Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 86 kg

This is the 25th appearance of men's freestyle middleweight category, debut in 1908, and it has appeared in every games since then except 1912.

• 1908: 73kg
• 1920: 69kg
• 1924-1960: 79kg
• 1964-1968: 87kg
• 1972-1996: 82kg
• 2000: 85kg
• 2004-2012: 84kg
• 2016-current: 86kg

Magomed Ramazanov won the event by beating Hassan Yazdani in the final, Aaron Brooks and Dauren Kurugliev won the bronze medals with Kurugliev going through repechage.

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.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules|title=What is repechage rules|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=27 July 2024}}

A typical bout consists of two halves of three minutes each separated by a 30-second break. The two competitors compete on a mat, which is nine meters in diameter. Wrestlers try to score points by executing various legal maneuvers. Points ranging from one to five are awarded by the mat referee depending on the degree of difficulty of the maneuvers. Points are also awarded to the opponent in case of infractions such as illegal holds, passivity etc. A wrestler is automatically disqualified if three cautions are awarded during a bout. Forcing an opponent's shoulders to the mat results in an instant victory by fall.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/what-how-freestyle-wrestling-style-rules-scoring-techniques-olympics|title=What is freestyle wrestling? Rules, scoring, techniques and Olympic history|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=27 July 2024}}

During the course of a match, if a wrestler builds a 10-point advantage over the opponent, the bout is stopped and the leader is declared as the winner by technical superiority. The total scores are totaled at the end of the stipulated six-minute period, and the wrestler with the maximum points wins. In case of a tie, the wrestler who has scored the last point is declared the winner. A competitor might also be declared a winner if the opponent does not turn up or is medically unfit to compete.

{{Main|Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Sixteen quota places were available with each nation restricted to a maximum of one spot. Five quota places were awarded at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, which took place from the 16th to 24th of September in Belgrade, Serbia. The finalists of each category in the four continental qualification tournaments (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the joint Africa & Oceania) were awarded quota places. The remainder of the total quota was allocated at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, offering a minimum of three quota places.{{cite web|title=Pathway to Paris 2024: Wrestling qualification system explained|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/pathway-to-paris-2024-wrestling-qualification-system-explained|publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=12 December 2022 |access-date=25 December 2022}}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+02:00){{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/wrestling/men-s-freestyle-86kg?day=8-august|title=Schedule - Mens freestyle 86kg|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=27 July 2024}}

Sixteen athletes qualified for the competition.{{cite report|url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-07/qualified_nocs_freestyle_men_3.pdf|title=Paris 2024 Olympics men's wrestling entries|work=United World Wrestling|access-date=27 July 2024}}

; Legend

• F — Won by fall

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/wrestling/men-s-freestyle-86kg Wrestling - Men's Freestyle 86kg] olympics.com

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