Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates6–10 September 1972
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nikolai Yakovenko  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ferenc Kiss  Hungary
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Wrestling at the
1972 Summer Olympics
FreestyleGreco-Roman
48 kg48 kg
52 kg52 kg
57 kg57 kg
62 kg62 kg
68 kg68 kg
74 kg74 kg
82 kg82 kg
90 kg90 kg
100 kg100 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.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Nicolae Martinescu
 Romania
Silver Nikolai Yakovenko
 Soviet Union
Bronze Ferenc Kiss
 Hungary

Tournament results

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1.  Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)
  2.  Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)
  3.  Ferenc Kiss (HUN)
  4.  Hristo Ignatov (BUL)
  5.  Fredi Albrecht (GDR)
  6.  Tore Hem (NOR)

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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