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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kilograms), Men

Date	6 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	14 from 14 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

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. The favorite was Sweden’s Per Svensson, the 1970-71 World Champion and 1969-70 European Champion, but he surprisingly went out after two rounds, the result of a draw and a loss by fall. With Svensson out the draw was open. After five rounds the two finalists were determined, Soviet Nikolay Yakovenko, the 1972 European Champion, and Romanian Nicolae Martinescu, a light-heavyweight bronze medalist at the 1968 Olympics. Yakovenko was well ahead on bad points, 1.0 to 5.5, but in his round five win over Bulgarian Khristo Ignatov, Yakovenko was injured and had to withdraw from the final round, giving the gold medal to Martinescu.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	–	–	Gold
2	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	–	–
5	Fredi Albrecht	GDR	–	–
6	Tore Hem	NOR	–	–
AC	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL	Eliminated r4/6	8,5
AC	Ruedi Lüscher	SUI	Eliminated r2/6	6,0
AC	Per Svensson	SWE	Eliminated r2/6	6,0
AC	Makoto Saito	JPN	Eliminated r2/6	6,5
AC	Lorenz Hecher	FRG	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Buck Deadrich	USA	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Hassan Bechara	LBN	Withdrew r2/6	2,0

Round One (6 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	0,0
2	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	0,5
=3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	1,0
=3	Tore Hem	NOR	1,0
=3	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL	1,0
=6	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	2,0
=6	Hassan Bechara	LBN	2,0	withdrew
=6	Ruedi Lüscher	SUI	2,0
=6	Per Svensson	SWE	2,0
=10	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	3,0
=10	Fredi Albrecht	GDR	3,0
=10	Lorenz Hecher	FRG	3,0
13	Makoto Saito	JPN	3,5
14	Buck Deadrich	USA	4,0

Match #1	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	draw	Per Svensson	SWE
Match #2	Tore Hem	NOR	decision	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN
Match #3	Ruedi Lüscher	SUI	draw	Hassan Bechara	LBN
Match #4	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	fall (7:23)	Buck Deadrich	USA
Match #5	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL	decision	Lorenz Hecher	FRG
Match #6	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	decision	Fredi Albrecht	GDR
Match #7	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	decision	Makoto Saito	JPN

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	0,0
2	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	0,5
=3	Tore Hem	NOR	1,0
=3	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL	1,0
5	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	2,0
6	Fredi Albrecht	GDR	4,0
7	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	5,0
=8	Ruedi Lüscher	SUI	6,0	eliminated
=8	Per Svensson	SWE	6,0	eliminated
10	Makoto Saito	JPN	6,5	eliminated
=11	Lorenz Hecher	FRG	7,0	eliminated
=11	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	7,0	eliminated
13	Buck Deadrich	USA	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	fall (5:48)	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN
Match #2	Tore Hem	NOR	fall (0:42)	Per Svensson	SWE
Match #3	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	fall (1:44)	Ruedi Lüscher	SUI
Match #4	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL	fall (1:23)	Buck Deadrich	USA
Match #5	Lorenz Hecher	FRG	DQ (both passivity) (8:23)	Ferenc Kiss	HUN
Match #6	Fredi Albrecht	GDR	decision	Makoto Saito	JPN
Match #7	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	bye

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	1,0
2	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	1,5
=3	Fredi Albrecht	GDR	4,0
=3	Tore Hem	NOR	4,0
5	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL	4,5
6	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	5,0
7	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	5,5

Match #1	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	decision	Hristo Ignatov	BUL
Match #2	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	decision	Tore Hem	NOR
Match #3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	decision	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL
Match #4	Fredi Albrecht	GDR	bye

Round Four (10 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	1,0
2	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	2,5
3	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	5,0
4	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	5,5
5	Fredi Albrecht	GDR	7,0	eliminated
6	Tore Hem	NOR	8,0	eliminated
7	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	decision	Fredi Albrecht	GDR
Match #2	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	fall (5:30)	Tore Hem	NOR
Match #3	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	fall (1:25)	Andrzej Skrzydlewski	POL
Match #4	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	bye

Round Five (10 September 1972)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	1,0
2	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	5,5
3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	6,5	eliminated
4	Hristo Ignatov	BUL	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	decision	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU
Match #2	Nikolay Yakovenko	URS	fall (2:20)	Hristo Ignatov	BUL

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	walkover