Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates6–10 September
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
Nikolai Yakovenko  Soviet Union
Ferenc Kiss  Hungary

Medalists

GoldNicolae Martinescu
 Romania
SilverNikolai Yakovenko
 Soviet Union
BronzeFerenc Kiss
 Hungary

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
22 Hristo Ignatov (BUL) Pelle Svensson (SWE)22
33 Aimo Mäenpää (FIN) Tore Hem (NOR)11
22 Rudolf Lüscher (SUI) Hassan Bechara (LIB)22
00 Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)7:23 Burke Deadrich (USA)44
11 Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) Lorenz Hecher (FRG)33
11 Ferenc Kiss (HUN) Fredi Albrecht (GDR)33
3.53.5 Makoto Saito (JPN) Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)0.50.5

Round 2

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
20 Hristo Ignatov (BUL)5:48 Aimo Mäenpää (FIN)47
64 Pelle Svensson (SWE)0:42 Tore Hem (NOR)01
64 Rudolf Lüscher (SUI)1:44 Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)00
84 Burke Deadrich (USA)1:23 Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)01
74 Lorenz Hecher (FRG)8:23 Ferenc Kiss (HUN)45
41 Fredi Albrecht (GDR) Makoto Saito (JPN)36.5
0.5 Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)Bye
2 Hassan Bechara (LIB)DNA

Round 3

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
1.51 Nicolae Martinescu (ROU) Hristo Ignatov (BUL)35
43 Tore Hem (NOR) Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)11
4.53.5 Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL) Ferenc Kiss (HUN)0.55.5
4 Fredi Albrecht (GDR)Bye

Round 4

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
73 Fredi Albrecht (GDR) Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)12.5
50 Hristo Ignatov (BUL)1:24 Tore Hem (NOR)48
10 Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)1:25 Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)48.5
5.5 Ferenc Kiss (HUN)Bye

Round 5

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
6.51 Ferenc Kiss (HUN) Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)35.5
94 Hristo Ignatov (BUL)8:35 Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)01

Final

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

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
00 Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)0:00 Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)44

Final standings

  1.  Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)
  2.  Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)
  3.  Ferenc Kiss (HUN)
  4.  Hristo Ignatov (BUL)
  5.  Fredi Albrecht (GDR)
  6.  Tore Hem (NOR)

References

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