Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Wrestling; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messegelände
Dates	27 August – 10 September
Competitors	388 from 49 nations
	← 1968 1976 →

Dates27 August – 10 September

Competitors388 from 49 nations

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.^[1]

Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	+100 kg	+100 kg
v t e

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Roman Dmitriev Soviet Union	Ognyan Nikolov Bulgaria	Ebrahim Javadi Iran
52 kg details	Kiyomi Kato Japan	Arsen Alakhverdiev Soviet Union	Kim Gwong-hyong North Korea
57 kg details	Hideaki Yanagida Japan	Richard Sanders United States	László Klinga Hungary
62 kg details	Zagalav Abdulbekov Soviet Union	Vehbi Akdağ Turkey	Ivan Krastev Bulgaria
68 kg details	Dan Gable United States	Kikuo Wada Japan	Ruslan Ashuraliev Soviet Union
74 kg details	Wayne Wells United States	Jan Karlsson Sweden	Adolf Seger West Germany
82 kg details	Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union	John Peterson United States	Vasile Iorga Romania
90 kg details	Ben Peterson United States	Gennadi Strakhov Soviet Union	Károly Bajkó Hungary
100 kg details	Ivan Yarygin Soviet Union	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Mongolia	József Csatári Hungary
+100 kg details	Aleksandr Medved Soviet Union	Osman Duraliev Bulgaria	Chris Taylor United States

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Gheorghe Berceanu Romania	Rahim Aliabadi Iran	Stefan Angelov Bulgaria
52 kg details	Petar Kirov Bulgaria	Koichiro Hirayama Japan	Giuseppe Bognanni Italy
57 kg details	Rustam Kazakov Soviet Union	Hans-Jürgen Veil West Germany	Risto Björlin Finland
62 kg details	Georgi Markov Bulgaria	Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany	Kazimierz Lipień Poland
68 kg details	Shamil Khisamutdinov Soviet Union	Stoyan Apostolov Bulgaria	Gian Matteo Ranzi Italy
74 kg details	Vítězslav Mácha Czechoslovakia	Petros Galaktopoulos Greece	Jan Karlsson Sweden
82 kg details	Csaba Hegedűs Hungary	Anatoly Nazarenko Soviet Union	Milan Nenadić Yugoslavia
90 kg details	Valery Rezantsev Soviet Union	Josip Čorak Yugoslavia	Czesław Kwieciński Poland
100 kg details	Nicolae Martinescu Romania	Nikolay Yakovenko Soviet Union	Ferenc Kiss Hungary
+100 kg details	Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union	Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria	Victor Dolipschi Romania

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	9	4	1	14
2	United States	3	2	1	6
3	Bulgaria	2	4	2	8
4	Japan	2	2	0	4
5	Romania	2	0	2	4
6	Hungary	1	0	4	5
7	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
8	Iran	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
	West Germany	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
12	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
16	Italy	0	0	2	2
16	Poland	0	0	2	2
18	Finland	0	0	1	1
18	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		20	20	20	60

Freestyle

v t e Events at the 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich)
Archery Athletics Basketball Badminton (demonstration) Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Volleyball Water polo Water skiing (demonstration) Weightlifting Wrestling
Medal table List of medalists

v t e Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
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List of medalists Freestyle Greco-Roman List of Olympic venues