2021 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 79 kg
# 2021 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 79 kg

The men's freestyle 79 kg is a competition featured at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Warsaw, Poland on April 19 and April 20.

## Medalists

| Gold | Achsarbek Gulajev Slovakia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Saifedine Alekma France |
| Bronze | Nika Kentchadze Georgia |
| Bronze | Alans Amirovs Latvia |

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 2 |
| Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 1 |

### Top half

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 10 | | | | |
| Dejan Mitrov (MKD) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 11 | | |
| | | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 1 | | |
| Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 10 | | | | |
| Eduard Tatarinov (GER) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 5 |
| | | | | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 4 |
| Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 10 | | | | |
| Valentyn Babii (UKR) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 4 | | |
| | | Malik Shavaev (RUS) | 3 | | |
| Muhammet Nuri Kotanoğlu (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| Malik Shavaev (RUS) | 10 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Osman Hajdari (ALB) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 9 | | |
| | | | | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 8 | | |
| | | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Erik Reinbok (EST) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 6 |
| | | | | | | Rashad Yusifli (AZE) | 1 |
| | | Salvatore Diana (ITA) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Andrei Karpach (BLR) | $5^F$ | | | | |
| | | | | Andrei Karpach (BLR) | 4 | | |
| Andrzej Sokalski (POL) | 0 | | | Rashad Yusifli (AZE) | 7 | | |
| Rashad Yusifli (AZE) | 9 | Rashad Yusifli (AZE) | 3 | | | | |
| Oktay Hasan (BUL) | 6 | Oktay Hasan (BUL) | 0 | | | | |
| Eugeniu Mihalcean (MDA) | 0 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dejan Mitrov (MKD) | 1 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 0 |
| Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 12 | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | 10 |
| Osman Hajdari (ALB) | 0 | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 4 |
| Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 10 | Rashad Yusifli (AZE) | 3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| - | - |
| | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) |
| | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) |
| | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) |
| | Alans Amirovs (LAT) |
| 5 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) |
| 5 | Rashad Yusifli (AZE) |
| 7 | Andrei Karpach (BLR) |
| 8 | Malik Shavaev (RUS) |
| 9 | Oktay Hasan (BUL) |
| 10 | Valentyn Babii (UKR) |
| 11 | Erik Reinbok (EST) |
| 12 | Dejan Mitrov (MKD) |
| 13 | Salvatore Diana (ITA) |
| 14 | Eugeniu Mihalcean (MDA) |
| 15 | Andrzej Sokalski (POL) |
| 16 | Eduard Tatarinov (GER) |
| 17 | Muhammet Nuri Kotanoğlu (TUR) |
| 18 | Osman Hajdari (ALB) |
