2022 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 79 kg
# 2022 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 79 kg

The Men's Freestyle 79 kg was a competition featured at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on March 28 and 29.

## Medalists

| Gold | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) |
| Bronze | Vladimer Gamkrelidze (GEO) |
| Bronze | Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) |

## Results

### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* R — Retired

### Main Bracket

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 0 | | | | |
| Miroslav Kirov (BUL) | 0 | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) | 11 | | | | |
| Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) | 9 | | | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) | 13 | | |
| Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 1 | | | Vladimer Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 7 | | |
| Iakub Shikhdzhamalov (ROU) | 4 | Iakub Shikhdzhamalov (ROU) | 5 | | | | |
| Csaba Vida (HUN) | 8 | Vladimer Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 7 | | | | |
| Vladimer Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 9 | | | | | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) | 6 |
| Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 10 | | | | | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) | 7 |
| Dejan Mitrov (MKD) | 0 | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 3 | | | | |
| Stanislav Novac (MDA) | $0^R$ | Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) | 5 | | | | |
| Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) | 6 | | | Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) | 10 | | |
| Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 6 | | | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) | 15 | | |
| Dan Or Tsesarsky (ISR) | 4 | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) | 16 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| Miroslav Kirov (BUL) | 0 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 7 |
| Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 8 | Vladimer Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 9 |
| | | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 4 |
| | | Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) | 8 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Wrestler | UWW Points |
| - | - | - |
| | Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE) | 13000 |
| | Ashraf Ashirov (AZE) | 11000 |
| | Vladimer Gamkrelidze (GEO) | 9500 |
| | Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR) | 9500 |
| 5 | Arman Avagyan (ARM) | 8000 |
| 5 | Alans Amirovs (LAT) | 8000 |
| 7 | Saifedine Alekma (FRA) | 7400 |
| 8 | Iakub Shikhdzhamalov (ROU) | 7000 |
| 9 | Csaba Vida (HUN) | 6500 |
| 10 | Dan Or Tsesarsky (ISR) | 6100 |
| 11 | Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK) | 4000 |
| 12 | Stanislav Novac (MDA) | 3800 |
| 13 | Dejan Mitrov (MKD) | 3600 |
| 14 | Miroslav Kirov (BUL) | 3400 |
