Afghanistan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany from August 26, 1972, to September 11, 1972. They sent eight athletes who all competed in wrestling.^[1]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohammad Arref	−52 kg	Alakhverdiyev (URS) L 1-3	Kato (JPN) L 0-4	did not advance				18
Ghulam Sideer	−57 kg	Darlev (YUG) W Fall	Ramos (CUB) L 1-3	Nath (IND) L Fall	did not advance			14
Ahmad Djan	−62 kg	Kiyoshi Abe (JPN) L 0.5-3.5	Tanner (SUI) W 3-1	Weisenberger (FRG) L 1-3	did not advance			15
Shakar Khan Shakar	−74 kg	Jan Karlsson (SWE) L Fall	Muhammad Yaghoud (PAK) D Draw	did not advance				18
Ghulam Dastagir	−82 kg	Elmgren (SWE) L Fall	Wypiorczyk (POL) L Fall	did not advance				23

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alam Mir	−57 kg	Kazakov (URS) L 0.5-3.5	Čović (YUG) L Fall	did not advance				23
Mohammad Ebrahimi	−62 kg	Mygiakis (GRE) L Fall	did not advance					19
Djan-Aka Djan	−68 kg	Weirum (DEN) L 1-3	Bremauntz (MEX) W Fall	Schöndorfer (FRG) L Fall	did not advance			11