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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kilograms), Men

Date27 – 31 August 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants26 from 26 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

The favorites in 1972 were likely Soviet Zagalav Abdulbekov, the 1971 World Champion, and Iran’s Shamseddin Seyyed Abbasi, the 1970 World Champion and runner-up to Abdulbekov in 1971. In round five Seyyed Abbasi lost a decision to Japan’s Kiyoshi Abe, and was effectively eliminated, and he withdrew. Abdulbekov advanced to the final rounds, along with Bulgarian Ivan Krastev and Turkey’s Vehbi Akdağ, as Abe was eliminated in round six on bad points, despite defeating Akdağ. Abdulbekov then threw Akdağ in the final round, and drew with Krastev to win the gold medal, with Akdağ taking silver by defeating Krastev by decision.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Zagalav AbdulbekovURS––Gold
2Vehbi AkdağTUR––Silver
3Ivan KrastevBUL––Bronze
4Kiyoshi AbeJPN––
5Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI––
6Petre ComanROU––
7Joseph BurgeGUA––
ACPat BolgerCANEliminated r4/78,0
ACGerhard WeisenbergerFRGEliminated r4/78,0
ACThéodule ToulotteFRAEliminated r4/78,5
ACJorma LiimatainenFINEliminated r3/76,0
ACSatpal SinghINDEliminated r3/76,0
ACZdzisław StolarskiPOLEliminated r3/76,0
ACLászló SzabóHUNEliminated r3/77,0
ACAhmad DjanAFGEliminated r3/77,5
ACGene DavisUSAEliminated r3/77,5
ACJosé RamosCUBEliminated r3/78,0
ACPanagiotis KoutsoupakisGREEliminated r3/78,5
ACVicente MartínezMEXEliminated r2/76,0
ACJakob TannerSUIEliminated r2/76,5
ACStanislav TůmaTCHEliminated r2/76,5
ACKenneth DawesGBREliminated r2/77,5
ACZevegiin OidovMGLEliminated r2/78,0
ACCarlos HurtadoPEREliminated r2/78,0
ACEliseo SalugtaPHIEliminated r2/78,0
ACOrlando GonçalvesPOREliminated r2/78,0

Round One (27 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Ivan KrastevBUL0,0
=1Jorma LiimatainenFIN0,0
=1Joseph BurgeGUA0,0
=1Petre ComanROU0,0
=1Vehbi AkdağTUR0,0
=1Gene DavisUSA0,0
=7Pat BolgerCAN0,5
=7Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI0,5
=7Kiyoshi AbeJPN0,5
=7Zagalav AbdulbekovURS0,5
=11José RamosCUB1,0
=11Théodule ToulotteFRA1,0
=11Satpal SinghIND1,0
=14Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG3,0
=14Vicente MartínezMEX3,0
=14Zdzisław StolarskiPOL3,0
=17Ahmad DjanAFG3,5
=17Kenneth DawesGBR3,5
=17Jakob TannerSUI3,5
=17Stanislav TůmaTCH3,5
=21Panagiotis KoutsoupakisGRE4,0
=21László SzabóHUN4,0
=21Zevegiin OidovMGL4,0
=21Carlos HurtadoPER4,0
=21Eliseo SalugtaPHI4,0
=21Orlando GonçalvesPOR4,0

Match #1 Petre ComanROU
fall (2:52)
Carlos HurtadoPER
Match #2 Pat BolgerCAN
decision
Kenneth DawesGBR
Match #3 Jorma LiimatainenFIN
fall (7:00)
László SzabóHUN
Match #4 Ivan KrastevBUL
fall (0:24)
Eliseo SalugtaPHI
Match #5 Vehbi AkdağTUR
fall (2:35)
Orlando GonçalvesPOR
Match #6 Satpal SinghIND
decision
Zdzisław StolarskiPOL
Match #7 Théodule ToulotteFRA
decision
Vicente MartínezMEX
Match #8 Joseph BurgeGUA
fall (2:56)
Panagiotis KoutsoupakisGRE
Match #9 Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI
decision
Stanislav TůmaTCH
Match #10 José RamosCUB
decision
Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG
Match #11 Kiyoshi AbeJPN
decision
Ahmad DjanAFG
Match #12 Gene DavisUSA
fall (7:36)
Zevegiin OidovMGL
Match #13 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS
decision
Jakob TannerSUI

Round Two (28 August 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Petre ComanROU0,0
=1Vehbi AkdağTUR0,0
=3Pat BolgerCAN0,5
=3Zagalav AbdulbekovURS0,5
=5Ivan KrastevBUL1,0
=5Joseph BurgeGUA1,0
=5Kiyoshi AbeJPN1,0
8Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI1,5
=9Jorma LiimatainenFIN3,0
=9Zdzisław StolarskiPOL3,0
11Gene DavisUSA3,5
=12José RamosCUB4,0
=12Théodule ToulotteFRA4,0
=12Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG4,0
=12László SzabóHUN4,0
16Ahmad DjanAFG4,5
=17Panagiotis KoutsoupakisGRE5,0
=17Satpal SinghIND5,0
19Vicente MartínezMEX6,0eliminated
=20Jakob TannerSUI6,5eliminated
=20Stanislav TůmaTCH6,5eliminated
22Kenneth DawesGBR7,5eliminated
=23Zevegiin OidovMGL8,0eliminated
=23Carlos HurtadoPER8,0eliminated
=23Eliseo SalugtaPHI8,0eliminated
=23Orlando GonçalvesPOR8,0eliminated

