | | |
| Jordan Burroughs (USA) | WO | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jitender Kinha (IND) | 3 | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 0 | | | | |
| John Rojas (GUM) | 0 | Soner Demirtaş (TUR) | 5 | | | | |
| Soner Demirtaş (TUR) | 11 | | | Soner Demirtaş (TUR) | 2 | | |
| Rubén Espinoza (BOL) | 0 | | | Azamat Nurykau (BLR) | 0 | | |
| Yuhi Fujinami (JPN) | 10 | Yuhi Fujinami (JPN) | 6 | | | | |
| Azamat Nurykau (BLR) | 10 | Azamat Nurykau (BLR) | 8 | | | | |
| Valter Margaryan (ARM) | 4 | | | | | Soner Demirtaş (TUR) | 1 |
| Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 10 | | | | | Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO) | $8^F$ |
| Hanoch Rachamin (ISR) | 0 | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 6 | | | | |
| Zaur Efendiev (SRB) | 0 | Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran (MGL) | 5 | | | | |
| Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran (MGL) | 8 | | | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 2 | | |
| Mustafa Mohamed Ali (SUD) | 0 | | | Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO) | 5 | | |
| Andrzej Sokalski (POL) | 10 | Andrzej Sokalski (POL) | 2 | | | | |
| Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO) | 12 | Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO) | 12 | | | | |
| Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB) | 12 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Miroslav Kirov (BUL) | 6 | Miroslav Kirov (BUL) | 0 | Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 4 |
| Franklin Gómez (PUR) | 5 | Jordan Burroughs (USA) | 9 | Frank Chamizo (ITA) | 4 |
| Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB) | 12 | Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB) | 7 | Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (UZB) | 3 |
| Andrzej Sokalski (POL) | 1 | Abubakr Abakarov (AZE) | 0 | Soner Demirtaş (TUR) | 2 |
