2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg

{{short description|Wrestling competitions}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

|event = Men's freestyle 70 kg

|championship = 2023 World Championships

|dates = 16–17 September 2023

|venue = Štark Arena

|competitors = 30

|nations = 27

|gold = Zain Retherford

|gold_nation = USA

|silver = Amir Mohammad Yazdani

|silver_nation = IRI

|bronze = Ramazan Ramazanov

|bronze_nation = BUL

|bronze2 = Arman Andreasyan

|bronze2_nation= ARM

|prev = 2022

|next = 2024

}}

{{main|2023 World Wrestling Championships}}

{{2023 World Wrestling Championships}}

The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 16 and 17 September 2023.{{cite news |title=70kg Bracket |url=https://arena.uww.org/weight-category/show/1ee3cbaf-03e0-69cc-a4b7-ad40f16cee88/bracket/print |access-date=15 September 2023 |work=United World Wrestling}}

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

=Final=

{{2TeamBracket

| compact=y

| seeds=n

| nowrap=n

| RD1=Final

| team-width=220

| score-width=30

| RD1-team1={{flagathlete|Amir Mohammad Yazdani|IRI}}

| RD1-score1=5

| RD1-team2={{flagathlete|Zain Retherford|USA}}

| RD1-score2=8

}}

=Top half=

{{16TeamBracket

| compact=y

| byes=1

| seeds=n

| nowrap=n

| RD1=Round of 32

| RD2=Round of 16

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| team-width=220

| score-width=30

| RD1-team3={{flagathlete|Marc Dietsche|SUI}}

| RD1-score3=10F

| RD1-team4={{flagathlete|Brian Oloo|KEN}}

| RD1-score4=0

| RD1-team5={{flagathlete|Patryk Ołenczyn|POL}}

| RD1-score5=1

| RD1-team6={{flagathlete|Amir Mohammad Yazdani|IRI}}

| RD1-score6=11

| RD1-team7={{flagathlete|Magomed Bashir Khaniev|AZE}}

| RD1-score7=9

| RD1-team8={{flagathlete|Sanzhar Doszhanov|KAZ}}

| RD1-score8=2

| RD1-team9={{flagathlete|Ramazan Ramazanov|BUL}}

| RD1-score9=11

| RD1-team10={{flagathlete|Perman Hommadow|TKM}}

| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-team11={{flagathlete|Dániel Antal|HUN}}

| RD1-score11=9F

| RD1-team12={{flagicon image|White flag of surrender.svg}} Nikita Dmitrijevs Mayeuski {{Font|{{abbr|(AIN)|Individual Neutral Athletes}} |size=90%}}

| RD1-score12=4

| RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Cristian Santiago|MEX}}

| RD1-score13=0

| RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Amr Reda Hussen|EGY}}

| RD1-score14=10

| RD1-team15={{flagathlete|Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen|MGL}}

| RD1-score15=2

| RD1-team16={{flagathlete|Giorgi Elbakidze|GEO}}

| RD1-score16=8

| RD2-team1={{flagathlete|Ernazar Akmataliev|KGZ|1992}}

| RD2-score1=12

| RD2-team2={{flagathlete|Marc Dietsche|SUI}}

| RD2-score2=6

| RD2-team3={{flagathlete|Amir Mohammad Yazdani|IRI}}

| RD2-score3=6

| RD2-team4={{flagathlete|Magomed Bashir Khaniev|AZE}}

| RD2-score4=0

| RD2-team5={{flagathlete|Ramazan Ramazanov|BUL}}

| RD2-score5=15

| RD2-team6={{flagathlete|Dániel Antal|HUN}}

| RD2-score6=4

| RD2-team7={{flagathlete|Amr Reda Hussen|EGY}}

| RD2-score7=14

| RD2-team8={{flagathlete|Giorgi Elbakidze|GEO}}

| RD2-score8=4

| RD3-team1={{flagathlete|Ernazar Akmataliev|KGZ|1992}}

| RD3-score1=0

| RD3-team2={{flagathlete|Amir Mohammad Yazdani|IRI}}

| RD3-score2=10

| RD3-team3={{flagathlete|Ramazan Ramazanov|BUL}}

| RD3-score3=10F

| RD3-team4={{flagathlete|Amr Reda Hussen|EGY}}

| RD3-score4=2

| RD4-team1={{flagathlete|Amir Mohammad Yazdani|IRI}}

| RD4-score1=13

| RD4-team2={{flagathlete|Ramazan Ramazanov|BUL}}

| RD4-score2=2

}}

=Bottom half=

{{16TeamBracket

| compact=y

| byes=1

| seeds=n

| nowrap=n

| RD1=Round of 32

| RD2=Round of 16

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| team-width=220

| score-width=30

| RD1-team1={{flagathlete|Arman Andreasyan|ARM}}

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-team2={{flagathlete|Cao Nan|CHN}}

