Men's freestyle 74 kilograms competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 9–10 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars.

[1] This is the 25th appearance of men's freestyle welterweight category, debut as a demonstration in 1904 as 71.7kg, except for 1908-1920, returned from 1924 through 1936 as 72kg, from 1948 through 1960 as 73kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 78kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 74kg, 2000 as 76kg, from 2004 as 74kg as a current weight limit.

Zaurbek Sidakov has originally won a quota at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, but the IOC did not claim him neutral, Lu Feng took his spot , Lu won by beating Amr Reda Hussen and lost to Viktor Rassadin, Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau competed as Neutral, but lost to eventual champion Razambek Zhamalov, he got into repechages, Kadzimahamedau won a repechage over Tajmuraz Salkazanov and lost to Chermen Valiev in a bronze medal match, which is Albania's first ever medal, one of the bronze medalists, Kyle Dake beat Anthony Montero, then Younes Emami, and lost to potentially silver medalist Daichi Takatani, Dake won a bronze medal by beating Khetag Tsabolov, and Bekzod Abdurakhmonov originally won a quota at the Asian Qualifiers, but his spot was taken by a eventual champion Razambek Zhamalov.

[3] During the course of a match, if a wrestler builds a 10-point advantage over the opponent, the bout is stopped and the leader is declared as the winner by technical superiority.

The finalists of each category in the four continental qualification tournaments (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the joint Africa & Oceania) were awarded quota places.