The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain, on 18 and 19 October 2022.[1][2] The qualification rounds were held on 18 October, while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. A total of 24 wrestlers competed in this event, which was limited to athletes whose body weight was less than 72 kilograms.
| Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg at the 2022 U23 World Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Pontevedra Municipal Sports Hall | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 18–19 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 edit
- Legend
- F — Won by fall
- R — Retired
Final edit
| Final | |||
 Pavel Puklavec (CRO)
| 2 | ||
 Gurban Gurbanov (AZE)
| 8 | ||
Top half edit
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Kamil Czarnecki (POL)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Marcos Sánchez-Silva (ESP)
| 3 | Marcos Sánchez-Silva (ESP)
| 5 | ||||||||||||
 Miru Olsson (SWE)
| 2 | Marcos Sánchez-Silva (ESP)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Eimantas Vilimas (LTU)
| 6R |  Vikas Dalal (IND)
| 10 | ||||||||||||
 Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ)
| 7 | Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Vikas Dalal (IND)
| 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Vikas Dalal (IND)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pavel Puklavec (CRO)
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Daigo Kobayashi (JPN)
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Muhammetnazar Jumaýew (TKM)
| 6 |  Yerassyl Nurbossynov (KAZ)
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| Yerassyl Nurbossynov (KAZ)
| 10 | Daigo Kobayashi (JPN)
| 5 | ||||||||||||
 Giorgos Sotiriadis (GRE)
| 9 | Pavel Puklavec (CRO)
| 11 | ||||||||||||
 Alejandro Varela (GUA)
| 0 | Giorgos Sotiriadis (GRE)
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| Pavel Puklavec (CRO)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
Bottom half edit
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Benji Peak (USA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
 Irfan Mirzoiev (UKR)
| 9 | Irfan Mirzoiev (UKR)
| 9 | ||||||||||||
 Furkan Zırın (TUR)
| 1 | Irfan Mirzoiev (UKR)
| 6 | ||||||||||||
 Valentin Petic (MDA)
| 3 | Valentin Petic (MDA)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Samuel Bellscheidt (GER)
| 1 | Valentin Petic (MDA)
| 11 | ||||||||||||
 Edsson Olmos (MEX)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Irfan Mirzoiev (UKR)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gurban Gurbanov (AZE)
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
 Randel Uibo (EST)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gurban Gurbanov (AZE)
| 7 | Gurban Gurbanov (AZE)
| 8 | ||||||||||||
 Yanis Nifri (FRA)
| 2 | Gurban Gurbanov (AZE)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Shant Khachatryan (ARM)
| 8 |  Amir Abdi (IRI)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO)
| 5 | Shant Khachatryan (ARM)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Amir Abdi (IRI)
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
Repechage edit
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | ||||||||
| Giorgos Sotiriadis (GRE) | 1 | Daigo Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 | |||||||
| Daigo Kobayashi (JPN) | 6 | Vikas Dalal (IND) | 6 | |||||||
| Yanis Nifri (FRA) | 6 | Yanis Nifri (FRA) | 0 | Amir Abdi (IRI) | 3 | |||||
| Randel Uibo (EST) | 1 | Amir Abdi (IRI) | 8 | Irfan Mirzoiev (UKR) | 1 | |||||
Final standing edit
| Rank | Athlete |
|---|---|
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Gurban Gurbanov (AZE)
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Pavel Puklavec (CRO)
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Vikas Dalal (IND)
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Amir Abdi (IRI)
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| 5 | Daigo Kobayashi (JPN)
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| 5 | Irfan Mirzoiev (UKR)
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| 7 | Valentin Petic (MDA)
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| 8 | Marcos Sánchez-Silva (ESP)
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| 9 | Giorgos Sotiriadis (GRE)
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| 10 | Adilkhan Nurlanbekov (KGZ)
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| 11 | Yerassyl Nurbossynov (KAZ)
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| 12 | Yanis Nifri (FRA)
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| 13 | Shant Khachatryan (ARM)
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| 14 | Muhammetnazar Jumaýew (TKM)
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| 15 | Giorgi Chkhikvadze (GEO)
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| 16 | Kamil Czarnecki (POL)
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| 17 | Miru Olsson (SWE)
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| 18 | Samuel Bellscheidt (GER)
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| 19 | Furkan Zırın (TUR)
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| 20 | Randel Uibo (EST)
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| 21 | Eimantas Vilimas (LTU)
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| 22 | Alejandro Varela (GUA)
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| 23 | Benji Peak (USA)
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| 24 | Edsson Olmos (MEX)
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References edit
- ^ "World Championships | United World Wrestling". uww.org. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "72kg Bracket Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 17 October 2022.