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

Men's freestyle 82 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	27–31 August
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Medalists
Levan Tediashvili  Soviet Union John Peterson  United States Vasile Iorga  Romania

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.

External links

• Official Report