Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
| Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5–10 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | |
| 48 kg | 48 kg | |
| 52 kg | 52 kg | |
| 57 kg | 57 kg | |
| 62 kg | 62 kg | |
| 68 kg | 68 kg | |
| 74 kg | 74 kg | |
| 82 kg | 82 kg | |
| 90 kg | 90 kg | |
| 100 kg | 100 kg | |
| +100 kg | +100 kg | |
The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union
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| Silver | Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria
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| Bronze | Gian-Matteo Ranzi Italy
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Tournament results[edit]
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[edit]
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 |  Veikko Lavonen (FIN) |
 Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) |
1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) |
 Sotirios Nakos (GRE) |
3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Andrzej Supron (POL) |
5:58 |  Simion Popescu (ROU) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) |
6:29 |  Mohamed Gaber (EGY) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) |
8:26 |  Josef Brötzner (AUT) |
4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Robert Buzzard (USA) |
7:19 |  Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |  Heinz Rhyn (SUI) |
7:37 |  Ole Sorensen (CAN) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Takashi Tanoue (JPN) |
6:47 |  Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) |
4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Antal Steer (HUN) |
4:00 |  Alberto Bremauntz (MEX) |
4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 |  Sreten Damjanović (YUG) |
 Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) |
2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) |
 Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) |
1 | 1 | |
| 0 |  Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) |
Bye |
Round 2[edit]
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) |
5:32 | Veikko Lavonen (FIN) |
4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) |
2:32 | Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) |
4 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | Sotirios Nakos (GRE) |
8:38 | Andrzej Supron (POL) |
0 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | Simion Popescu (ROU) |
5:07 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) |
0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) |
5:32 | Robert Buzzard (USA) |
4 | 8 |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Josef Brötzner (AUT) |
Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) |
0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 4 | 4 | Heinz Rhyn (SUI) |
7:45 | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) |
0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Ole Sorensen (CAN) |
1:00 | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) |
0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Antal Steer (HUN) |
Sreten Damjanović (YUG) |
1 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Alberto Bremauntz (MEX) |
5:17 | Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) |
0 | 3 |
| 2.5 | 0 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) |
5:05 | Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) |
4 | 5 |
| 4 | Gaber Mohamed (EGY) |
DNA |
Round 3[edit]
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | Klaus-Peter Göpfert (GDR) |
8:31 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) |
0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | Mohammad Dalirian (IRI) |
2:26 | Andrzej Supron (POL) |
0 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) |
Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 0.5 | 0 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) |
8:15 | Heinz Rhyn (SUI) |
4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) |
Antal Steer (HUN) |
1 | 4 | |
| 8 | 4 | Mohamed Bahamou (MAR) |
6:50 | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) |
0 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) |
4:08 | Djan-Aka Djan (AFG) |
4 | 7 |
| 5 | Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) |
Bye |
Round 4[edit]
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Tage Juhl Weirum (DEN) |
2:56 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) |
0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrzej Supron (POL) |
8:10 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) |
0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR) |
Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) |
1 | 1.5 | |
| 3 | 0 | Takashi Tanoue (JPN) |
8:28 | Sreten Damjanović (YUG) |
4 | 7.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Antal Steer (HUN) |
Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) |
2 | 4.5 |
Round 5[edit]
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) |
Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) |
1 | 2 | |
| 2.5 | 1 | Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) |
Takashi Tanoue (JPN) |
3 | 6 | |
| 4.5 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) |
Bye |
Round 6[edit]
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3 | Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG) |
Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) |
1 | 5 | |
| 2.5 | 0.5 | Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) |
Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA) |
3.5 | 6 |
Final[edit]
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | Stoyan Apostolov (BUL) |
Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS) |
1 | 1 |
Final standings[edit]
Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
Stoyan Apostolov (BUL)
Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)
Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
Takashi Tanoue (JPN)
Antal Steer (HUN) and 
Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR)
References[edit]
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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