Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates5–10 September
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valery Rezantsev  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josip Čorak  Yugoslavia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Czesław Kwieciński  Poland
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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 Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Valery Rezantsev
 Soviet Union
Silver Josip Čorak
 Yugoslavia
Bronze Czesław Kwieciński
 Poland

Tournament results[edit]

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[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 3  Roland Andersson (SWE)  Wayne Baughman (USA) 1 1
0 0  Håkon Øverby (NOR) 7:42  Günter Kowalewski (FRG) 4 4
2 2  Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 2 2
1 1  Kimuchi Tani (JPN)  Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) 3 3
4 4  Barend Kops (NED) 0:00  Josip Čorak (YUG) 0 0
2 2  Lothar Metz (GDR)  Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 2 2
3 3  Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)  József Pércsi (HUN) 1 1

Round 2[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
7 4  Roland Andersson (SWE) 7:03  Håkon Øverby (NOR) 0 0
5 4  Wayne Baughman (USA) 8:03  Günter Kowalewski (FRG) 0 4
2 0  Nicolae Neguţ (ROU) 0:52  Kimuchi Tani (JPN) 4 5
2 0  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 2:59  Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI) 4 7
1 1  Josip Čorak (YUG)  Lothar Metz (GDR) 3 5
3 1  Czesław Kwieciński (POL)  Stoyan Ivanov (BUL) 3 6
1  József Pércsi (HUN) Bye
4  Barend Kops (NED) DNA

Round 3[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
1.5 0.5  József Pércsi (HUN)  Wayne Baughman (USA) 3.5 8.5
2 2  Håkon Øverby (NOR)  Nicolae Neguţ (ROU) 2 4
8 4  Günter Kowalewski (FRG) 0:00  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 0 2
5 0  Kimuchi Tani (JPN) 1:58  Lothar Metz (GDR) 4 9
3 2  Josip Čorak (YUG)  Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 2 5

Round 4[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
2.5 1  József Pércsi (HUN)  Håkon Øverby (NOR) 3 5
8 4  Nicolae Neguţ (ROU) 7:36  Josip Čorak (YUG) 0 3
2 0  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 1:24  Kimuchi Tani (JPN) 4 9
5  Czesław Kwieciński (POL) Bye

Round 5[edit]

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
5 0  Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 2:04  József Pércsi (HUN) 4 6.5
9 4  Håkon Øverby (NOR) 1:39  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 0 2
3  Josip Čorak (YUG) Bye

Final[edit]

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

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
2  Josip Čorak (YUG)  Czesław Kwieciński (POL) 2
5 3  Josip Čorak (YUG)  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 1
5 3  Czesław Kwieciński (POL)  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 1 2

Final standings[edit]

  1.  Valery Rezantsev (URS)
  2.  Josip Čorak (YUG)
  3.  Czesław Kwieciński (POL)
  4.  József Pércsi (HUN)
  5.  Håkon Øverby (NOR)
  6.  Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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