2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg

Men's freestyle 61 kg
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueŠtark Arena
Dates17–18 September 2022
Competitors24 from 24 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    Iran
bronze medal    Armenia
bronze medal    Mongolia
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The men's freestyle 61 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 17 and 18 September 2022.[1]

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

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Legend
  • R — Retired

Final

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Final
 Rei Higuchi (JPN) 10
 Reza Atri (IRI) 0

Top half

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) 12
 Jahongirmirza Turobov (UZB) 5  Jahongirmirza Turobov (UZB) 2
 Ali Aburumaila (PLE) 0  Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) 0
 Liu Minghu (CHN) 0  Rei Higuchi (JPN) 10
 Islam Dudaev (ALB) 5  Islam Dudaev (ALB) 0
 Rei Higuchi (JPN) 11
 Rei Higuchi (JPN) 15
 Seth Gross (USA) 7
 Eduard Grigorev (POL) 0
 Seth Gross (USA) 13  Seth Gross (USA) 7
 Andrii Dzhelep (UKR) 2  Seth Gross (USA) 10
 Nikolay Okhlopkov (ROU) 5  Süleyman Atlı (TUR) 4
 Joey Silva (PUR) 2  Nikolay Okhlopkov (ROU) 0
 Süleyman Atlı (TUR) 10

Bottom half

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (KGZ) 6
 Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA) 12  Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA) 2
 Jason-Guy Luneau (CAN) 2  Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (KGZ) 5R
 Narmandakhyn Narankhüü (MGL) 11  Narmandakhyn Narankhüü (MGL) 13
 Igor Chichioi (MDA) 0  Narmandakhyn Narankhüü (MGL) 10
 Teimuraz Vanishvili (GEO) 2
 Narmandakhyn Narankhüü (MGL) 3
 Reza Atri (IRI) 5
 Islam Bazarganov (AZE) 0
 Reza Atri (IRI) 11  Reza Atri (IRI) 4
 Besir Alili (MKD) 1  Reza Atri (IRI) 6
 Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) 5  Georgi Vangelov (BUL) 3
 Pankaj Malik (IND) 4  Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) 0
 Georgi Vangelov (BUL) 11

Repechage

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Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
 Islam Dudaev (ALB)11 Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)12
 Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)12 Seth Gross (USA)0
 Besir Alili (MKD)1 Islam Bazarganov (AZE)0 Georgi Vangelov (BUL)0
 Islam Bazarganov (AZE)5 Georgi Vangelov (BUL)4 Narmandakhyn Narankhüü (MGL)9

Final standing

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Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Rei Higuchi (JPN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Reza Atri (IRI)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Narmandakhyn Narankhüü (MGL)
5  Seth Gross (USA)
5  Georgi Vangelov (BUL)
7  Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA)
8  Süleyman Atlı (TUR)
9  Islam Dudaev (ALB)
10  Jahongirmirza Turobov (UZB)
11  Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (KGZ)
12  Islam Bazarganov (AZE)
13  Nikolay Okhlopkov (ROU)
14  Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ)
15  Besir Alili (MKD)
16  Pankaj Malik (IND)
17  Joey Silva (PUR)
18  Teimuraz Vanishvili (GEO)
19  Jason-Guy Luneau (CAN)
20  Andrii Dzhelep (UKR)
21  Ali Aburumaila (PLE)
22  Liu Minghu (CHN)
23  Eduard Grigorev (POL)
24  Igor Chichioi (MDA)

References

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  1. ^ "61kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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