2022 European Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

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The men's freestyle 79 kg was a competition featured at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on March 28 and 29.

Medalists

Gold	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)
Silver	Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)
Bronze	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)
	Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• R — Retired

Main Bracket

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Arman Avagyan (ARM)	0
	Miroslav Kirov (BUL)	0			Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	11
	Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	9							Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	13
	Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK)	1							Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	7
	Iakub Shikhdzhamalov (ROU)	4			Iakub Shikhdzhamalov (ROU)	5
	Csaba Vida (HUN)	8			Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	7
	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	9											Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	6
	Saifedine Alekma (FRA)	10											Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	7
	Dejan Mitrov (MKD)	0			Saifedine Alekma (FRA)	3
	Stanislav Novac (MDA)	0R			Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)	5
	Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)	6							Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)	10
	Alans Amirovs (LAT)	6							Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	15
	Dan Or Tsesarsky (ISR)	4			Alans Amirovs (LAT)	6
					Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	16

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Miroslav Kirov (BUL)	0			Arman Avagyan (ARM)	7
	Arman Avagyan (ARM)	8			Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	9
					Alans Amirovs (LAT)	4
					Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)	8

Final standing

Rank	Wrestler	UWW Points
	Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)	13000
	Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)	11000
	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)	9500
	Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)	9500
5	Arman Avagyan (ARM)	8000
5	Alans Amirovs (LAT)	8000
7	Saifedine Alekma (FRA)	7400
8	Iakub Shikhdzhamalov (ROU)	7000
9	Csaba Vida (HUN)	6500
10	Dan Or Tsesarsky (ISR)	6100
11	Achsarbek Gulajev (SVK)	4000
12	Stanislav Novac (MDA)	3800
13	Dejan Mitrov (MKD)	3600
14	Miroslav Kirov (BUL)	3400

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