| Event: | Men's freestyle 86 kg |
| Championship: | 2022 U23 World Championships |
| Dates: | 22–23 October |
| Venue: | Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Gold: | Tatsuya Shirai |
| Gold Nation: | JPN |
| Silver: | Trent Hidlay |
| Silver Nation: | USA |
| Bronze: | Ivan Ichizli |
| Bronze Nation: | MDA |
| Bronze2: | Emre Çiftçi |
| Bronze2 Nation: | TUR |
| Prev: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
See main article: 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships. The men's freestyle 86 kg is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Pontevedra, Spain on 22 and 23 October 2022.[1] [2] The qualification rounds were held on 22 October while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 24 wrestlers competed in this event, limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 86 kilograms.
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.
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