Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
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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 100 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Nicolae Martinescu Romania |
| Silver | Nikolai Yakovenko Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Ferenc Kiss Hungary |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 |  Hristo Ignatov (BUL) |
 Pelle Svensson (SWE) |
2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Aimo Mäenpää (FIN) |
 Tore Hem (NOR) |
1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 |  Rudolf Lüscher (SUI) |
 Hassan Bechara (LIB) |
2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) |
7:23 |  Burke Deadrich (USA) |
4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |  Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) |
 Lorenz Hecher (FRG) |
3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Ferenc Kiss (HUN) |
 Fredi Albrecht (GDR) |
3 | 3 | |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Makoto Saito (JPN) |
 Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) |
0.5 | 0.5 |
Round 2
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) |
5:48 | Aimo Mäenpää (FIN) |
4 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | Pelle Svensson (SWE) |
0:42 | Tore Hem (NOR) |
0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | Rudolf Lüscher (SUI) |
1:44 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) |
0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Burke Deadrich (USA) |
1:23 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) |
0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Lorenz Hecher (FRG) |
8:23 | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) |
4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) |
Makoto Saito (JPN) |
3 | 6.5 | |
| 0.5 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) |
Bye | ||||
| 2 | Hassan Bechara (LIB) |
DNA |
Round 3
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 1 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) |
Hristo Ignatov (BUL) |
3 | 5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Tore Hem (NOR) |
Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) |
1 | 1 | |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) |
Ferenc Kiss (HUN) |
0.5 | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) |
Bye |
Round 4
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | Fredi Albrecht (GDR) |
Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) |
1 | 2.5 | |
| 5 | 0 | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) |
1:24 | Tore Hem (NOR) |
4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) |
1:25 | Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) |
4 | 8.5 |
| 5.5 | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) |
Bye |
Round 5
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 1 | Ferenc Kiss (HUN) |
Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) |
3 | 5.5 | |
| 9 | 4 | Hristo Ignatov (BUL) |
8:35 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) |
0 | 1 |
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) |
0:00 | Nikolai Yakovenko (URS) |
4 | 4 |
Final standings
- Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)
- Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)
- Ferenc Kiss (HUN)
- Hristo Ignatov (BUL)
- Fredi Albrecht (GDR)
- Tore Hem (NOR)
