Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Venue | Messegelände |
Dates | 27 August – 10 September |
Competitors | 388 from 49 nations |
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.[1]
Medal summary
Freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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48 kg details | Roman Dmitriyev Soviet Union | Ognyan Nikolov Bulgaria | Ebrahim Javadi Iran |
52 kg details | Kiyomi Kato Japan | Arsen Alakhverdiyev Soviet Union | Kim Gwong-Hyong North Korea |
57 kg details | Hideaki Yanagida Japan | Richard Sanders United States | László Klinga Hungary |
62 kg details | Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union | Vehbi Akdağ Turkey | Ivan Krastev Bulgaria |
68 kg details | Dan Gable United States | Kikuo Wada Japan | Ruslan Ashuraliyev Soviet Union |
74 kg details | Wayne Wells United States | Jan Karlsson Sweden | Adolf Seger West Germany |
82 kg details | Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union | John Peterson United States | Vasile Iorga Romania |
90 kg details | Ben Peterson United States | Gennadi Strakhov Soviet Union | Károly Bajkó Hungary |
100 kg details | Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union | Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Mongolia | József Csatári Hungary |
+100 kg details | Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union | Osman Duraliev Bulgaria | Chris Taylor United States |
Greco-Roman
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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48 kg details | Gheorghe Berceanu Romania | Rahim Aliabadi Iran | Stefan Angelov Bulgaria |
52 kg details | Petar Kirov Bulgaria | Koichiro Hirayama Japan | Giuseppe Bognanni Italy |
57 kg details | Rubik Ghazaryan Soviet Union | Hans-Jürgen Veil West Germany | Risto Björlin Finland |
62 kg details | Georgi Markov Bulgaria | Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany | Kazimierz Lipień Poland |
68 kg details | Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union | Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria | Gian Matteo Ranzi Italy |
74 kg details | Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia | Petros Galaktopoulos Greece | Jan Karlsson Sweden |
82 kg details | Csaba Hegedűs Hungary | Anatoly Nazarenko Soviet Union | Milan Nenadić Yugoslavia |
90 kg details | Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union | Josip Čorak Yugoslavia | Czesław Kwieciński Poland |
100 kg details | Nicolae Martinescu Romania | Nikolay Yakovenko Soviet Union | Ferenc Kiss Hungary |
+100 kg details | Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union | Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria | Victor Dolipschi Romania |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
18 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
Participating nations
A total of 388 wrestlers from 49 nations competed at the Munich Games:[1]
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See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
Sources
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-10-29.