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

Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	6–10 September
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Nicolae Martinescu  Romania Nikolai Yakovenko  Soviet Union Ferenc Kiss  Hungary

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]

Medalists

Gold	Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
Silver	Nikolai Yakovenko  Soviet Union
Bronze	Ferenc 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
2	2	Hristo Ignatov (BUL)		Pelle Svensson (SWE)	2	2
3	3	Aimo Mäenpää (FIN)		Tore Hem (NOR)	1	1
2	2	Rudolf Lüscher (SUI)		Hassan Bechara (LIB)	2	2
0	0	Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)	7:23	Burke Deadrich (USA)	4	4
1	1	Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)		Lorenz Hecher (FRG)	3	3
1	1	Ferenc Kiss (HUN)		Fredi Albrecht (GDR)	3	3
3.5	3.5	Makoto Saito (JPN)		Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)	0.5	0.5

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2	0	Hristo Ignatov (BUL)	5:48	Aimo Mäenpää (FIN)	4	7
6	4	Pelle Svensson (SWE)	0:42	Tore Hem (NOR)	0	1
6	4	Rudolf Lüscher (SUI)	1:44	Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)	0	0
8	4	Burke Deadrich (USA)	1:23	Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)	0	1
7	4	Lorenz Hecher (FRG)	8:23	Ferenc Kiss (HUN)	4	5
4	1	Fredi Albrecht (GDR)		Makoto Saito (JPN)	3	6.5
0.5		Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)		Bye
2		Hassan Bechara (LIB)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
1.5	1	Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)		Hristo Ignatov (BUL)	3	5
4	3	Tore Hem (NOR)		Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)	1	1
4.5	3.5	Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)		Ferenc Kiss (HUN)	0.5	5.5
4		Fredi Albrecht (GDR)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7	3	Fredi Albrecht (GDR)		Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)	1	2.5
5	0	Hristo Ignatov (BUL)	1:24	Tore Hem (NOR)	4	8
1	0	Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)	1:25	Andrzej Skrzydlewski (POL)	4	8.5
5.5		Ferenc Kiss (HUN)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
6.5	1	Ferenc Kiss (HUN)		Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)	3	5.5
9	4	Hristo Ignatov (BUL)	8:35	Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)	0	1

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
0	0	Nicolae Martinescu (ROU)	0:00	Nikolai Yakovenko (URS)	4	4

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.

External links

• Official Report