Men's freestyle 79 kg at the 2018 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	21–22 October 2018
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Kyle Dake    United States   Jabrayil Hasanov    Azerbaijan   Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov    Russia   Ali Shabanau    Belarus
2019 →

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 79 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.

Kyle Dake from the United States won the gold medal.

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Final
	Kyle Dake (USA)	2
	Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)	0

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS)	11
					Bakhtiyar Izbassarov (KAZ)	2
									Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS)	6
									Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)	0
					Oh Man-ho (KOR)	0
	Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)	13			Pürevjavyn Önörbat (MGL)	7
	Sachin Rathi (IND)	1											Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS)	0
	Rustam Dudaiev (UKR)	1											Kyle Dake (USA)	13
	Ayhan Sucu (TUR)	6			Ayhan Sucu (TUR)	0
	Francisco Kadima (ANG)	0			Davit Khutsishvili (GEO)	5
	Davit Khutsishvili (GEO)	12							Davit Khutsishvili (GEO)	0
	Martin Obst (GER)	2							Kyle Dake (USA)	11
	Jasmit Phulka (CAN)	1			Martin Obst (GER)	0
					Kyle Dake (USA)	11

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Rashid Kurbanov (UZB)	2
	Omaraskhab Nazhmudinov (ROU)	7			Grigor Grigoryan (ARM)	9
	Grigor Grigoryan (ARM)	10							Grigor Grigoryan (ARM)	4
	Johnny Bur (FRA)	2							Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI)	7
	Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI)	10			Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI)	3
	Mihály Nagy (HUN)	0			Sosuke Takatani (JPN)	2
	Sosuke Takatani (JPN)	9											Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI)	3
	Santiago Martínez (COL)	0											Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)	3
	Ali Shabanau (BLR)	10			Ali Shabanau (BLR)	8
	Cédric Nimpagaritse (BDI)	0			Döwletmyrat Orazgylyjow (TKM)	0
	Döwletmyrat Orazgylyjow (TKM)	4F							Ali Shabanau (BLR)	2
	Amirkhan Visalimov (AUT)	1							Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)	6
	Ethan Ramos (PUR)	12			Ethan Ramos (PUR)	5
					Jabrayil Hasanov (AZE)	14

	Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Martin Obst (GER)	0			Davit Khutsishvili (GEO)	0
	Davit Khutsishvili (GEO)	10			Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS)	10
	Ethan Ramos (PUR)	12			Ali Shabanau (BLR)	8
	Ali Shabanau (BLR)	16			Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI)	8

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