2006 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China on 28 September 2006.

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2006 World Championships
Venue	Tianhe Gymnasium
Dates	28 September 2006
Competitors	35 from 35 nations
Medalists
Ibragim Aldatov   Ukraine   Ali Asghar Bazri   Iran   Soslan Tigiev   Uzbekistan   Donny Pritzlaff   United States

Main article: 2006 World Wrestling Championships

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Finals

	Semifinals						Final
	Mihail Ganev (BUL)	0	0
	Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)	6	3				Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)	4	5
	Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI)	0	6	1			Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI)	0	1
	Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	1	0	0

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Mihail Ganev (BUL)	0	2	1
							Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	1	1	0
													Mihail Ganev (BUL)	1	8
													Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	1	2
							Matt Gentry (CAN)	1	0	0
							Ahmet Gülhan (TUR)	1	3	3
																			Mihail Ganev (BUL)	0	2	1
																			Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3	2	1
							Máximo Blanco (VEN)	1	0
							Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	4	5
													Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	5	7
													Iván Fundora (CUB)	3	2
							Alexandru Burcă (MDA)	2	0
							Iván Fundora (CUB)	5	3

Section 2

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Sombir (IND)	0	0
							Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	6	7
													Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	0	1	1
													Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)	1	0	2
							Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)	6	5
							Lee Armstrong (AUS)	0	0
																			Ibragim Aldatov (UKR)	2	4
																			Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	0	0
							Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	2	3
							Elnur Aslanov (AZE)	0	0
													Gela Saghirashvili (GEO)	1	3	0
													Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	4	0	1
							Anis Gharbi (FRA)	1	0
							Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	3	2

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI)	0	3	2
							Abdulkhakim Shapiyev (KAZ)	1	0	1
													Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI)	3	1
													Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROM)	0	0
							Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROM)	2	0	4F
							Chuluundavaagiin Mönkhbayar (MGL)	0	2	0
																			Ali Asghar Bazri (IRI)	2	1
																			Donny Pritzlaff (USA)	0	1
							Nibaldo Candia (CHI)	0	0
							Ruslan Kokaev (ARM)	5	6
													Ruslan Kokaev (ARM)	2	1	0
													Donny Pritzlaff (USA)	1	2	3
							Richard Addinall (RSA)	1	0
							Donny Pritzlaff (USA)	3	7F

Section 4

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Gábor Hatos (HUN)	3F
							Lê Duy Hợi (VIE)	0
													Gábor Hatos (HUN)	1	2
													Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	3	3
							Jean-Noël Malo (CIV)	0	0
							Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	1	3
																			Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	4	3
																			Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	1	2
							Si Riguleng (CHN)	5	2
	Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	2	1				Talant Jekshenov (KGZ)	1	1
	Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)	0	0										Si Riguleng (CHN)	3	0
	Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	0	0										Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	3	5
	Jānis Leišavnieks (LAT)	1	2				Jānis Leišavnieks (LAT)	1	0
	Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	1	2				Emzarios Bentinidis (GRE)	9	6
	Peter Weisenberger (GER)	0	0

Repechage

	Repechage round 2						Repechage round 3						Bronze medals
	Lee Armstrong (AUS)	0					Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	1	0	5			Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	3	2
	Soslan Tigiev (UZB)	4F					Krystian Brzozowski (POL)	0	1	1			Mihail Ganev (BUL)	1	0
	Abdulkhakim Shapiyev (KAZ)	3	1	1			Abdulkhakim Shapiyev (KAZ)	2	0				Donny Pritzlaff (USA)	1	3	1
	Gheorghiță Ștefan (ROM)	0	1	0			Donny Pritzlaff (USA)	3	3				Murad Gaidarov (BLR)	3	0	0