Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 kg

The Men's Freestyle 82 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Men's freestyle 82 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates27–31 August 1972
Competitors24 from 24 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Peterson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vasile Iorga  Romania
 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
31 Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)35
74 Ali Hajiloo (IRI)7:10 Vasile Iorga (ROU)01
30 Peter Neumair (FRG)2:22 Richard Barraclough (GBR)48.5
10 John Peterson (USA)6:35 Jan Wypiorczyk (POL)44
54 Kurt Elmgren (SWE)8:44 Levan Tediashvili (URS)01.5
63 Hayri Polat (TUR) Horst Stottmeister (GDR)12
51 Tömöriin Artag (MGL) István Kovács (HUN)37
5 Ivan Iliev (BUL)Bye

Round 4

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Round 5

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
42 Horst Stottmeister (GDR) Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)26
43 Vasile Iorga (ROU) John Peterson (USA)15
73 Peter Neumair (FRG) Levan Tediashvili (URS)13.5

Round 6

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TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
73 Horst Stottmeister (GDR) John Peterson (USA)16
73 Vasile Iorga (ROU) Levan Tediashvili (URS)14.5

Final standings

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References

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  1. "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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