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

Men's freestyle 82 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates27–31 August
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
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Wrestling at the
1972 Summer Olympics
FreestyleGreco-Roman
48 kg48 kg
52 kg52 kg
57 kg57 kg
62 kg62 kg
68 kg68 kg
74 kg74 kg
82 kg82 kg
90 kg90 kg
100 kg100 kg
+100 kg+100 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]

Medalists

Gold Levan Tediashvili
 Soviet Union
Silver John Peterson
 United States
Bronze Vasile Iorga
 Romania

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
4 4  Harish Chander (IND) 7:08  David Aspin (NZL) 4 4
2 2  Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)  Ali Hagilou (IRI) 2 2
1 1  Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)  Jesús Blanco (ARG) 3 3
3 3  André Bouchoule (FRA)  Vasile Iorga (ROU) 1 1
4 4  Constant Bens (BEL) 0:52  Peter Neumair (FRG) 0 0
4 4  Richard Barraclough (GBR) 1:49  John Peterson (USA) 0 0
0 0  Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) 8:41  Lupe Lara (CUB) 4 4
4 4  Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) 3:41  Kurt Elmgren (SWE) 0 0
3.5 3.5  Ibrahim Diop (SEN)  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 0.5 0.5
3 3  Hayri Polat (TUR)  Tömöriin Artag (MGL) 1 1
1 1  Horst Stottmeister (GDR)  István Kovács (HUN) 3 3
1 1  Ivan Iliev (BUL)  Taras Hryb (CAN) 3 3

Round 2

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
8 4  Harish Chander (IND) 8:55  Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) 0 2
7 3  David Aspin (NZL)  Ali Hajiloo (IRI) 1 3
2 1  Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)  André Bouchoule (FRA) 3 6
7 4  Jesús Blanco (ARG) 5:10  Vasile Iorga (ROU) 0 1
7.5 3.5  Constant Bens (BEL)  Richard Barraclough (GBR) 0.5 4.5
3 3  Peter Neumair (FRG)  John Peterson (USA) 1 1
0 0  Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) 5:58  Ghulam Dastagir (AFG) 4 8
7 3  Lupe Lara (CUB)  Kurt Elmgren (SWE) 1 1
7.5 4  Ibrahim Diop (SEN) 5:58  Hayri Polat (TUR) 0 3
1.5 1  Levan Tediashvili (URS)  Tömöriin Artag (MGL) 3 4
1 0  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) 5:42  Ivan Iliev (BUL) 4 5
4 1  István Kovács (HUN)  Taras Hryb (CAN) 3 6

Round 3

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 1  Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)  Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) 3 5
7 4  Ali Hajiloo (IRI) 7:10  Vasile Iorga (ROU) 0 1
3 0  Peter Neumair (FRG) 2:22  Richard Barraclough (GBR) 4 8.5
1 0  John Peterson (USA) 6:35  Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) 4 4
5 4  Kurt Elmgren (SWE) 8:44  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 0 1.5
6 3  Hayri Polat (TUR)  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) 1 2
5 1  Tömöriin Artag (MGL)  István Kovács (HUN) 3 7
5  Ivan Iliev (BUL) Bye

Round 4

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
8 3  Ivan Iliev (BUL)  Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) 1 4
9 4  Jimmy Martinetti (SUI) 7:31  Vasile Iorga (ROU) 0 1
4 1  Peter Neumair (FRG)  Jan Wypiorczyk (POL) 3 7
4 3  John Peterson (USA)  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 1 2.5
6 1  Kurt Elmgren (SWE)  Tömöriin Artag (MGL) 3 8
2  Horst Stottmeister (GDR) Bye

Round 5

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
4 2  Horst Stottmeister (GDR)  Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN) 2 6
4 3  Vasile Iorga (ROU)  John Peterson (USA) 1 5
7 3  Peter Neumair (FRG)  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 1 3.5

Round 6

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
7 3  Horst Stottmeister (GDR)  John Peterson (USA) 1 6
7 3  Vasile Iorga (ROU)  Levan Tediashvili (URS) 1 4.5

Final standings

  1.  Levan Tediashvili (URS)
  2.  John Peterson (USA)
  3.  Vasile Iorga (ROU)
  4.  Horst Stottmeister (GDR)
  5.  Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)
  6.  Peter Neumair (FRG)

References

  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.