Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg explained

Event:Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
Games:1972 Summer
Venue:Messe München
Dates:6–10 September
Competitors:14
Nations:14
Gold:Nicolae Martinescu
Goldnoc:ROU
Silver:Nikolai Yakovenko
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:Ferenc Kiss
Bronzenoc:HUN
Prev:1968
Next:1976

The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Tournament results

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.

Legend
Penalties

Round 1

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
2 2 2 2
3 3 1 1
2 2 2 2
0 0 7:23 4 4
1 1 3 3
1 1 3 3
3.5 3.5 0.5 0.5

Round 2

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
2 0 5:48 4 bgcolor=pink7
bgcolor=pink6 4 0:42 0 1
bgcolor=pink6 4 1:44 0 0
bgcolor=pink8 4 1:23 0 1
bgcolor=pink7 4 8:23 4 5
4 1 3 bgcolor=pink6.5
0.5 Bye
bgcolor=pink2 DNA

Round 3

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
1.5 1 3 5
4 3 1 1
4.5 3.5 0.5 5.5
4 Bye

Round 4

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 2.5
5 0 1:24 4 bgcolor=pink8
1 0 1:25 4 bgcolor=pink8.5
5.5 Bye

Round 5

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink6.5 1 3 5.5
bgcolor=pink9 4 8:35 0 1

Final

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130359/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WRE/mens-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 April 2019.