2025 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg

Men's freestyle 61 kg
at the 2025 World Championships
VenueArena Zagreb
Dates13–14 September 2025
Competitors26 from 24 nations
Medalists
gold medal Zaur Uguev
silver medal Ahmad Javan   Iran
bronze medal Assylzhan Yessengeldi   Kazakhstan
bronze medal Nuraddin Novruzov   Azerbaijan
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FreestyleGreco-RomanWomen
57 kg55 kg50 kg
61 kg60 kg53 kg
65 kg63 kg55 kg
70 kg67 kg57 kg
74 kg72 kg59 kg
79 kg77 kg62 kg
86 kg82 kg65 kg
92 kg87 kg68 kg
97 kg97 kg72 kg
125 kg130 kg76 kg

The men's freestyle 61 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Zagreb, Croatia on 13 and 14 September 2025.[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

Legend

Final

Final
Zaur Uguev (UWW) 11
 Ahmad Javan (IRI) 2

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Zaur Uguev (UWW) 11
 Manvel Khndzrtsyan (ARM) 6  Manvel Khndzrtsyan (ARM) 0
 Simone Piroddu (ITA) 1 Zaur Uguev (UWW) 13
 Besir Alili (MKD) 1  Assylzhan Yessengeldi (KAZ) 2
 Georgii Okorokov (AUS) 7  Georgii Okorokov (AUS) 0
 Assylzhan Yessengeldi (KAZ) 10  Assylzhan Yessengeldi (KAZ) 11
 Nino Leutert (SUI) 0 Zaur Uguev (UWW) 10
 Jax Forrest (USA) 3
 Udit Kumar (IND) 0
 Ibrahim Guzan (YEM) 0  Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) 2
 Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) 10F  Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) 8
 Han Sang-boum (KOR) 0  Jax Forrest (USA) 13
 Jax Forrest (USA) 10  Jax Forrest (USA) 7
 Takara Suda (JPN) 2

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Giorgi Goniashvili (GEO) 4
 Kim Kum-hyok (PRK) 5  Kim Kum-hyok (PRK) 15
 Dylan Shawver (PUR) 4  Kim Kum-hyok (PRK) 10
 Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB) 3  Leonid Colesnic (MDA) 0
 Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR) 0  Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB) 4
 Leonid Colesnic (MDA) 7
 Kim Kum-hyok (PRK) 2
Dzmitry Shamela (UWW) 9  Ahmad Javan (IRI) 3
 Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga (MGL) 7 Dzmitry Shamela (UWW) 4
 Kamil Kerymov (UKR) 12  Kamil Kerymov (UKR) 15
 Sun Zezhong (CHN) 2  Kamil Kerymov (UKR) 4
 Josh Kramer (ECU) 2  Ahmad Javan (IRI) 8
 Ahmad Javan (IRI) 13  Ahmad Javan (IRI) 5
 Nuraddin Novruzov (AZE) 2

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
 Manvel Khndzrtsyan (ARM)4 Assylzhan Yessengeldi (KAZ)10
 Assylzhan Yessengeldi (KAZ)11F Jax Forrest (USA)8
 Josh Kramer (ECU)0 Nuraddin Novruzov (AZE)12 Nuraddin Novruzov (AZE)6F
 Nuraddin Novruzov (AZE)10 Kamil Kerymov (UKR)2 Kim Kum-hyok (PRK)0

Final standing

Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zaur Uguev (UWW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ahmad Javan (IRI)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Assylzhan Yessengeldi (KAZ)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Nuraddin Novruzov (AZE)
5  Jax Forrest (USA)
5  Kim Kum-hyok (PRK)
7  Kamil Kerymov (UKR)
8  Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ)
9 Dzmitry Shamela (UWW)
10  Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB)
11  Manvel Khndzrtsyan (ARM)
12  Georgii Okorokov (AUS)
13  Leonid Colesnic (MDA)
14  Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga (MGL)
15  Dylan Shawver (PUR)
16  Giorgi Goniashvili (GEO)
17  Takara Suda (JPN)
18  Sun Zezhong (CHN)
19  Josh Kramer (ECU)
20  Simone Piroddu (ITA)
21  Besir Alili (MKD)
22  Udit Kumar (IND)
23  Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR)
24  Nino Leutert (SUI)
25  Ibrahim Guzan (YEM)
26  Han Sang-boum (KOR)

References

  1. ^ "Freestyle – Seniors – 61 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
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