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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Wrestling-Judo Hall, Exhibition Lands (Hall 14), München
Date Started: August 27, 1972
Date Finished: August 31, 1972
Format: Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.
| Gold: | Zagalav Abdulbekov |
| Silver: | Vehbi Akdağ |
| Bronze: | Ivan Krastev |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | RE | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zagalav Abdulbekov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | |||
| 2 | Vehbi Akdağ | 23 | Turkey | TUR | Silver | |||
| 3 | Ivan Krastev | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | Bronze | |||
| 4 | Kiyoshi Abe | 25 | Japan | JPN | ||||
| 5 | Shamseddin Seyyed Abbasi | 29 | Iran | IRI | ||||
| 6 | Petre Coman | 28 | Romania | ROU | ||||
| 7 | Joseph Burge | 20 | Guatemala | GUA | ||||
| AC | Pat Bolger | 24 | Canada | CAN | Eliminated r4/7 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Gerhard Weisenberger | 20 | West Germany | FRG | Eliminated r4/7 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Théodule Toulotte | 21 | France | FRA | Eliminated r4/7 | 8,5 | ||
| AC | Jorma Liimatainen | 24 | Finland | FIN | Eliminated r3/7 | 6,0 | ||
| AC | Satpal Singh | 17 | India | IND | Eliminated r3/7 | 6,0 | ||
| AC | Zdzisław Stolarski | 24 | Poland | POL | Eliminated r3/7 | 6,0 | ||
| AC | László Szabó | 26 | Hungary | HUN | Eliminated r3/7 | 7,0 | ||
| AC | Ahmad Djan | 24 | Afghanistan | AFG | Eliminated r3/7 | 7,5 | ||
| AC | Gene Davis | 26 | United States | USA | Eliminated r3/7 | 7,5 | ||
| AC | José Ramos | 23 | Cuba | CUB | Eliminated r3/7 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Panagiotis Koutsoupakis | 22 | Greece | GRE | Eliminated r3/7 | 8,5 | ||
| AC | Vicente Martínez | 25 | Mexico | MEX | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,0 | ||
| AC | Jakob Tanner | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,5 | ||
| AC | Stanislav Tůma | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | Eliminated r2/7 | 6,5 | ||
| AC | Kenneth Dawes | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | Eliminated r2/7 | 7,5 | ||
| AC | Zevegiin Oidov | 22 | Mongolia | MGL | Eliminated r2/7 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Carlos Hurtado | 20 | Peru | PER | Eliminated r2/7 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Eliseo Salugta | 31 | Philippines | PHI | Eliminated r2/7 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Orlando Gonçalves | 34 | Portugal | POR | Eliminated r2/7 | 8,0 |