The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.
TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
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4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mahdi Houryar|IRI|1972 Summer}} | 6:33 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petar Kirov|BUL|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Zeman|TCH|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Karmous|MAR|1972 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jamsrangiin Mönkh–Ochir|MGL|1972 Summer}} | 0:00 | {{flagIOCathlete|James Steiger|USA|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Trond Martiniussen|NOR|1972 Summer}} | 2:40 | {{flagIOCathlete|Fritz Huber|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 0 |
4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghe Stoiciu|ROU|1972 Summer}} | 6:43 | {{flagIOCathlete|József Doncsecz|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Boško Marinko|YUG|1972 Summer}} | 4:29 | {{flagIOCathlete|Javier León|PER|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Enrique Jiménez|MEX|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Tren|TUR|1972 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vasilios Ganotis|GRE|1972 Summer}} | 6:56 | {{flagIOCathlete|Leonel Duarte|POR|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
0.5 | 0.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vitali Konstantinov|URS|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Abdel Fattah Sayed Ibrahim|EGY|1972 Summer}} | 3.5 | 3.5 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Koichiro Hirayama|JPN|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Giuseppe Bognanni|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
1 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Michalik|POL|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Pertti Ukkola|FIN|1972 Summer}} | 3 | 3 |
TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
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7 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mehdi Houryar|IRI|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Zeman|TCH|1972 Summer}} | 1 | 2 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petar Kirov|BUL|1972 Summer}} | 6:39 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Karmous|MAR|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 7 |
0 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir|MGL|1972 Summer}} | 7:07 | {{flagIOCathlete|Trond Martiniussen|NOR|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Fritz Huber|FRG|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghe Stoiciu|ROU|1972 Summer}} | 1 | 5 |
4 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|József Doncsecz|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 8:28 | {{flagIOCathlete|Boško Marinko|YUG|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Javier León|PER|1972 Summer}} | 5:28 | {{flagIOCathlete|Enrique Jiménez|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 3 |
3 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Tren|TUR|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Vasilios Ganotis|GRE|1972 Summer}} | 2 | 2 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Leonel Duarte|POR|1972 Summer}} | 7:51 | {{flagIOCathlete|Koichiro Hirayama|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 1 |
4.5 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vitali Konstantinov|URS|1972 Summer}} | 2:37 | {{flagIOCathlete|Giuseppe Bognanni|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 3 |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Michalik|POL|1972 Summer}} | Bye |
4 | {{flagIOCathlete|James Steiger|USA|1972 Summer}} | DNA |
3.5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Abdelfattah Ibrahim|EGY|1972 Summer}} | DNA |
3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pertti Ukkola|FIN|1972 Summer}} | DNA |
TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
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4 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Michalik|POL|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Petar Kirov|BUL|1972 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
2 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Zeman|TCH|1972 Summer}} | 1:50 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir|MGL|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 4 |
6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Fritz Huber|FRG|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|József Doncsecz|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 1 | 5 |
9 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghe Stoiciu|ROU|1972 Summer}} | 8:20 | {{flagIOCathlete|Boško Marinko|YUG|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 4 |
7 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Enrique Jiménez|MEX|1972 Summer}} | 8:28 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vasilios Ganotis|GRE|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 2 |
6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmet Tren|TUR|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Giuseppe Bognanni|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 1 | 4 |
7.5 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vitali Konstantinov|URS|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Koichiro Hirayama|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 1 | 2 |
TPP | MPP | | Time | | MPP | TPP |
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5 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Michalik|POL|1972 Summer}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Zeman|TCH|1972 Summer}} | 3 | 5 |
1 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|Petar Kirov|BUL|1972 Summer}} | 6:58 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jamsrangiin Mönkh-Ochir|MGL|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 8 |
5 | 0 | {{flagIOCathlete|József Doncsecz|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 7:31 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vasilios Ganotis|GRE|1972 Summer}} | 4 | 6 |
8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Boško Marinko|YUG|1972 Summer}} | 3:31 | {{flagIOCathlete|Koichiro Hirayama|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 0 | 2 |
4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Giuseppe Bognanni|ITA|1972 Summer}} | Bye |
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WRE/mens-flyweight-greco-roman.html |title=Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=6 April 2019}}