Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg explained

Event:Men's freestyle 74 kg
Games:1972 Summer
Venue:Messe München
Dates:27–31 August
Competitors:25
Nations:25
Gold:Wayne Wells
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Jan Karlsson
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Adolf Seger
Bronzenoc:FRG
Prev:1968
Next:1976

The Men's Freestyle 74 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
4 4 7:31 4 4
0 0 8:23 4 4
1 1 3 3
3 3 1 1
3 3 1 1
4 4 5:06 0 0
3.5 3.5 0.5 0.5
0 0 5:59 4 4
3 3 1 1
4 4 5:07 0 0
0 0 2:28 4 4
3 3 1 1
0 Bye

Round 2

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
0.5 0.5 3.5 bgcolor=pink7.5
bgcolor=pink8 4 2:55 0 0
bgcolor=pink8 4 3:51 0 1
3.5 0.5 3.5 bgcolor=pink6.5
5 4 2:24 0 3
1 0 2:02 4 bgcolor=pink8
1 1 3 bgcolor=pink6.5
4.5 4 8:25 0 0
5 1 3 bgcolor=pink6
1 0 4:46 4 bgcolor=pink8
1 1 3 3
bgcolor=pink6 2 2 5
1 Bye

Round 3

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
3.5 2.5 2.5 3
1 1 3 4
3.5 0 2:27 4 bgcolor=pink9
3 0 4:17 4 5
2 1 3 bgcolor=pink7.5
0 0 1:24 4 5
bgcolor=pink9 4 8:18 0 1
3 0 3:49 4 bgcolor=pink9

Round 4

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink6.5 3 1 2
3 0 6:18 4 bgcolor=pink8
bgcolor=pink6.5 3 1 4
2.5 0.5 3.5 bgcolor=pink8.5
1 1 3 4
bgcolor=pink9 4 5:36 0 3

Round 5

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7 4 5:18 0 2
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 2
3.5 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
3 Bye

Round 6

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
4 1 3 5
bgcolor=pink7.5 4 6:37 0 2

Final

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

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
1 3
4 3 1
6 3 1 2

Final standings

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204750/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 7 April 2019.