# 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Tirana, Albania on 21 and 22 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.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 1 |
| Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO) | 3 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Justus Scott (USA) | 1 | | | | |
| Kristo Merilain (EST) | 0 | Danial Sohrabi (IRI) | 10 | | | | |
| Danial Sohrabi (IRI) | 8 | | | Danial Sohrabi (IRI) | 0 | | |
| Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 10 | | | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 9$^F$ | | |
| Michael Portmann (SUI) | 0 | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 9 | | | | |
| Kensaku Ono (JPN) | 13 | Kensaku Ono (JPN) | 0 | | | | |
| Ardit Zeneli (ALB) | 2 | | | | | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) | 9 |
| Bin Xu (CHN) | 2 | | | | | Georgios Barbanos (SWE) | 0 |
| Georgios Barbanos (SWE) | 4 | Georgios Barbanos (SWE) | 3 | | | | |
| Junior Benítez Ortiz (ESP) | 0 | Luka Ivančić (CRO) | 3 | | | | |
| Luka Ivančić (CRO) | 8 | | | Georgios Barbanos (SWE) | 3 | | |
| Ruslan Nurullayev (AZE) | 8 | | | Abror Atabaev (UZB) | 2 | | |
| Illia Valeuski (ANA) | 7 | Ruslan Nurullayev (AZE) | 2 | | | | |
| Abror Atabaev (UZB) | 8 | Abror Atabaev (UZB) | 3 | | | | |
| Brandon Navarro (PUR) | 0 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Imran Aliev (ANA) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Marian Holubovskyi (UKR) | 0 | Imran Aliev (ANA) | 11 | | | | |
| Nilson Sinisterra (COL) | 3 | Vilius Savickas (LTU) | 0 | | | | |
| Vilius Savickas (LTU) | 4 | | | Imran Aliev (ANA) | 0 | | |
| Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO) | 6 | | | Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO) | 4 | | |
| Piotr Stolarczyk (POL) | 0 | Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO) | 14 | | | | |
| Giovanni Alessio (ITA) | 1 | Arionas Kolitsopoulos (GRE) | 5 | | | | |
| Arionas Kolitsopoulos (GRE) | 4 | | | | | Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO) | 7 |
| Aakash Punia (IND) | 3 | | | | | Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ) | 0 |
| Gagik Snjoyan (FRA) | 8 | Gagik Snjoyan (FRA) | 4 | | | | |
| Dimitar Georgiev (BUL) | 0 | Krisztofer Klányi (HUN) | 1 | | | | |
| Krisztofer Klányi (HUN) | 5$^F$ | | | Gagik Snjoyan (FRA) | 1 | | |
| Muhammed Ali Göçmen (TUR) | 1 | | | Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ) | 7 | | |
| Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ) | 1 | Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Merey Maulitkanov (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Kensaku Ono (JPN) | 1 | Michael Portmann (SUI) | 0 | Georgios Barbanos (SWE) | 0 |
| Michael Portmann (SUI) | 3 | Danial Sohrabi (IRI) | 8 | Danial Sohrabi (IRI) | 9 |
| Piotr Stolarczyk (POL) | 1 | Arionas Kolitsopoulos (GRE) | 0 | Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ) | 1 |
| Arionas Kolitsopoulos (GRE) | 3 | Imran Aliev (ANA) | 8 | Imran Aliev (ANA) | 11$^F$ |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO) |
| | Ashot Khachatryan (ARM) |
| | Danial Sohrabi (IRI) |
| | Imran Aliev (ANA) |
| 5 | Georgios Barbanos (SWE) |
| 5 | Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ) |
| 7 | Abror Atabaev (UZB) |
| 8 | Gagik Snjoyan (FRA) |
| 9 | Arionas Kolitsopoulos (GRE) |
| 10 | Krisztofer Klányi (HUN) |
| 11 | Kensaku Ono (JPN) |
| 12 | Luka Ivančić (CRO) |
| 13 | Ruslan Nurullayev (AZE) |
| 14 | Vilius Savickas (LTU) |
| 15 | Michael Portmann (SUI) |
| 16 | Illia Valeuski (ANA) |
| 17 | Nilson Sinisterra (COL) |
| 18 | Aakash Punia (IND) |
| 19 | Bin Xu (CHN) |
| 20 | Merey Maulitkanov (KAZ) |
| 21 | Ardit Zeneli (ALB) |
| 22 | Muhammed Ali Göçmen (TUR) |
| 23 | Giovanni Alessio (ITA) |
| 24 | Piotr Stolarczyk (POL) |
| 25 | Justus Scott (USA) |
| 26 | Dimitar Georgiev (BUL) |
| 27 | Kristo Merilain (EST) |
| 28 | Junior Benítez Ortiz (ESP) |
| 29 | Brandon Navarro (PUR) |
| 30 | Marian Holubovskyi (UKR) |