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

Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg
at the 2024 World Championships
Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg ; at the 2024 World Championships
Venue	Tirana Olympic Park
Dates	28–29 October 2024
Competitors	28 from 26 nations
Medalists
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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.^[1]

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

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

Top half

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		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 16		Quarterfinals		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		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)