Men's freestyle 86 kilograms competition at the

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, Japan, took place on 4–5 August 2021 at the

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in Mihama-ku. The qualification rounds were held on 4 August, with medal matches the next day. 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. The medals for the competition were presented by the United World Wrestling president

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, IOC Executive Board Member from

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, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Pedro Gama Filho, UWW Board Member from

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. David Taylor from the United States won the gold medal after beating 2016 Olympic Champion

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from Iran 4–3 in the gold medal match.

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC+09:00)

Results

Main bracket

Repechage

Final standing

Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 86 kg – Hassan Yazdani (IRI) (31)

References

External links

Results
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