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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: | Roman Dmitriyev |
| Silver: | Ognyan Nikolov |
| Bronze: | Ibrahim Javadi |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | RE | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Dmitriyev | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | |||
| 2 | Ognyan Nikolov | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | Silver | |||
| 3 | Ibrahim Javadi | 29 | Iran | IRI | Bronze | |||
| 4 | Sefer Baygin | 30 | Turkey | TUR | ||||
| 5 | Ion Arapu | 21 | Romania | ROU | ||||
| 6 | Masahiko Umeda | 24 | Japan | JPN | ||||
| AC | Jürgen Möbius | 28 | East Germany | GDR | Eliminated r3/5 | 6,0 | ||
| AC | Sergio Gonzalez | 24 | United States | USA | Eliminated r3/5 | 6,0 | ||
| AC | Rolf Lacour | 35 | West Germany | FRG | Eliminated r3/5 | 7,0 | ||
| AC | Jang Dok-Ryong | 19 | North Korea | PRK | Eliminated r3/5 | 7,0 | ||
| AC | Attila Laták | 26 | Hungary | HUN | Eliminated r3/5 | 8,5 | ||
| AC | Adkar Maruti | 22 | India | IND | Eliminated r2/5 | 7,0 | ||
| AC | Bazarragchaagiin Jamsran | 21 | Mongolia | MGL | Eliminated r2/5 | 7,0 | ||
| AC | Gad Zobari | 28 | Israel | ISR | Eliminated r2/5 | 7,5 |