# 2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 7 and 8 October.
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 |
| Sergey Kutuzov (RWF) | 1 |
| Malkhas Amoyan (ARM) | 3 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Mikko Peltokangas (FIN) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Mikko Peltokangas (FIN) | 0 | | |
| Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 8 | | | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 9 | | |
| Vikas Dalal (IND) | 0 | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 10$^F$ | | | | |
| Ruslan Tsarev (KGZ) | 3 | Ruslan Tsarev (KGZ) | 0 | | | | |
| Maksym Yevtushenko (UKR) | 1 | | | | | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 0 |
| Sergey Kutuzov (RWF) | 7 | | | | | Sergey Kutuzov (RWF) | 10 |
| Yury Kankou (BLR) | 0 | Sergey Kutuzov (RWF) | 10 | | | | |
| Pat Smith (USA) | 3 | Valentin Petic (MDA) | 2 | | | | |
| Valentin Petic (MDA) | 4 | | | Sergey Kutuzov (RWF) | 7 | | |
| Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 2 | | | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) | 3 | | |
| Aleksa Erski (SRB) | 1 | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) | 6 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Malkhas Amoyan (ARM) | 8 | | | | |
| Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) | 3 | Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) | 0 | | | | |
| Jair Cuero (COL) | 1 | | | Malkhas Amoyan (ARM) | 5 | | |
| Kaharman Kissymetov (KAZ) | 1 | | | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 0 | | |
| Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 11 | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 8 | | | | |
| Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL) | 4 | Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL) | 0 | | | | |
| Tomohiro Inoue (JPN) | 4 | | | | | Malkhas Amoyan (ARM) | 10 |
| Leoš Drmola (SVK) | 2 | | | | | Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) | 6 |
| Lee Ji-yul (KOR) | 10 | Lee Ji-yul (KOR) | 2 | | | | |
| Christoph Burger (AUT) | 0 | Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) | 12 | | | | |
| Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) | 9 | | | Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) | 9 | | |
| Idris Ibaev (GER) | 6 | | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 0 | | |
| Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 9 | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO) | 3 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Yury Kankou (BLR) | 0 | Valentin Petic (MDA) | 1 | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) | 1 |
| Valentin Petic (MDA) | 4 | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) | 3 | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 1 |
| | | Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) | 1 | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 10 |
| | | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 2 | Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) | 1 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Malkhas Amoyan (ARM) |
| | Sergey Kutuzov (RWF) |
| | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) |
| | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) |
| 5 | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) |
| 5 | Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) |
| 7 | Valentin Petic (MDA) |
| 8 | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) |
| 9 | Lee Ji-yul (KOR) |
| 10 | Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) |
| 11 | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) |
| 12 | Mikko Peltokangas (FIN) |
| 13 | Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL) |
| 14 | Ruslan Tsarev (KGZ) |
| 15 | Idris Ibaev (GER) |
| 16 | Tomohiro Inoue (JPN) |
| 17 | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) |
| 18 | Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO) |
| 19 | Pat Smith (USA) |
| 20 | Leoš Drmola (SVK) |
| 21 | Aleksa Erski (SRB) |
| 22 | Maksym Yevtushenko (UKR) |
| 23 | Jair Cuero (COL) |
| 24 | Kaharman Kissymetov (KAZ) |
| 25 | Vikas Dalal (IND) |
| 26 | Christoph Burger (AUT) |
| 27 | Yury Kankou (BLR) |