Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Messe München
Dates	5–10 September 1972
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Shamil Khisamutdinov   Soviet Union Stoyan Apostolov   Bulgaria Gian-Matteo Ranzi   Italy
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The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Shamil Khisamutdinov  Soviet Union
Silver	Stoyan Apostolov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Gian-Matteo Ranzi  Italy

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	Veikko Lavonen  (FIN)		Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)	1	1
1	1	Mohammad Dalirian  (IRI)		Sotirios Nakos  (GRE)	3	3
4	4	Andrzej Supron  (POL)	5:58	Simion Popescu  (ROU)	4	4
0	0	Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)	6:29	Mohamed Gaber  (EGY)	4	4
0	0	Seyyit Hışırlı  (TUR)	8:26	Josef Brötzner  (AUT)	4	4
4	4	Robert Buzzard  (USA)	7:19	Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)	0	0
0	0	Heinz Rhyn  (SUI)	7:37	Ole Sorensen  (CAN)	4	4
0	0	Takashi Tanoue  (JPN)	6:47	Mohamed Bahamou  (MAR)	4	4
0	0	Antal Steer  (HUN)	4:00	Alberto Bremauntz  (MEX)	4	4
2.5	2.5	Sreten Damjanović  (YUG)		Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)	2.5	2.5
3	3	Djan-Aka Djan  (AFG)		Tage Juhl Weirum  (DEN)	1	1
0		Klaus-Peter Göpfert  (GDR)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	4	Klaus-Peter Göpfert  (GDR)	5:32	Veikko Lavonen  (FIN)	4	7
1	0	Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)	2:32	Mohammad Dalirian  (IRI)	4	5
7	4	Sotirios Nakos  (GRE)	8:38	Andrzej Supron  (POL)	0	4
8	4	Simion Popescu  (ROU)	5:07	Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)	0	0
0	0	Seyyit Hışırlı  (TUR)	5:32	Robert Buzzard  (USA)	4	8
7.5	3.5	Josef Brötzner  (AUT)		Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)	0.5	0.5
4	4	Heinz Rhyn  (SUI)	7:45	Takashi Tanoue  (JPN)	0	0
8	4	Ole Sorensen  (CAN)	1:00	Mohamed Bahamou  (MAR)	0	4
3	3	Antal Steer  (HUN)		Sreten Damjanović  (YUG)	1	3.5
8	4	Alberto Bremauntz  (MEX)	5:17	Djan-Aka Djan  (AFG)	0	3
2.5	0	Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)	5:05	Tage Juhl Weirum  (DEN)	4	5
4		Gaber Mohamed  (EGY)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
8	4	Klaus-Peter Göpfert  (GDR)	8:31	Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)	0	1
9	4	Mohammad Dalirian  (IRI)	2:26	Andrzej Supron  (POL)	0	4
1	1	Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)		Seyyit Hışırlı  (TUR)	3	3
0.5	0	Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)	8:15	Heinz Rhyn  (SUI)	4	8
3	3	Takashi Tanoue  (JPN)		Antal Steer  (HUN)	1	4
8	4	Mohamed Bahamou  (MAR)	6:50	Sreten Damjanović  (YUG)	0	3.5
2.5	0	Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)	4:08	Djan-Aka Djan  (AFG)	4	7
5		Tage Juhl Weirum  (DEN)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
9	4	Tage Juhl Weirum  (DEN)	2:56	Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)	0	1
8	4	Andrzej Supron  (POL)	8:10	Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)	0	1
6	3	Seyyit Hışırlı  (TUR)		Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)	1	1.5
3	0	Takashi Tanoue  (JPN)	8:28	Sreten Damjanović  (YUG)	4	7.5
6	2	Antal Steer  (HUN)		Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)	2	4.5

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	3	Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)		Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)	1	2
2.5	1	Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)		Takashi Tanoue  (JPN)	3	6
4.5		Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)		Bye

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7.5	3	Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)		Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)	1	5
2.5	0.5	Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)		Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)	3.5	6

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	3	Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)		Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)	1	1

Final standings

1.   Shamil Khisamutdinov  (URS)
2.   Stoyan Apostolov  (BUL)
3.   Gian-Matteo Ranzi  (ITA)
4.   Manfred Schöndorfer  (FRG)
5.   Takashi Tanoue  (JPN)
6.   Antal Steer  (HUN) and   Seyyit Hışırlı  (TUR)

References

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

External links

• Official Report