Match #1 Petre ComanROU
fall (2:09)
Kenneth DawesGBR
Match #2 Pat BolgerCAN
fall (7:34)
Carlos HurtadoPER
Match #3 László SzabóHUN
fall (1:18)
Eliseo SalugtaPHI
Match #4 Ivan KrastevBUL
decision
Jorma LiimatainenFIN
Match #5 Zdzisław StolarskiPOL
fall (5:27)
Orlando GonçalvesPOR
Match #6 Vehbi AkdağTUR
fall (7:26)
Satpal SinghIND
Match #7 Joseph BurgeGUA
decision
Théodule ToulotteFRA
Match #8 Panagiotis KoutsoupakisGRE
decision
Vicente MartínezMEX
Match #9 Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI
decision
José RamosCUB
Match #10 Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG
decision
Stanislav TůmaTCH
Match #11 Kiyoshi AbeJPN
decision
Gene DavisUSA
Match #12 Ahmad DjanAFG
decision
Jakob TannerSUI
Match #13 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS
fall (2:19)
Zevegiin OidovMGL

Round Three (29 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Petre ComanROU0,0
2Zagalav AbdulbekovURS0,5
=3Kiyoshi AbeJPN1,0
=3Vehbi AkdağTUR1,0
=5Ivan KrastevBUL2,0
=5Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI2,0
7Joseph BurgeGUA4,0
8Pat BolgerCAN4,5
=9Théodule ToulotteFRA5,0
=9Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG5,0
=11Jorma LiimatainenFIN6,0eliminated
=11Satpal SinghIND6,0eliminated
=11Zdzisław StolarskiPOL6,0eliminated
14László SzabóHUN7,0eliminated
=15Ahmad DjanAFG7,5eliminated
=15Gene DavisUSA7,5eliminated
17José RamosCUB8,0eliminated
18Panagiotis KoutsoupakisGRE8,5eliminated

Match #1 Petre ComanROU
fall (8:45)
Pat BolgerCAN
Match #2 Ivan KrastevBUL
decision
László SzabóHUN
Match #3 Vehbi AkdağTUR
decision
Jorma LiimatainenFIN
Match #4 Théodule ToulotteFRA
decision
Zdzisław StolarskiPOL
Match #5 Satpal SinghIND
decision
Joseph BurgeGUA
Match #6 Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI
decision
Panagiotis KoutsoupakisGRE
Match #7 Kiyoshi AbeJPN
fall (4:12)
José RamosCUB
Match #8 Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG
decision
Ahmad DjanAFG
Match #9 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS
fall (3:25)
Gene DavisUSA

Round Four (30 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Vehbi AkdağTUR1,5
=1Zagalav AbdulbekovURS1,5
3Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI2,5
=4Ivan KrastevBUL3,0
=4Petre ComanROU3,0
6Kiyoshi AbeJPN4,0
7Joseph BurgeGUA5,0
=8Pat BolgerCAN8,0eliminated
=8Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG8,0eliminated
10Théodule ToulotteFRA8,5eliminated

Match #1 Ivan KrastevBUL
decision
Petre ComanROU
Match #2 Vehbi AkdağTUR
decision
Pat BolgerCAN
Match #3 Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI
decision
Théodule ToulotteFRA
Match #4 Joseph BurgeGUA
decision
Gerhard WeisenbergerFRG
Match #5 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS
decision
Kiyoshi AbeJPN

Round Five (30 August 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Zagalav AbdulbekovURS1,5
2Vehbi AkdağTUR2,5
3Ivan KrastevBUL3,0
4Kiyoshi AbeJPN5,0
5Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI5,5
6Petre ComanROU6,0eliminated
7Joseph BurgeGUA9,0eliminated

Match #1 Vehbi AkdağTUR
decision
Petre ComanROU
Match #2 Ivan KrastevBUL
fall (8:43)
Joseph BurgeGUA
Match #3 Kiyoshi AbeJPN
decision
Shamseddin Seyyed AbbasiIRI
Match #4 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS bye

Round Six (31 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Zagalav AbdulbekovURS3,5
2Ivan KrastevBUL5,0
3Vehbi AkdağTUR5,5
4Kiyoshi AbeJPN6,0eliminated

Match #1 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS
draw
Ivan KrastevBUL
Match #2 Kiyoshi AbeJPN
decision
Vehbi AkdağTUR

Final Round (31 August 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS
fall (2:57)
Vehbi AkdağTUR
Match #2 Vehbi AkdağTUR
decision
Ivan KrastevBUL
Match #3 Zagalav AbdulbekovURS
draw
Ivan KrastevBUL