# 2023 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 22 and 23 September 2023.
This freestyle 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
* R — Retired

### Finals

| Final | Final |
| Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 3 |
| Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 0 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 3 | | | | |
| Shant Khachatryan (ARM) | 5 | Shant Khachatryan (ARM) | 1 | | | | |
| Narek Oganian (AIN) | 1 | | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 4 | | |
| Abdelmalek Merabet (ALG) | 1 | | | Michael Widmayer (GER) | 1 | | |
| Michael Widmayer (GER) | 3 | Michael Widmayer (GER) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Tan Jian (CHN) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 4 |
| | | Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) | 5 | | | | |
| Kamil Czarnecki (POL) | 7 | Pat Smith (USA) | 1 | | | | |
| Pat Smith (USA) | 7$^F$ | | | Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) | 0 | | |
| Stoyan Kubatov (BUL) | 4 | | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 10 | | |
| Lee Ji-yeon (KOR) | 0 | Stoyan Kubatov (BUL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 5 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 7 | | | | |
| Artur Politaiev (UKR) | 2 | Danial Sohrabi (IRI) | 7 | | | | |
| Danial Sohrabi (IRI) | 8 | | | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 10 | | |
| Zaur Kabaloev (ITA) | 1 | | | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 13$^F$ | | |
| Jamol Jumabaev (UZB) | 5 | Jamol Jumabaev (UZB) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Shingo Harada (JPN) | 1 |
| | | Ramaz Zoidze (GEO) | 0$^R$ | | | | |
| Daniel Cataraga (MDA) | 2 | Shingo Harada (JPN) | 1 | | | | |
| Shingo Harada (JPN) | 6 | | | Shingo Harada (JPN) | 6 | | |
| Ankit Gulia (UWW) | 0 | | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 4 | | |
| Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) | 4 | Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 4 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Stoyan Kubatov (BUL) | 5 | Stoyan Kubatov (BUL) | 1 |
| Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) | 5 | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 1 |
| Jamol Jumabaev (UZB) | 3 | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 9 |
| Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 12 | Shingo Harada (JPN) | 0 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) |
| | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) |
| | Selçuk Can (TUR) |
| | Ali Arsalan (SRB) |
| 5 | Stoyan Kubatov (BUL) |
| 5 | Shingo Harada (JPN) |
| 7 | Michael Widmayer (GER) |
| 8 | Pat Smith (USA) |
| 9 | Jamol Jumabaev (UZB) |
| 10 | Danial Sohrabi (IRI) |
| 11 | Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) |
| 12 | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) |
| 13 | Håvard Jørgensen (NOR) |
| 14 | Shant Khachatryan (ARM) |
| 15 | Tan Jian (CHN) |
| 16 | Daniel Cataraga (MDA) |
| 17 | Artur Politaiev (UKR) |
| 18 | Abdelmalek Merabet (ALG) |
| 19 | Narek Oganian (AIN) |
| 20 | Zaur Kabaloev (ITA) |
| 21 | Kamil Czarnecki (POL) |
| 22 | Ramaz Zoidze (GEO) |
| 23 | Lee Ji-yeon (KOR) |
| 24 | Ankit Gulia (UWW) |