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
Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	5–10 September 1972
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

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

Gold	Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union
Silver	Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria
Bronze	Gian-Matteo Ranzi Italy

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
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

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

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

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

TPP	MPP			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

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

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

Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS)
Stoyan Apostolov (BUL)
Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA)
Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG)
Takashi Tanoue (JPN)
Antal Steer (HUN) and Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR)

References

↑ "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.

External links

Official Report Archived 6 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[SR-1] "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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