Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg explained

Event:Men's freestyle 82 kg
Games:1972 Summer
Venue:Messe München
Dates:27–31 August
Competitors:24
Nations:24
Gold:Levan Tediashvili
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:John Peterson
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Vasile Iorga
Bronzenoc:ROU
Prev:1968
Next:1976

The Men's Freestyle 82 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 7:08 4 4
2 2 2 2
1 1 3 3
3 3 1 1
4 4 0:52 0 0
4 4 1:49 0 0
0 0 8:41 4 4
4 4 3:41 0 0
3.5 3.5 0.5 0.5
3 3 1 1
1 1 3 3
1 1 3 3

Round 2

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink8 4 8:55 0 2
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 3
2 1 3 bgcolor=pink6
bgcolor=pink7 4 5:10 0 1
bgcolor=pink7.5 3.5 0.5 4.5
3 3 1 1
0 0 5:58 4 bgcolor=pink8
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 1
bgcolor=pink7.5 4 5:58 0 3
1.5 1 3 4
1 0 5:42 4 5
4 1 3 bgcolor=pink6

Round 3

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
3 1 3 5
bgcolor=pink7 4 7:10 0 1
3 0 2:22 4 bgcolor=pink8.5
1 0 6:35 4 4
5 4 8:44 0 1.5
bgcolor=pink6 3 1 2
5 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
5 Bye

Round 4

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink8 3 1 4
bgcolor=pink9 4 7:31 0 1
4 1 3 bgcolor=pink7
4 3 1 2.5
bgcolor=pink6 1 3 bgcolor=pink8
2 Bye

Round 5

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
4 2 2 bgcolor=pink6
4 3 1 5
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 3.5

Round 6

TPPMPPTimeMPPTPP
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 bgcolor=pink6
bgcolor=pink7 3 1 4.5

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170537/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WRE/mens-middleweight-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 7 April 2019.