The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]
| Men's freestyle 90 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–31 August 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
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Medalists
edit| Gold | Ben Peterson United States |
| Silver | Gennadi Strakhov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Károly Bajkó Hungary |
Tournament results
editThe 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
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) | 5:50 |  Makoto Kamada (JPN) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Reza Khorrami (IRI) | 0:53 |  Etienne Martinetti (SUI) | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Alioune Camara (SEN) | 2:11 |  Raúl García (MEX) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | Ben Peterson (USA) |  Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | 3 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 |  George Saunders (CAN) | 1:59 |  Chandgi Ram (IND) | 4 | 4 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) |  Roland Andersson (SWE) | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
| 1 | 1 |  Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) |  Ion Marton (ROU) | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Kwak Kwang-Woong (KOR) | 1:42 |  Günter Spindler (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Michel Grangier (FRA) |  Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Ronald Grinstead (GBR) | 3:41 |  Rusi Petrov (BUL) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |  Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) |  Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) | 3 | 3 | |
| 0 |  Ernst Knoll (FRG) | Bye |
Round 2
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | Ernst Knoll (FRG) | Károly Bajkó (HUN) | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | 3 | Makoto Kamada (JPN) | Reza Khorrami (IRI) | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | Etienne Martinetti (SUI) | 1:38 | Alioune Camara (SEN) | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Raúl García (MEX) | 8:09 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | George Saunders (CAN) | 3 | 3 | |
| 8 | 4 | Chandgi Ram (IND) | 2:45 | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) | 0 | 0.5 |
| 6.5 | 3 | Roland Andersson (SWE) | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ion Marton (ROU) | Kwak Kwang-Woong (KOR) | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Günter Spindler (GDR) | Michel Grangier (FRA) | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 2 | Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) | Ronald Grinstead (GBR) | 2 | 6 | |
| 1 | 1 | Rusi Petrov (BUL) | Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) | 3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) | Bye |
Round 3
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | Ernst Knoll (FRG) | Reza Khorrami (IRI) | 1 | 2 | |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) | Etienne Martinetti (SUI) | 3.5 | 7.5 | |
| 7.5 | 3.5 | Raúl García (MEX) | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
| 3 | 2 | Ben Peterson (USA) | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) | 2 | 2.5 | |
| 2 | 0 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | 1:00 | Kwak Kwang-Woong (KOR) | 4 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Günter Spindler (GDR) | Umberto Marcheggiani (ITA) | 3.5 | 8.5 | |
| 5.5 | 3.5 | Michel Grangier (FRA) | Rusi Petrov (BUL) | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 4 | Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) | Bye | ||||
| 3 | Jigjidiin Mönkhbat (MGL) | DNA | ||||
| 3 | George Saunders (CAN) | DNA |
Round 4
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | Mehmet Güçlü (TUR) | 8:25 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Reza Khorrami (IRI) | Ben Peterson (USA) | 1 | 4 | |
| 8.5 | 4 | Paweł Kurczewski (POL) | 1:52 | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) | 0 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | Michel Grangier (FRA) | 3 | 8.5 | |
| 4.5 | 1 | Günter Spindler (GDR) | Rusi Petrov (BUL) | 3 | 4.5 |
Round 5
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) | Reza Khorrami (IRI) | 2 | 7 | |
| 4 | 0 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 5:24 | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 0.5 | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) | Günter Spindler (GDR) | 3.5 | 8 | |
| 4.5 | Rusi Petrov (BUL) | Bye |
Round 6
edit| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 4 | Rusi Petrov (BUL) | 2:41 | Ben Peterson (USA) | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | Károly Bajkó (HUN) | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) | 1 | 4 |
Final
editResults from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | Ben Peterson (USA) | Gennadi Strakhov (URS) | 2 | 2 |
The tie was broken by comparing the finalists' falls records. Peterson had 3, while Strakhov had 2.
Final standings
edit- Ben Peterson (USA)
- Gennadi Strakhov (URS)
- Károly Bajkó (HUN)
- Rusi Petrov (BUL)
- Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) and Reza Khorrami (IRI)
- -
- Günter Spindler (GDR)
References
edit- ↑ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
External links
edit- Official Report Archived 6 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine