2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	23–24 September 2023
Competitors	42 from 39 nations
Medalists
Ali Cengiz    Turkey   Dávid Losonczi    Hungary   Zhan Beleniuk    Ukraine   Semen Novikov    Bulgaria

2023 World Wrestling Championships
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman	Women
	57 kg	55 kg	50 kg
	61 kg	60 kg	53 kg
	65 kg	63 kg	55 kg
	70 kg	67 kg	57 kg
	74 kg	72 kg	59 kg
	79 kg	77 kg	62 kg
	86 kg	82 kg	65 kg
	92 kg		68 kg
	97 kg	97 kg	72 kg
	125 kg	130 kg	76 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 87 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 23 and 24 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.

Legend

• C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
• F — Won by fall

	Semifinals				Final
	Ali Cengiz (TUR)	5F
	Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)	3			Ali Cengiz (TUR)	8
	Semen Novikov (BUL)	0			Dávid Losonczi (HUN)	7
	Dávid Losonczi (HUN)	10

• During the final between Ali Cengiz and Dávid Losonczi, Losonczi pinned his opponent but that didn't confirmed by the referees. On 15 November 2023, the United World Wrestling recognized that a serious refereeing mistake had been committed which changed the outcome of this bout. Therefore, the UWW declared both wrestlers as the winners of the contest and award a gold medal to Dávid Losonczi.^[2]

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Ali Cengiz (TUR)	7
					Toni Metsomäki (FIN)	3
									Ali Cengiz (TUR)	3
									Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)	1
					Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)	5
	Zac Braunagel (USA)	8			Zac Braunagel (USA)	1
	Azym Annamämmedow (TKM)	3											Ali Cengiz (TUR)	3
	Luis Avendaño (VEN)	4											Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB)	3
	Lukas Staudacher (AUT)	2			Luis Avendaño (VEN)	0
	Exauce Mukubu (NOR)	7			Exauce Mukubu (NOR)	10
	Milad Alirzaev (AIN)	1							Exauce Mukubu (NOR)	2
									Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB)	2
					John Omondi (KEN)	0
					Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB)	8

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)	5
					Mirco Minguzzi (ITA)	2
									Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)	6
									Park Sang-hyeok (KOR)	1
					Daniel Vicente (MEX)	1
	Manoj Kumar (UWW)	0			Park Sang-hyeok (KOR)	9
	Park Sang-hyeok (KOR)	9											Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)	9
	Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL)	8											Nasser Alizadeh (IRI)	4
	Ronisson Brandão (BRA)	0			Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL)	6
					Marcel Sterkenburg (NED)	1
									Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL)	4
									Nasser Alizadeh (IRI)	4
					Ilias Pagkalidis (GRE)	4
					Nasser Alizadeh (IRI)	6

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Alex Kessidis (SWE)	5
					Qian Haitao (CHN)	1
									Alex Kessidis (SWE)	4F
									Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM)	7
					Martynas Nemsevičius (LTU)	0
	Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM)	5			Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM)	10C
	Daniel Grégorich (CUB)	1											Alex Kessidis (SWE)	3
	Sultan Ali Eid (JOR)	1											Semen Novikov (BUL)	5
	Lasha Gobadze (GEO)	8			Lasha Gobadze (GEO)	6
					Ivan Huklek (CRO)	2
									Lasha Gobadze (GEO)	1
									Semen Novikov (BUL)	3
					Mohamed Metwally (EGY)	0
					Semen Novikov (BUL)	9

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
					Damian von Euw (SUI)	0
					Kiryl Maskevich (AIN)	10
									Kiryl Maskevich (AIN)	5
	Carlos Muñoz (COL)	0							Hannes Wagner (GER)	3
	Hannes Wagner (GER)	9			Hannes Wagner (GER)	1
	Masato Sumi (JPN)	2			Masato Sumi (JPN)	1
	Andreas Välis (EST)	0											Kiryl Maskevich (AIN)	1
	Viorel Burduja (MDA)	1											Dávid Losonczi (HUN)	6
	Islam Abbasov (AZE)	5			Islam Abbasov (AZE)	1
					Bachir Sid Azara (ALG)	1
									Islam Abbasov (AZE)	0
									Dávid Losonczi (HUN)	8
					Azat Salidinov (KGZ)	0
					Dávid Losonczi (HUN)	8

	Repechage round 2				Repechage round 3				Bronze medals
	Toni Metsomäki (FIN)	1			Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)	5			Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)	7
	Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)	5			Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB)	3			Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)	2
	Azat Salidinov (KGZ)	1			Islam Abbasov (AZE)	6			Islam Abbasov (AZE)	3
	Islam Abbasov (AZE)	5			Kiryl Maskevich (AIN)	1			Semen Novikov (BUL)	6

	Olympic wrestle-off
	Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)	8
	Islam Abbasov (AZE)	0

Rank	Athlete
	Ali Cengiz (TUR)
	Dávid Losonczi (HUN)
	Zhan Beleniuk (UKR)
	Semen Novikov (BUL)
5	Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)
5	Islam Abbasov (AZE)
7	Alex Kessidis (SWE)
8	Park Sang-hyeok (KOR)
9	Kiryl Maskevich (AIN)
10	Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB)
11	Exauce Mukubu (NOR)
12	Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL)
13	Hannes Wagner (GER)
14	Gevorg Tadevosyan (ARM)
15	Lasha Gobadze (GEO)
16	Nasser Alizadeh (IRI)
17	Zac Braunagel (USA)
18	Masato Sumi (JPN)
19	Luis Avendaño (VEN)
20	Toni Metsomäki (FIN)
21	Ilias Pagkalidis (GRE)
22	Azym Annamämmedow (TKM)
23	Lukas Staudacher (AUT)
24	Mirco Minguzzi (ITA)
25	Ivan Huklek (CRO)
26	Bachir Sid Azara (ALG)
27	Qian Haitao (CHN)
28	Daniel Grégorich (CUB)
29	Viorel Burduja (MDA)
30	Marcel Sterkenburg (NED)
31	Milad Alirzaev (AIN)
32	Sultan Ali Eid (JOR)
33	Daniel Vicente (MEX)
34	Azat Salidinov (KGZ)
35	Andreas Välis (EST)
36	John Omondi (KEN)
37	Ronisson Brandão (BRA)
38	Manoj Kumar (UWW)
39	Mohamed Metwally (EGY)
40	Carlos Muñoz (COL)
41	Damian von Euw (SUI)
42	Martynas Nemsevičius (LTU)

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