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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Wrestling-Judo Hall, Exhibition Lands (Hall 14), München
Date Started: September 5, 1972
Date Finished: September 10, 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.
| Gold: | Shamil Khisamutdinov |
| Silver: | Stoyan Apostolov |
| Bronze: | Gian Matteo Ranzi |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | RE | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shamil Khisamutdinov | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | |||
| 2 | Stoyan Apostolov | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | Silver | |||
| 3 | Gian Matteo Ranzi | 24 | Italy | ITA | Bronze | |||
| 4 | Manfred Schöndorfer | 23 | West Germany | FRG | ||||
| 5 | Takashi Tanoue | 25 | Japan | JPN | ||||
| 6T | Antal Steer | 28 | Hungary | HUN | ||||
| 6T | Seyyit Hışırlı | 23 | Turkey | TUR | ||||
| AC | Andrzej Supron | 19 | Poland | POL | Eliminated r4/6 | 4,0 | ||
| AC | Sreten Damjanović | 25 | Yugoslavia | YUG | Eliminated r4/6 | 7,5 | ||
| AC | Tage Juhl Weirum | 23 | Denmark | DEN | Eliminated r4/6 | 9,0 | ||
| AC | Djan-Aka Djan | Afghanistan | AFG | Eliminated r3/6 | 7,0 | |||
| AC | Mohamed Bahamou | 27 | Morocco | MAR | Eliminated r3/6 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Klaus-Peter Göpfert | 23 | East Germany | GDR | Eliminated r3/6 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Heinz Rhyn | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | Eliminated r3/6 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Mohammad Dalirian | 20 | Iran | IRI | Eliminated r3/6 | 9,0 | ||
| AC | Veikko Lavonen | 27 | Finland | FIN | Eliminated r2/6 | 7,0 | ||
| AC | Sotirios Nakos | 23 | Greece | GRE | Eliminated r2/6 | 7,0 | ||
| AC | Josef Brötzner | 27 | Austria | AUT | Eliminated r2/6 | 7,5 | ||
| AC | Ole Sorensen | 24 | Canada | CAN | Eliminated r2/6 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Alberto Bremauntz | 36 | Mexico | MEX | Eliminated r2/6 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Simion Popescu | 32 | Romania | ROU | Eliminated r2/6 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Bob Buzzard | 29 | United States | USA | Eliminated r2/6 | 8,0 | ||
| AC | Mohamed Gaber | 25 | Egypt | EGY | Withdrew r2/6 | 4,0 |