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

Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	5–10 September 1972
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
	← 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

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

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	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

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

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

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

TPP	MPP			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

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

References

↑ "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.

External links

Official Report Archived 6 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[SR-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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