| Event: | Men's freestyle 74 kg |
| Championship: | 2023 U23 World Championships |
| Dates: | 23–24 October |
| Venue: | Tirana Olympic Park |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 21 |
| Gold: | Keegan O'Toole |
| Gold Nation: | USA |
| Silver: | Imam Ganishov |
| Bronze: | Hikaru Takata |
| Bronze Nation: | JPN |
| Bronze2: | Naveen Malik |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2024 |
See main article: 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships. The men's freestyle 74 kg is a competition featured at the 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tirana, Albania on 23 and 24 October 2023.[1] [2]
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.