# 2024 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tirana, Albania on 28 and 29 October 2024.
This Greco-Roman 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.
Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit, including two halves of three minutes. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 2 |
| Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 3 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| Hayk Melikyan (ARM) | 8 | Hayk Melikyan (ARM) | 2 | | | | |
| Meirzhan Shermakhanbet (KAZ) | 0 | | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 6 | | |
| Yryskeldi Khamzaev (KGZ) | 1 | | | Abdullo Aliev (UZB) | 0 | | |
| Abdullo Aliev (UZB) | 2 | Abdullo Aliev (UZB) | 7 | | | | |
| Mihai Petic (MDA) | 8 | Mihai Petic (MDA) | 2 | | | | |
| Ahmed Barahmah (KSA) | 0 | | | | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 6 |
| Michael Widmayer (GER) | 1 | | | | | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 1 |
| Ankit Gulia (IND) | 1 | Michael Widmayer (GER) | 8 | | | | |
| Ivo Iliev (BUL) | 1 | Mikita Murashka (AIN) | 0 | | | | |
| Mikita Murashka (AIN) | 10 | | | Michael Widmayer (GER) | 0 | | |
| Mikko Peltokangas (FIN) | 5$^F$ | | | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 9 | | |
| Andreas Vetsch (SUI) | 0 | Mikko Peltokangas (FIN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 10 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 5 | | | | |
| Otar Abuladze (GEO) | 4 | Otar Abuladze (GEO) | 1 | | | | |
| Amadeusz Vitek (HUN) | 1 | | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 9 | | |
| Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI) | 3 | | | Dominik Etlinger (CRO) | 0 | | |
| Benji Peak (USA) | 11 | Benji Peak (USA) | 0 | | | | |
| Mateusz Bernatek (POL) | 1 | Dominik Etlinger (CRO) | 9 | | | | |
| Dominik Etlinger (CRO) | 9 | | | | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 6 |
| Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) | 1 | | | | | Leng Ji (CHN) | 0 |
| Leng Ji (CHN) | 3 | Leng Ji (CHN) | 5 | | | | |
| Aslan Visaitov (AIN) | 3 | Aslan Visaitov (AIN) | 3 | | | | |
| Ihor Bychkov (UKR) | 1 | | | Leng Ji (CHN) | 3 | | |
| Kensuke Shimizu (JPN) | 8 | | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 1 | | |
| Gjete Prenga (ALB) | 0 | Kensuke Shimizu (JPN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 5 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Hayk Melikyan (ARM) | 9 | Hayk Melikyan (ARM) | 14 |
| Abdullo Aliev (UZB) | 0 | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 16 |
| Otar Abuladze (GEO) | 7 | Otar Abuladze (GEO) | 9 |
| Dominik Etlinger (CRO) | 1 | Leng Ji (CHN) | 5 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) |
| | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) |
| | Ali Arsalan (SRB) |
| | Otar Abuladze (GEO) |
| 5 | Hayk Melikyan (ARM) |
| 5 | Leng Ji (CHN) |
| 7 | Dominik Etlinger (CRO) |
| 8 | Michael Widmayer (GER) |
| 9 | Mikko Peltokangas (FIN) |
| 10 | Abdullo Aliev (UZB) |
| 11 | Mihai Petic (MDA) |
| 12 | Kensuke Shimizu (JPN) |
| 13 | Benji Peak (USA) |
| 14 | Mikita Murashka (AIN) |
| 15 | Selçuk Can (TUR) |
| 16 | Aslan Visaitov (AIN) |
| 17 | Mohammad Reza Geraei (IRI) |
| 18 | Ankit Gulia (IND) |
| 19 | Yryskeldi Khamzaev (KGZ) |
| 20 | Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) |
| 21 | Ihor Bychkov (UKR) |
| 22 | Amadeusz Vitek (HUN) |
| 23 | Mateusz Bernatek (POL) |
| 24 | Ivo Iliev (BUL) |
| 25 | Andreas Vetsch (SUI) |
| 26 | Ahmed Barahmah (KSA) |
| 27 | Meirzhan Shermakhanbet (KAZ) |
| 28 | Gjete Prenga (ALB) |