Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates5–10 September 1972
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valery Rezantsev  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josip Čorak  Yugoslavia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Czesław Kwieciński  Poland
 1968
1976 

Medalists

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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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Round 2

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Round 3

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
1.50.5 József Pércsi (HUN) Wayne Baughman (USA)3.58.5
22 Håkon Øverby (NOR) Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)24
84 Günter Kowalewski (FRG)0:00 Valery Rezantsev (URS)02
50 Kimuchi Tani (JPN)1:58 Lothar Metz (GDR)49
32 Josip Čorak (YUG) Czesław Kwieciński (POL)25

Round 4

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
2.51 József Pércsi (HUN) Håkon Øverby (NOR)35
84 Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)7:36 Josip Čorak (YUG)03
20 Valery Rezantsev (URS)1:24 Kimuchi Tani (JPN)49
5 Czesław Kwieciński (POL)Bye

Round 5

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
50 Czesław Kwieciński (POL)2:04 József Pércsi (HUN)46.5
94 Håkon Øverby (NOR)1:39 Valery Rezantsev (URS)02
3 Josip Čorak (YUG)Bye

Final

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

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
2 Josip Čorak (YUG) Czesław Kwieciński (POL)2
53 Josip Čorak (YUG) Valery Rezantsev (URS)1
53 Czesław Kwieciński (POL) Valery Rezantsev (URS)12

Final standings

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References

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