Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates5–10 September
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vítězslav Mácha  Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Petros Galaktopoulos  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Karlsson  Sweden
← 1968
1976 →

The Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Vítězslav Mácha
 Czechoslovakia
Silver Petros Galaktopoulos
 Greece
Bronze Jan Karlsson
 Sweden

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  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)  Ivan Kolev (BUL) 1 1
4 4  Nestor González (ARG) 2:20  Mehmet Türüt (TUR) 0 0
2 2  Werner Schröter (FRG)  Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) 2 2
4 4  Miklós Hegedűs (HUN) 8:36  Jiichiro Date (JPN) 0 0
1 1  Jan Karlsson (SWE)  Marcel Vlad (ROU) 3 3
3 3  Gary Neist (USA)  Momir Kecman (YUG) 1 1
0 0  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) 1:56  Constant Bens (BEL) 4 4
1 1  Viktor Igumenov (URS)  Franz Berger (AUT) 3 3
3.5 3.5  Robert Blaser (SUI)  Eero Tapio (FIN) 0.5 0.5
4 4  Klaus Pohl (GDR) 5:07  Daniel Robin (FRA) 0 0

Round 2[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 0  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 2:31  Nestor González (ARG) 4 8
1.5 0.5  Ivan Kolev (BUL)  Mehmet Türüt (TUR) 3.5 3.5
4 2  Werner Schröter (FRG)  Miklós Hegedűs (HUN) 2 6
3 1  Stanisław Krzesiński (POL)  Jiichiro Date (JPN) 3 3
2 1  Jan Karlsson (SWE)  Gary Neist (USA) 3 6
6 3  Marcel Vlad (ROU)  Momir Kecman (YUG) 1 2
2 2  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)  Viktor Igumenov (URS) 2 3
8 4  Constant Bens (BEL) 1:26  Franz Berger (AUT) 0 3
7.5 4  Robert Blaser (SUI) 0:59  Klaus Pohl (GDR) 0 4
2.5 2  Eero Tapio (FIN)  Daniel Robin (FRA) 2 2

Round 3[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3.5 0.5  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)  Mehmet Türüt (TUR) 3.5 7
4.5 3  Ivan Kolev (BUL)  Werner Schröter (FRG) 1 5
7 4  Stanisław Krzesiński (POL) 8:47  Jan Karlsson (SWE) 0 2
7 4  Jiichiro Date (JPN) 8:31  Momir Kecman (YUG) 0 2
3 1  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)  Franz Berger (AUT) 3 6
5.5 3  Eero Tapio (FIN)  Klaus Pohl (GDR) 1 5
2  Daniel Robin (FRA) Bye
3  Viktor Igumenov (URS) DNA

Round 4[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
5 3  Daniel Robin (FRA)  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 1 4.5
5.5 1  Ivan Kolev (BUL)  Jan Karlsson (SWE) 3 5
7.5 2.5  Werner Schröter (FRG)  Momir Kecman (YUG) 2.5 4.5
3 0  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) 7:23  Eero Tapio (FIN) 4 9.5
5  Klaus Pohl (GDR) Bye

Round 5[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
8 3  Klaus Pohl (GDR)  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 1 5.5
8 3  Daniel Robin (FRA)  Ivan Kolev (BUL) 1 6.5
6 1  Jan Karlsson (SWE)  Momir Kecman (YUG) 3 7.5
3  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE) Bye

Final[edit]

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

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 3  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) 1 1

Final standings[edit]

  1.  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
  2.  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)
  3.  Jan Karlsson (SWE)
  4.  Ivan Kolev (BUL)
  5.  Momir Kecman (YUG)
  6.  Daniel Robin (FRA)
  7.  Klaus Pohl (GDR)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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