Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Messe München
Dates:	5–10 September
Competitors:	13
Nations:	13
Gold:	Valery Rezantsev
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Josip Čorak
Silvernoc:	YUG
Bronze:	Czesław Kwieciński
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The Men's Greco-Roman 90 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

• DNA — Did not appear
• TPP — Total penalty points
• MPP — Match penalty points

Penalties

• 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
• 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
• 1 — Won by Points
• 2 — Draw
• 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
• 3 — Lost by Points
• 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
• 4 — Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	3				1	1
0	0		7:42		4	4
2	2				2	2
1	1				3	3
4	4		0:00		0	0
2	2				2	2
3	3				1	1

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
bgcolor=pink	7	4		7:03		0	0
5	4		8:03		0	4
2	0		0:52		4	5
2	0		2:59		4	bgcolor=pink	7
1	1				3	5
3	1				3	bgcolor=pink	6
1				Bye
bgcolor=pink	4				DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
1.5	0.5				3.5	bgcolor=pink	8.5
2	2				2	4
bgcolor=pink	8	4		0:00		0	2
5	0		1:58		4	bgcolor=pink	9
3	2				2	5

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2.5	1				3	5
bgcolor=pink	8	4		7:36		0	3
2	0		1:24		4	bgcolor=pink	9
5				Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5	0		2:04		4	bgcolor=pink	6.5
bgcolor=pink	9	4		1:39		0	2
3				Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
	2				2
5	3				1
5	3				1	2

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130403/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 April 2019.