Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	5–10 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Georgi Markov  Bulgaria Heinz-Helmut Wehling  East Germany Kazimierz Lipień  Poland

The Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Georgi Markov  Bulgaria
Silver	Heinz-Helmut Wehling  East Germany
Bronze	Kazimierz Lipień  Poland

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	Jim Hazewinkel (USA)	1:41	Slavko Koletić (YUG)	0	0
4	4	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	8:34	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	0	0
1	1	László Réczi (HUN)		Jakob Tanner (SUI)	3	3
0	0	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	4:21	Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG)	4	4
0	0	Jemal Megrelishvili (URS)	4:52	Metin Alakoç (TUR)	4	4
4	4	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	1:34	Georgi Markov (BUL)	0	0
4	4	Carlos Hurtado (PER)	8:24	Harry Van Landeghem (BEL)	0	0
0	0	Martti Laakso (FIN)	6:35	Juan Hernández (GUA)	4	4
1	1	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	3	3
0		Ion Păun (ROU)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
1	1	Ion Păun (ROU)		Jim Hazewinkel (USA)	3	7
0	0	Slavko Koletić (YUG)	7:08	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	4	8
1	1	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)		László Réczi (HUN)	3	4
7	4	Jakob Tanner (SUI)	7:57	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	0	0
0	0	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	1:48	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	4	8
7	3	Metin Alakoç (TUR)		Georgi Markov (BUL)	1	1
8	4	Carlos Hurtado (PER)	4:03	Martti Laakso (FIN)	0	0
3.5	3.5	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)	0.5	1.5
8	4	Juan Hernández (GUA)	1:30	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	0	3
4		Mohammad Ebrahimi (AFG)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2	1	Ion Păun (ROU)		Slavko Koletić (YUG)	3	3
1	0	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	5:37	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	4	4
7	3	László Réczi (HUN)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	1	1
1	0	Georgi Markov (BUL)	1:22	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)	4	7.5
2	2	Martti Laakso (FIN)		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)	2	3.5
3		Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5.5	2.5	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Ion Păun (ROU)	2.5	4.5
6.5	3.5	Slavko Koletić (YUG)		Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	0.5	1.5
5	1	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	3	4
2	1	Georgi Markov (BUL)		Martti Laakso (FIN)	3	5
3.5		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4.5	1	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Ion Păun (ROU)	3	7.5
5.5	0	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	7:00	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	4	5.5
8	3	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)		Georgi Markov (BUL)	1	3
5	1	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)		Martti Laakso (FIN)	3	8

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7.5	3	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	1	6.5
6.5	1	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	3	8
3		Georgi Markov (BUL)		Bye

Final standings

1.  Georgi Markov (BUL)
2.  Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
3.  Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
4.  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)
5.  Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)
6.  Ion Păun (ROU)
7.  Martti Laakso (FIN) and  Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)

References

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

External links

• Official Report