| Event: | Men's freestyle 79 kg |
| Championship: | 2024 U23 World Championships |
| Dates: | 26–27 October |
| Venue: | Tirana Olympic Park |
| Competitors: | 25 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Gold: | Mehdi Yousefi |
| Gold Nation: | IRI |
| Silver: | Lu Feng |
| Silver Nation: | CHN |
| Bronze: | Masaki Sato |
| Bronze Nation: | JPN |
| Bronze2: | Arsen Balaian |
| Prev: | 2023 |
| Next: | 2025 |
See main article: 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships. The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and will be held in Tirana, Albania on 26 and 27 October 2024.[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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