| Event: | Men's freestyle 86 kg |
| Championship: | 2023 World Championships |
| Dates: | 16–17 September 2023 |
| Venue: | Štark Arena |
| Competitors: | 48 |
| Nations: | 45 |
| Gold: | David Taylor |
| Gold Nation: | USA |
| Silver: | Hassan Yazdani |
| Silver Nation: | IRI |
| Bronze: | Myles Amine |
| Bronze Nation: | SMR |
| Bronze2: | Azamat Dauletbekov |
| Bronze2 Nation: | KAZ |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2025 |
See main article: 2023 World Wrestling Championships. The men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 16 and 17 September 2023.[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.
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics |