Men's freestyle 65 kg at the 2018 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	21–22 October 2018
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Takuto Otoguro    Japan   Bajrang Punia    India   Akhmed Chakaev    Russia   Alejandro Valdés    Cuba
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2018 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 65 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 21 and 22 October.^[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.

Takuto Otoguro from Japan won the gold medal.

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Final
	Takuto Otoguro (JPN)	16
	Bajrang Punia (IND)	9

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Selahattin Kılıçsallayan (TUR)	5
	Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)	7			Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)	6
	Amir Hossein Maghsoudi (IRI)	3							Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)	0
	Sirojiddin Khasanov (UZB)	10							Akhmed Chakaev (RUS)	10
	Karam Shakir (IRQ)	0			Sirojiddin Khasanov (UZB)	3
	Logan Stieber (USA)	5			Akhmed Chakaev (RUS)	8
	Akhmed Chakaev (RUS)	7											Akhmed Chakaev (RUS)	10
	George Bucur (ROU)	2											Takuto Otoguro (JPN)	15
	Takuto Otoguro (JPN)	13			Takuto Otoguro (JPN)	11
	Kim Kuk-gwang (PRK)	2			Vasyl Shuptar (UKR)	0
	Vasyl Shuptar (UKR)	4							Takuto Otoguro (JPN)	12
	Dimitar Ivanov (BUL)	6F							Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA)	2
	Yoandrys Grant (JAM)	0			Dimitar Ivanov (BUL)	7
	Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA)	10			Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA)	12
	Michael Asselstine (CAN)	3

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
	Haji Aliyev (AZE)	0
	Alejandro Valdés (CUB)	2			Alejandro Valdés (CUB)	10
	Juan Pablo González (ESP)	0			Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ)	0
	Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ)	10							Alejandro Valdés (CUB)	11
	Maximilian Ausserleitner (AUT)	0							Niurgun Skriabin (BLR)	0
	Hasibagena (CHN)	10			Hasibagena (CHN)	0
	Niurgun Skriabin (BLR)	11			Niurgun Skriabin (BLR)	12
	Mbundé Cumba (GBS)	2											Alejandro Valdés (CUB)	3
	David Habat (SLO)	0											Bajrang Punia (IND)	4
	Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	5F			Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	2
	Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL)	9			Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL)	1
	Valodya Frangulyan (ARM)	2							Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	3
	Masoud Niazi (NED)	0							Bajrang Punia (IND)	5
	Lee Seung-chul (KOR)	5			Lee Seung-chul (KOR)	0
	Roman Asharin (HUN)	4			Bajrang Punia (IND)	4
	Bajrang Punia (IND)	9

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	George Bucur (ROU)	8			George Bucur (ROU)	3			George Bucur (ROU)	4
	Vasyl Shuptar (UKR)	2			Andrei Prepeliţă (MDA)	2			Akhmed Chakaev (RUS)	9
	Roman Asharin (HUN)	5			Lee Seung-chul (KOR)	6			Lee Seung-chul (KOR)	0
	Lee Seung-chul (KOR)	9			Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga (MGL)	4			Alejandro Valdés (CUB)	10

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