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Men's freestyle 79 kg at the 2022 U23 World Championships
Venue	Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall
Dates	21–22 October
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Vladimeri Gamkrelidze    Georgia   Daulet Yergesh    Kazakhstan   Arman Avagyan    Armenia   Carter Starocci    United States
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2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	57 kg	55 kg	50 kg
	61 kg	60 kg	53 kg
	65 kg	63 kg	55 kg
	70 kg	67 kg	57 kg
	74 kg	72 kg	59 kg
	79 kg	77 kg	62 kg
	86 kg	82 kg	65 kg
	92 kg	87 kg	68 kg
	97 kg	97 kg	72 kg
	125 kg	130 kg	76 kg
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The men's freestyle 79 kg is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 21 and 22 October 2022. The qualification rounds were held on 20 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 22 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 79 kilograms.

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
	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	5
	Daulet Yergesh (KAZ)	3

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Ilan Bondar (ISR)	WO
					Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)
									Ilan Bondar (ISR)	0
	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	14							Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	4
	Tanguy Darbellay (SUI)	7			Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	7
					Arman Avagyan (ARM)	5
													Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	9
													Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	6
					Gabriel Iglesias (ESP)	2
	Adam Thomson (CAN)	14			Adam Thomson (CAN)	5
	Miguel Ornelas (MEX)	3							Adam Thomson (CAN)	0
	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	10							Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	12
	Zsombor Nagy (HUN)	0			Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	4
					Rasindu Pedige (SRI)	0

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Erik Reinbok (EST)	0
	Oktay Hasan (BUL)	0			Carter Starocci (USA)	10
	Carter Starocci (USA)	11							Carter Starocci (USA)	11
	Ernest Dorosz (POL)	0							Abdulvasi Balta (TUR)	1
	Abdulvasi Balta (TUR)	10			Abdulvasi Balta (TUR)	4
					Stanislav Novac (MDA)	0
													Carter Starocci (USA)	7
													Daulet Yergesh (KAZ)	8
					Valentyn Babii (UKR)	5
	Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	10			Kousuke Yamakura (JPN)	4
	Kousuke Yamakura (JPN)	11							Valentyn Babii (UKR)	1
									Daulet Yergesh (KAZ)	8
					Daulet Yergesh (KAZ)	10
					Tony Negron (PUR)	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Tanguy Darbellay (SUI)	0			Arman Avagyan (ARM)	10			Arman Avagyan (ARM)	6
	Arman Avagyan (ARM)	7			Ilan Bondar (ISR)	0			Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	4
					Tony Negron (PUR)	4			Valentyn Babii (UKR)	0
					Valentyn Babii (UKR)	7			Carter Starocci (USA)	11

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)
	Daulet Yergesh (KAZ)
	Arman Avagyan (ARM)
	Carter Starocci (USA)
5	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)
5	Valentyn Babii (UKR)
7	Abdulvasi Balta (TUR)
8	Adam Thomson (CAN)
9	Ilan Bondar (ISR)
10	Kousuke Yamakura (JPN)
11	Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)
12	Tanguy Darbellay (SUI)
13	Tony Negron (PUR)
14	Miguel Ornelas (MEX)
15	Gabriel Iglesias (ESP)
16	Rasindu Pedige (SRI)
17	Stanislav Novac (MDA)
18	Zsombor Nagy (HUN)
19	Erik Reinbok (EST)
20	Ernest Dorosz (POL)
21	Oktay Hasan (BUL)
—	Mohammad Nokhodi (IRI)

References

1. "World Championships | United World Wrestling". uww.org. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
2. "79kg Bracket Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

External links

• Official website

• 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships