| Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5–10 September 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 | |
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]
| Gold | Shamil Khisamutdinov |
| Silver | Stoyan Apostolov |
| Bronze | Gian-Matteo Ranzi |
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.
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 5:58 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 6:29 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 8:26 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 7:19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 7:37 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 6:47 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 4:00 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 0 | Bye |
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 5:32 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 2:32 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 8:38 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 5:07 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 5:32 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 7:45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 1:00 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 5:17 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2.5 | 0 | 5:05 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | DNA |
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | 8:31 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 2:26 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 0.5 | 0 | 8:15 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 6:50 | 0 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 0 | 4:08 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | Bye |
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | 2:56 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 8:10 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 8:28 | 4 | 7.5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 |
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 4.5 | Bye |
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 6 |
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |