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
Venue	Messe München
Dates	5–10 September 1972
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Valery Rezantsev   Soviet Union Josip Čorak   Yugoslavia Czesław Kwieciński   Poland
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Official Report