# 2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 10 and 11 September 2022.
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
* WO — Won by walkover

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 7 |
| Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 4 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 6 | | | | |
| Matias Lipasti (FIN) | 5 | Matias Lipasti (FIN) | 3 | | | | |
| Mirzobek Rakhmatov (UZB) | 5 | | | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 0 | | |
| Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 11 | | | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 9 | | |
| Andrii Kulyk (UKR) | 2 | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 7 | | | | |
| Benji Peak (USA) | 1 | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 3 | | | | |
| Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 3 | | | | | Ali Arsalan (SRB) | 5$^F$ |
| | | | | | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 1 |
| | | Valentin Petic (MDA) | 9 | | | | |
| Alejandro Varela (GUA) | 11 | Alejandro Varela (GUA) | 0 | | | | |
| Arnaud Mambou (CGO) | 0 | | | Valentin Petic (MDA) | 0 | | |
| Jakub Bielesz (CZE) | 0 | | | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 6 | | |
| Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 8 | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 7 | | | | |
| | | Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) | 3 | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) | 4 | | | | |
| Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO) | 2 | Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO) | 3 | | | | |
| Vikas Dalal (IND) | 1 | | | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) | 1 | | |
| Lee Ji-yeon (KOR) | 6 | | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 3 | | |
| Pavel Puklavec (CRO) | 3 | Lee Ji-yeon (KOR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 4 |
| | | Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL) | 3 | | | | |
| Reagan Ndombasi (COD) | | Samuel Bellscheidt (GER) | 2 | | | | |
| Samuel Bellscheidt (GER) | WO | | | Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL) | 0 | | |
| Taishi Horie (JPN) | 3 | | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 10 | | |
| Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) | 7 | Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) | 4 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Andrii Kulyk (UKR) | 10 | Andrii Kulyk (UKR) | 8 | Andrii Kulyk (UKR) | 4 |
| Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 4 | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) | 0 | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) | 3 |
| | | Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) | 4 | Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) | 3 |
| | | Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL) | 0 | Selçuk Can (TUR) | 3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Ali Arsalan (SRB) |
| | Ulvu Ganizade (AZE) |
| | Andrii Kulyk (UKR) |
| | Selçuk Can (TUR) |
| 5 | Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA) |
| 5 | Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ) |
| 7 | Samuel Bellscheidt (GER) |
| 8 | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) |
| 9 | Alejandro Varela (GUA) |
| 10 | Valentin Petic (MDA) |
| 11 | Lee Ji-yeon (KOR) |
| 12 | Matias Lipasti (FIN) |
| 13 | Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO) |
| 14 | Gevorg Sahakyan (POL) |
| 15 | Kristupas Šleiva (LTU) |
| 16 | Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL) |
| 17 | Mirzobek Rakhmatov (UZB) |
| 18 | Pavel Puklavec (CRO) |
| 19 | Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI) |
| 20 | Taishi Horie (JPN) |
| 21 | Vikas Dalal (IND) |
| 22 | Benji Peak (USA) |
| 23 | Jakub Bielesz (CZE) |
| 24 | Arnaud Mambou (CGO) |
| — | Reagan Ndombasi (COD) |