The Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

[1] 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.

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).