Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	5–10 September 1972
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Vítězslav Mácha  Czechoslovakia Petros Galaktopoulos  Greece Jan Karlsson  Sweden

The Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Vítězslav Mácha  Czechoslovakia
Silver	Petros Galaktopoulos  Greece
Bronze	Jan Karlsson  Sweden

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
3	3	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)		Ivan Kolev (BUL)	1	1
4	4	Nestor González (ARG)	2:20	Mehmet Türüt (TUR)	0	0
2	2	Werner Schröter (FRG)		Stanisław Krzesiński (POL)	2	2
4	4	Miklós Hegedűs (HUN)	8:36	Jiichiro Date (JPN)	0	0
1	1	Jan Karlsson (SWE)		Marcel Vlad (ROU)	3	3
3	3	Gary Neist (USA)		Momir Kecman (YUG)	1	1
0	0	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)	1:56	Constant Bens (BEL)	4	4
1	1	Viktor Igumenov (URS)		Franz Berger (AUT)	3	3
3.5	3.5	Robert Blaser (SUI)		Eero Tapio (FIN)	0.5	0.5
4	4	Klaus Pohl (GDR)	5:07	Daniel Robin (FRA)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	0	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	2:31	Nestor González (ARG)	4	8
1.5	0.5	Ivan Kolev (BUL)		Mehmet Türüt (TUR)	3.5	3.5
4	2	Werner Schröter (FRG)		Miklós Hegedűs (HUN)	2	6
3	1	Stanisław Krzesiński (POL)		Jiichiro Date (JPN)	3	3
2	1	Jan Karlsson (SWE)		Gary Neist (USA)	3	6
6	3	Marcel Vlad (ROU)		Momir Kecman (YUG)	1	2
2	2	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)		Viktor Igumenov (URS)	2	3
8	4	Constant Bens (BEL)	1:26	Franz Berger (AUT)	0	3
7.5	4	Robert Blaser (SUI)	0:59	Klaus Pohl (GDR)	0	4
2.5	2	Eero Tapio (FIN)		Daniel Robin (FRA)	2	2

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3.5	0.5	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)		Mehmet Türüt (TUR)	3.5	7
4.5	3	Ivan Kolev (BUL)		Werner Schröter (FRG)	1	5
7	4	Stanisław Krzesiński (POL)	8:47	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	0	2
7	4	Jiichiro Date (JPN)	8:31	Momir Kecman (YUG)	0	2
3	1	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)		Franz Berger (AUT)	3	6
5.5	3	Eero Tapio (FIN)		Klaus Pohl (GDR)	1	5
2		Daniel Robin (FRA)		Bye
3		Viktor Igumenov (URS)		DNA

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5	3	Daniel Robin (FRA)		Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	1	4.5
5.5	1	Ivan Kolev (BUL)		Jan Karlsson (SWE)	3	5
7.5	2.5	Werner Schröter (FRG)		Momir Kecman (YUG)	2.5	4.5
3	0	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)	7:23	Eero Tapio (FIN)	4	9.5
5		Klaus Pohl (GDR)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
8	3	Klaus Pohl (GDR)		Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	1	5.5
8	3	Daniel Robin (FRA)		Ivan Kolev (BUL)	1	6.5
6	1	Jan Karlsson (SWE)		Momir Kecman (YUG)	3	7.5
3		Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	3	Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)		Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)	1	1

Final standings

1.  Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
2.  Petros Galaktopoulos (GRE)
3.  Jan Karlsson (SWE)
4.  Ivan Kolev (BUL)
5.  Momir Kecman (YUG)
6.  Daniel Robin (FRA)
7.  Klaus Pohl (GDR)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report