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Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤100 kilograms), Men

Date27 – 31 August 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants16 from 16 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.

This was effectively a new class, although it was called the heavyweight class. The previous version of that weight class was now called the super-heavyweights. This would turn out to be a showcase for 1972 European Champion Ivan Yarygin, who won all seven of his matches by falls. He needed only 17:03 on the mat to win his gold medal decisively. Silver went to Mongolian Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh, who had been runner-up at the 1971 Worlds. He won that medal with a victory on points over Hungarian József Csátári, who had also won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics, that one in light-heavyweight freestyle.

Yarygin would win the 1973 World Championships, the 1975-76 Europeans, and defended his Olympic gold medal in 1976 at Montréal. Bayanmönkh also wrestled at the 1976 Olympics, placing fifth in heavyweight freestyle.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Ivan YaryginURSGold
2Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGLSilver
3József CsatáriHUNBronze
4Vasil TodorovBUL
5Enache PanaitROU
6Ryszard DługoszPOL
ACAbolfazl AnvariIRIEliminated r4/69,0
ACJulio TamussinITAEliminated r3/66,5
ACHarry GerisCANEliminated r3/67,0
ACAlfons HecherFRGEliminated r3/67,0
ACBruno JutzelerSUIEliminated r3/68,0
ACHenk SchenkUSAEliminated r2/66,0
ACGerd BachmannGDREliminated r2/67,0
ACKarel EngelTCHEliminated r2/67,0
ACShizuo YadaJPNEliminated r2/68,0
ACRobert N'DiayeSENEliminated r2/68,0

Round One (27 August 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Harry GerisCAN0,0
=1Enache PanaitROU0,0
=1Ivan YaryginURS0,0
=4Vasil TodorovBUL1,0
=4József CsatáriHUN1,0
=4Abolfazl AnvariIRI1,0
=4Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL1,0
=4Ryszard DługoszPOL1,0
=9Gerd BachmannGDR3,0
=9Alfons HecherFRG3,0
=9Julio TamussinITA3,0
=9Karel EngelTCH3,0
=9Henk SchenkUSA3,0
=14Shizuo YadaJPN4,0
=14Robert N'DiayeSEN4,0
=14Bruno JutzelerSUI4,0

Match #1 Vasil TodorovBUL
decision
Gerd BachmannGDR
Match #2 Ivan YaryginURS
fall (0:27)
Bruno JutzelerSUI
Match #3 Harry GerisCAN
fall (1:24)
Shizuo YadaJPN
Match #4 Enache PanaitROU
fall (5:08)
Robert N'DiayeSEN
Match #5 Abolfazl AnvariIRI
decision
Karel EngelTCH
Match #6 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
decision
Alfons HecherFRG
Match #7 József CsatáriHUN
decision
Henk SchenkUSA
Match #8 Ryszard DługoszPOL
decision
Julio TamussinITA

Round Two (28 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ivan YaryginURS0,0
=2Vasil TodorovBUL1,0
=2József CsatáriHUN1,0
=2Abolfazl AnvariIRI1,0
=2Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL1,0
=2Enache PanaitROU1,0
=7Harry GerisCAN3,0
=7Julio TamussinITA3,0
=9Alfons HecherFRG4,0
=9Bruno JutzelerSUI4,0
11Ryszard DługoszPOL5,0
12Henk SchenkUSA6,0eliminated
=13Gerd BachmannGDR7,0eliminated
=13Karel EngelTCH7,0eliminated
=15Shizuo YadaJPN8,0eliminated
=15Robert N'DiayeSEN8,0eliminated

Match #1 Vasil TodorovBUL walkover
Match #2 Ivan YaryginURS
fall (2:11)
Gerd BachmannGDR
Match #3 Bruno JutzelerSUI
fall (4:20)
Shizuo YadaJPN
Match #4 Enache PanaitROU
decision
Harry GerisCAN
Match #5 Abolfazl AnvariIRI
fall (2:09)
Robert N'DiayeSEN
Match #6 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
fall (1:32)
Karel EngelTCH
Match #7 Alfons HecherFRG
decision
Henk SchenkUSA
Match #8 József CsatáriHUN
fall (8:28)
Ryszard DługoszPOL
Match #9 Julio TamussinITA bye

Round Three (29 August 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ivan YaryginURS0,0
=2Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL1,0
=2Enache PanaitROU1,0
4Vasil TodorovBUL1,5
5József CsatáriHUN2,0
=6Abolfazl AnvariIRI5,0
=6Ryszard DługoszPOL5,0
8Julio TamussinITA6,5eliminated
=9Harry GerisCAN7,0eliminated
=9Alfons HecherFRG7,0eliminated
11Bruno JutzelerSUI8,0eliminated

Match #1 Vasil TodorovBUL
decision
Julio TamussinITA
Match #2 Ivan YaryginURS
fall (2:20)
Harry GerisCAN
Match #3 Enache PanaitROU
fall (7:42)
Bruno JutzelerSUI
Match #4 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
fall (2:04)
Abolfazl AnvariIRI
Match #5 József CsatáriHUN
decision
Alfons HecherFRG
Match #6 Ryszard DługoszPOL bye

Round Four (30 August 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ivan YaryginURS0,0
2Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL1,0
3József CsatáriHUN2,0
4Vasil TodorovBUL3,5
5Enache PanaitROU5,0
6Ryszard DługoszPOL7,0eliminated
7Abolfazl AnvariIRI9,0eliminated

Match #1 Ryszard DługoszPOL
draw
Vasil TodorovBUL
Match #2 Ivan YaryginURS
fall (2:58)
Abolfazl AnvariIRI
Match #3 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
fall (4:27)
Enache PanaitROU
Match #4 József CsatáriHUN bye

Round Five (31 August 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ivan YaryginURS0,0
2Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL1,0
3József CsatáriHUN2,0
4Vasil TodorovBUL7,5eliminated
5Enache PanaitROU9,0eliminated

Match #1 József CsatáriHUN
fall (8:56)
Vasil TodorovBUL
Match #2 Ivan YaryginURS
fall (1:47)
Enache PanaitROU
Match #3 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL bye

Final Round (31 August 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1 Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
decision
József CsatáriHUN
Match #2 Ivan YaryginURS
fall (5:21)
Khorloogiin BayanmönkhMGL
Match #3 Ivan YaryginURS
fall (2:04)
József CsatáriHUN