Men's freestyle 86 kilograms competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, took place on 8–9 August 2024 at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars.

Defending champion David Taylor lost to Aaron Brooks in the best of three final at US trials, Brooks lost to eventual champion Magomed Ramazanov, Magomed Ramazanov won the event by beating Hassan Yazdani in the final, one of the bronze medalists, Artur Naifonov did not participate due to the IOC barred the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) due to war in Ukraine, while the other, Myles Amine lost to eventual silver medalist Hassan Yazdani, Amine got into the bronze medal match, loss to Dauren Kurugliev.

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

[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.