2005 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2005 World Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Dates	27 September 2005
Competitors	36 from 36 nations
Medalists
Buvaisar Saitiev    Russia   Árpád Ritter    Hungary   Joe Williams    United States   Nikolay Paslar    Bulgaria

2005 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	55 kg	55 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	60 kg	51 kg
	66 kg	66 kg	55 kg
		74 kg	59 kg
	84 kg	84 kg	63 kg
	96 kg	96 kg	67 kg
	120 kg	120 kg	72 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 27 September 2005.^[1]

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	Semifinals						Final
	Joe Williams (USA)	0	0
	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	3	1				Árpád Ritter (HUN)	0	1
	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	6	5				Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3	3
	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	0	3

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Joe Williams (USA)	2	4
							Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	0	0
													Joe Williams (USA)	1	1
													Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	0	0
							Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	1	1	1
							Davit Akhalmosulishvili (GEO)	5	0	0
																			Joe Williams (USA)	0	1	1
																			Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	1	0	0
							Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	2	2
							Harutyun Yenokyan (ARM)	0	0
													Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	0	3	4F
													Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	1	0	0
							Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	3F
							Cho Yong-pil (KOR)	0

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Peter Weisenberger (GER)	1	2	0
							Alexandru Burcă (MDA)	4	0	1
													Alexandru Burcă (MDA)	0	0
													Árpád Ritter (HUN)	1	1
							Árpád Ritter (HUN)	1	2
							Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	0	0
																			Árpád Ritter (HUN)	6	3
																			Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	0	1
							Kaisar Boranbayev (KAZ)	2	0
							Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	3	6
													Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	7	6
													Elnur Aliyev (AZE)	1	0
							Daniel Dancák (SVK)	0	3	0
							Elnur Aliyev (AZE)	4	1	2

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	2	3
							Haris Tajić (BIH)	1	0
													Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	1	5
													Siriguleng (CHN)	1	4
							Brent Duggan (IRL)	0	0
							Siriguleng (CHN)	6	5
																			Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	1	0
																			Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	6	5
							Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	9
							Mohamed Osman Malak (GBR)	0	0
													Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	1	2
													Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	0	0
							Ayman Ezzeddine (LIB)	0	0
							Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	4	3

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Mohammed Siddiq (QAT)	0	1
							Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	7	3
													Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	0	3	2
													Theodosios Pavlidis (GRE)	1	0	0
							Leonardo González (PAN)	0	0
							Theodosios Pavlidis (GRE)	1	2
																			Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	1	1
	Bayarsaikhany Batjargal (MGL)	8	7F																Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	3	2
	Soerdas Roepa (SUR)	0	0				Bayarsaikhany Batjargal (MGL)	1	1
	Iván Fundora (CUB)	6F					Iván Fundora (CUB)	3	7
	Richard Ramos (DOM)	0											Iván Fundora (CUB)	1	1	1
	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	3	5										Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	1	4	4
	Zoltan Hunyady (CAN)	0	0				Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	2	1
	Narender Tomar (IND)	0	0				Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR)	0	1
	Volodymyr Syrotyn (UKR)	7	1

	Repechage round 2						Repechage round 3						Bronze medals
	Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	1	0				Alexandru Burcă (MDA)	6	2				Alexandru Burcă (MDA)	0	3	1
	Alexandru Burcă (MDA)	2	1				Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	3	1				Joe Williams (USA)	3	0	3
	Mohamed Osman Malak (GBR)						Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	1	3				Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	1	2
	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)	W	O				Salvatore Rinella (ITA)	0	1				Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	0	0