| Event: | Men's freestyle 79 kg |
| Championship: | 2018 World Championships |
| Dates: | 21–22 October 2018 |
| Venue: | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena |
| Competitors: | 26 |
| Nations: | 26 |
| Gold: | Kyle Dake |
| Gold Nation: | USA |
| Silver: | Jabrayil Hasanov |
| Silver Nation: | AZE |
| Bronze: | Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Bronze2: | Ali Shabanau |
| Bronze2 Nation: | BLR |
| Next: | 2019 |
See main article: 2018 World Wrestling Championships.
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.