2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg
# 2018 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Budapest, Hungary on 25 and 26 October.

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

* C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent
* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Bálint Korpási (HUN) | 1 |
| Frank Stäbler (GER) | 2 |

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Bálint Korpási (HUN) | $11^C$ | | | | |
| Tarek Benaissa (ALG) | 8 | Tarek Benaissa (ALG) | 0 | | | | |
| Matouš Morbitzer (CZE) | 4 | | | Bálint Korpási (HUN) | 8 | | |
| Leoš Drmola (SVK) | $7^F$ | | | Joílson Júnior (BRA) | 0 | | |
| Benedikt Puffer (AUT) | 0 | Leoš Drmola (SVK) | 7 | | | | |
| Joílson Júnior (BRA) | 8 | Joílson Júnior (BRA) | 15 | | | | |
| Jarvis Tarkong (PLW) | 0 | | | | | Bálint Korpási (HUN) | 3 |
| Roman Pacurkowski (POL) | 0 | | | | | Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL) | 1 |
| Aleksandar Maksimović (SRB) | 9 | Aleksandar Maksimović (SRB) | 3 | | | | |
| Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL) | 9 | Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL) | 5 | | | | |
| Aziz Boualem (MAR) | 0 | | | Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL) | 9 | | |
| Taha Yaseen (IRQ) | 4 | | | Zhang Hujun (CHN) | 4 | | |
| Zhang Hujun (CHN) | 6 | Zhang Hujun (CHN) | 9 | | | | |
| Ņikita Masjuks (LAT) | 0 | Daniel Soini (SWE) | 1 | | | | |
| Daniel Soini (SWE) | 2 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Rasul Chunayev (AZE) | 3 | | | | |
| Kuldeep Malik (IND) | 0 | Tomohiro Inoue (JPN) | 1 | | | | |
| Tomohiro Inoue (JPN) | 9 | | | Rasul Chunayev (AZE) | 6 | | |
| RaVaughn Perkins (USA) | 7 | | | Mohammad Ali Geraei (IRI) | 4 | | |
| Murat Dağ (TUR) | 8 | Murat Dağ (TUR) | 2 | | | | |
| Park Dae-kun (KOR) | 1 | Mohammad Ali Geraei (IRI) | 7 | | | | |
| Mohammad Ali Geraei (IRI) | 3 | | | | | Rasul Chunayev (AZE) | 1 |
| Abuyazid Mantsigov (RUS) | $10^F$ | | | | | Frank Stäbler (GER) | 9 |
| Pavel Liakh (BLR) | 2 | Abuyazid Mantsigov (RUS) | 3 | | | | |
| Frank Stäbler (GER) | 12 | Frank Stäbler (GER) | 3 | | | | |
| Giorgi Khutchua (GEO) | 3 | | | Frank Stäbler (GER) | 10 | | |
| Aram Vardanyan (UZB) | 4 | | | Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ) | 6 | | |
| Parviz Nasibov (UKR) | 3 | Aram Vardanyan (UZB) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ) | 3 | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Tarek Benaissa (ALG) | 4 | Tarek Benaissa (ALG) | 0 |
| | | Joílson Júnior (BRA) | 1 | Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL) | 9 |
| Giorgi Khutchua (GEO) | 0 | Abuyazid Mantsigov (RUS) | 8 | Abuyazid Mantsigov (RUS) | 3 |
| Abuyazid Mantsigov (RUS) | 8 | Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ) | 1 | Rasul Chunayev (AZE) | 4 |