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-team3={{flagathlete|Michael Asselstine|CAN}}

| RD1-score3=0

| RD1-team4={{flagathlete|Fati Vejseli|MKD}}

| RD1-score4=7

| RD1-team5={{flagicon image|White flag of surrender.svg}} Yevgeny Zherbaev {{Font|{{abbr|(AIN)|Individual Neutral Athletes}} |size=90%}}

| RD1-score5=5

| RD1-team6={{flagathlete|Yoshinosuke Aoyagi|JPN}}

| RD1-score6=9

| RD1-team7={{flagathlete|Jeong Yong-seok|KOR}}

| RD1-score7=1

| RD1-team8={{flagathlete|Servet Coşkun|TUR}}

| RD1-score8=4

| RD1-team9={{flagathlete|Ihor Nykyforuk|UKR}}

| RD1-score9=9

| RD1-team10={{flagicon image|UWW Flag icon.png}} Abhimanyu {{Font|{{abbr|(UWW)|United World Wrestling}} |size=90%}}

| RD1-score10=19F

| RD1-team11={{flagathlete|Nicolai Grahmez|MDA}}

| RD1-score11=15

| RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Zafarbek Otakhonov|UZB}}

| RD1-score12=6

| RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Mustafo Akhmedov|TJK}}

| RD1-score13=8

| RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Kevin Henkel|GER}}

| RD1-score14=0

| RD2-team1={{flagathlete|Arman Andreasyan|ARM}}

| RD2-score1=5

| RD2-team2={{flagathlete|Fati Vejseli|MKD}}

| RD2-score2=2

| RD2-team3={{flagathlete|Yoshinosuke Aoyagi|JPN}}

| RD2-score3=6

| RD2-team4={{flagathlete|Servet Coşkun|TUR}}

| RD2-score4=4

| RD2-team5={{flagicon image|UWW Flag icon.png}} Abhimanyu {{Font|{{abbr|(UWW)|United World Wrestling}} |size=90%}}

| RD2-score5=13

| RD2-team6={{flagathlete|Nicolai Grahmez|MDA}}

| RD2-score6=2

| RD2-team7={{flagathlete|Mustafo Akhmedov|TJK}}

| RD2-score7=0

| RD2-team8={{flagathlete|Zain Retherford|USA}}

| RD2-score8=4

| RD3-team1={{flagathlete|Arman Andreasyan|ARM}}

| RD3-score1=5

| RD3-team2={{flagathlete|Yoshinosuke Aoyagi|JPN}}

| RD3-score2=3

| RD3-team3={{flagicon image|UWW Flag icon.png}} Abhimanyu {{Font|{{abbr|(UWW)|United World Wrestling}} |size=90%}}

| RD3-score3=2

| RD3-team4={{flagathlete|Zain Retherford|USA}}

| RD3-score4=9

| RD4-team1={{flagathlete|Arman Andreasyan|ARM}}

| RD4-score1=0

| RD4-team2={{flagathlete|Zain Retherford|USA}}

| RD4-score2=7

}}

=Repechage=

{{Repechage

| RD1=Repechage round 1

| RD2=Repechage round 2

| RD3=Bronze medals

| compact=y

| seeds=n

| nowrap=n

| team-width=220

| score-width=30

| RD1-team1={{flagathlete|Patryk Ołenczyn|POL}}

| RD1-score1=13

| RD1-team2={{flagathlete|Magomed Bashir Khaniev|AZE}}

| RD1-score2=10

| RD2-team1={{flagathlete|Patryk Ołenczyn|POL}}

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-team2={{flagathlete|Ernazar Akmataliev|KGZ|1992}}

| RD2-score2=7

| RD3-team1={{flagathlete|Ernazar Akmataliev|KGZ|1992}}

| RD3-score1=6

| RD3-team2={{flagathlete|Ramazan Ramazanov|BUL}}

| RD3-score2=8

| RD2-team3={{flagathlete|Mustafo Akhmedov|TJK}}

| RD2-score3=1

| RD2-team4={{flagicon image|UWW Flag icon.png}} Abhimanyu {{Font|{{abbr|(UWW)|United World Wrestling}} |size=90%}}

| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-team3={{flagicon image|UWW Flag icon.png}} Abhimanyu {{Font|{{abbr|(UWW)|United World Wrestling}} |size=90%}}

| RD3-score3=1

| RD3-team4={{flagathlete|Arman Andreasyan|ARM}}

| RD3-score4=12

}}

Final standing

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=40|Rank

!width=250|Athlete

{{Gold1}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zain Retherford|USA}}

{{Silver2}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Amir Mohammad Yazdani|IRI}}

{{Bronze3}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ramazan Ramazanov|BUL}}

{{Bronze3}}

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Arman Andreasyan|ARM}}

5

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ernazar Akmataliev|KGZ|1992}}

5

|align="left"|{{flagicon image|UWW Flag icon.png}} Abhimanyu {{Font|{{abbr|(UWW)|United World Wrestling}} |size=90%}}

7

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Amr Reda Hussen|EGY}}

8

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yoshinosuke Aoyagi|JPN}}

9

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marc Dietsche|SUI}}

10

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Dániel Antal|HUN}}

11

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Patryk Ołenczyn|POL}}

12

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Magomed Bashir Khaniev|AZE}}

13

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Nicolai Grahmez|MDA}}

14

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Giorgi Elbakidze|GEO}}

15

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Fati Vejseli|MKD}}

16

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Mustafo Akhmedov|TJK}}

17

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Servet Coşkun|TUR}}

18

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Zafarbek Otakhonov|UZB}}

19

|align="left"|{{flagicon image|White flag of surrender.svg}} Yevgeny Zherbaev {{Font|{{abbr|(AIN)|Individual Neutral Athletes}} |size=90%}}

20

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Enkhtuyaagiin Temüülen|MGL}}

21

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Sanzhar Doszhanov|KAZ}}

22

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Cao Nan|CHN}}

23

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Jeong Yong-seok|KOR}}

24

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ihor Nykyforuk|UKR}}

25

|align="left"|{{flagicon image|White flag of surrender.svg}} Nikita Dmitrijevs Mayeuski {{Font|{{abbr|(AIN)|Individual Neutral Athletes}} |size=90%}}

26

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Michael Asselstine|CAN}}

27

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Kevin Henkel|GER}}

28

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Brian Oloo|KEN}}

29

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Cristian Santiago|MEX}}

30

|align="left"|{{flagathlete|Perman Hommadow|TKM}}

References

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