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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤82 kilograms), Men

Date6 – 10 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants20 from 20 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

Olympic wrestling in this era did not seed the wrestlers, which led to the unusual scenario in 1972 middleweight Greco when the 1970 World Champion, Anatoly Nazarenko, and the 1971 World Champion, Csaba Hegedűs, met in the first round. Hegedűs won that match by decision and that was that for the gold and silver medals, as both wrestlers won the remainder of their matches. The bronze medal went to Yugoslav Croat Milan Nenadić, the 1969-70 European Champion. Nazarenko would go on to win the 1974-75 World Championships and the 1974 Europeans. Hegedűs would compete at the 1976 Olympics, with little success, but won the 1977 European title.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Csaba HegedűsHUNGold
2Anatoly NazarenkoURSSilver
3Milan NenadićYUGBronze
4Miroslav JanotaTCH
5Ion GaborROU
6Frank HartmannGDR
ACAli YağmurTUREliminated r4/67,0
ACKiril DimitrovBULEliminated r4/68,0
ACMatti LaaksoFINEliminated r3/66,0
ACHarald BarlieNOREliminated r3/66,0
ACJan KårströmSWEEliminated r3/66,0
ACJay RobinsonUSAEliminated r3/67,0
ACSadao SatoJPNEliminated r3/69,0
ACAdam OstrowskiPOLWithdrew r3/62,0
ACJohn PedersenDENEliminated r2/66,0
ACAndré BouchouleFRAEliminated r2/67,0
ACReinhold HuckerFRGEliminated r2/67,0
ACJesús BlancoARGEliminated r2/68,0
ACDasrangiin MyagmarMGLEliminated r2/68,0
ACJimmy MartinettiSUIEliminated r2/68,0

Round One (6 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Ion GaborROU0,0
=1Miroslav JanotaTCH0,0
=1Ali YağmurTUR0,0
=1Milan NenadićYUG0,0
=5Kiril DimitrovBUL1,0
=5Csaba HegedűsHUN1,0
=5Sadao SatoJPN1,0
=5Adam OstrowskiPOL1,0
=5Jan KårströmSWE1,0
=10Matti LaaksoFIN2,0
=10Harald BarlieNOR2,0
=12John PedersenDEN3,0
=12Frank HartmannGDR3,0
=12Reinhold HuckerFRG3,0
=12Anatoly NazarenkoURS3,0
=12Jay RobinsonUSA3,0
=17Jesús BlancoARG4,0
=17André BouchouleFRA4,0
=17Dasrangiin MyagmarMGL4,0
=17Jimmy MartinettiSUI4,0

Match #1 Miroslav JanotaTCH
fall (6:53)
Dasrangiin MyagmarMGL
Match #2 Matti LaaksoFIN
draw
Harald BarlieNOR
Match #3 Ion GaborROU
fall (4:02)
Jimmy MartinettiSUI
Match #4 Milan NenadićYUG
fall (8:09)
André BouchouleFRA
Match #5 Sadao SatoJPN
decision
John PedersenDEN
Match #6 Kiril DimitrovBUL
decision
Frank HartmannGDR
Match #7 Jan KårströmSWE
decision
Reinhold HuckerFRG
Match #8 Csaba HegedűsHUN
decision
Anatoly NazarenkoURS
Match #9 Adam OstrowskiPOL
decision
Jay RobinsonUSA
Match #10 Ali YağmurTUR
fall (2:47)
Jesús BlancoARG

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Milan NenadićYUG0,0
2Ion GaborROU1,0
=3Kiril DimitrovBUL2,0
=3Matti LaaksoFIN2,0
=3Csaba HegedűsHUN2,0
=3Adam OstrowskiPOL2,0
=3Miroslav JanotaTCH2,0
=8Frank HartmannGDR3,0
=8Ali YağmurTUR3,0
=8Anatoly NazarenkoURS3,0
=8Jay RobinsonUSA3,0
=12Harald BarlieNOR4,0
=12Jan KårströmSWE4,0
14Sadao SatoJPN5,0
15John PedersenDEN6,0eliminated
=16André BouchouleFRA7,0eliminated
=16Reinhold HuckerFRG7,0eliminated
=18Jesús BlancoARG8,0eliminated
=18Dasrangiin MyagmarMGL8,0eliminated
=18Jimmy MartinettiSUI8,0eliminated

Match #1 Matti LaaksoFIN
fall (2:14)
Dasrangiin MyagmarMGL
Match #2 Miroslav JanotaTCH
draw
Harald BarlieNOR
Match #3 Ion GaborROU
decision
André BouchouleFRA
Match #4 Milan NenadićYUG
fall (5:17)
Jimmy MartinettiSUI
Match #5 Frank HartmannGDR
fall (3:29)
Sadao SatoJPN
Match #6 Kiril DimitrovBUL
decision
John PedersenDEN
Match #7 Anatoly NazarenkoURS
fall (5:08)
Reinhold HuckerFRG
Match #8 Csaba HegedűsHUN
decision
Jan KårströmSWE
Match #9 Adam OstrowskiPOL
decision
Ali YağmurTUR
Match #10 Jay RobinsonUSA
fall (8:49)
Jesús BlancoARG

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Milan NenadićYUG0,0
=2Csaba HegedűsHUN2,0
=2Miroslav JanotaTCH2,0
=4Ion GaborROU3,0
=4Ali YağmurTUR3,0
6Anatoly NazarenkoURS4,0
=7Kiril DimitrovBUL5,0
=7Frank HartmannGDR5,0
=9Matti LaaksoFIN6,0eliminated
=9Harald BarlieNOR6,0eliminated
=9Jan KårströmSWE6,0eliminated
12Jay RobinsonUSA7,0eliminated
13Sadao SatoJPN9,0eliminated

Match #1 Miroslav JanotaTCH
fall (2:09)
Matti LaaksoFIN
Match #2 Harald BarlieNOR
draw
Ion GaborROU
Match #3 Milan NenadićYUG
fall (7:16)
Sadao SatoJPN
Match #4 Frank HartmannGDR
draw
Jan KårströmSWE
Match #5 Anatoly NazarenkoURS
decision
Kiril DimitrovBUL
Match #6 Csaba HegedűsHUN walkover
Match #7 Ali YağmurTUR
fall (2:40)
Jay RobinsonUSA

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Csaba HegedűsHUN3,0
=1Milan NenadićYUG3,0
=3Miroslav JanotaTCH4,0
=3Anatoly NazarenkoURS4,0
5Ion GaborROU5,0
6Frank HartmannGDR6,0eliminated
7Ali YağmurTUR7,0eliminated
8Kiril DimitrovBUL8,0eliminated

Match #1 Miroslav JanotaTCH
draw
Ion GaborROU
Match #2 Frank HartmannGDR
decision
Milan NenadićYUG
Match #3 Csaba HegedűsHUN
decision
Kiril DimitrovBUL
Match #4 Anatoly NazarenkoURS
fall (1:48)
Ali YağmurTUR

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Csaba HegedűsHUN3,0
=2Anatoly NazarenkoURS4,0
=2Milan NenadićYUG4,0
4Miroslav JanotaTCH7,0eliminated
5Ion GaborROU9,0eliminated

Match #1 Milan NenadićYUG
decision
Miroslav JanotaTCH
Match #2 Anatoly NazarenkoURS
fall (8:35)
Ion GaborROU
Match #3 Csaba HegedűsHUN bye

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1 Csaba HegedűsHUN
decision
Milan NenadićYUG
Match #2 Csaba HegedűsHUN
decision
Anatoly NazarenkoURS