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Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>100 kilograms), Men

Date6 – 10 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants12 from 12 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

Soviet Anatoly Roshchin had won the silver medal in this class in 1964 and 1968, and was the World Champion in 1969-70, but he would be challenged by the 1971 World Champion, Bulgarian Aleksandar Tomov, who had already won the European Championship in 1972. After four rounds Roshchin and Tomov were left, along with Romanian Victor Dolipschi. Both defeated Dolipschi in the final round, and because of Roshchin’s victory over Tomov by decision in round two, the gold medal went to Roshchin. At 40-years-old he was the second oldest Olympic wrestling gold medalist, behind only 41-year-old Adolf Lindfors of Finland, who won in heavyweight Greco-Roman in 1920.

German Wilfried Dietrich also competed in this class, placing in a tie for fourth, after competing in the 1972 freestyle competition. This was his fifth Olympics and his eighth Olympic wrestling tournament. Several other wrestlers have competed in five Olympics, but Dietrich’s eight tournaments is an absolute Olympic best.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Anatoly RoshchinURSGold
2Aleksandar TomovBULSilver
3Victor DolipschiROUBronze
=4Ištvan SemerediYUG
=4József CsatáriHUN
ACWilfried DietrichFRGWithdrew r4/5
ACChris TaylorUSAEliminated r3/54,0
ACPetr KmentTCHEliminated r3/57,0
ACRaimo KarlssonFINEliminated r2/58,0
ACTomomi TsurutaJPNEliminated r2/58,0
ACMiguel ZambranoPEREliminated r2/58,0
ACEdward WojdaPOLEliminated r2/58,0

Round One (6 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Aleksandar TomovBUL0,0
=1Wilfried DietrichFRG0,0
=1József CsatáriHUN0,0
=1Petr KmentTCH0,0
=1Anatoly RoshchinURS0,0
=1Ištvan SemerediYUG0,0
=7Raimo KarlssonFIN4,0
=7Tomomi TsurutaJPN4,0
=7Miguel ZambranoPER4,0
=7Edward WojdaPOL4,0
=7Victor DolipschiROU4,0
=7Chris TaylorUSA4,0

Match #1 Ištvan SemerediYUG
fall (3:47)
Miguel ZambranoPER
Match #2 József CsatáriHUN
fall (6:46)
Tomomi TsurutaJPN
Match #3 Wilfried DietrichFRG
fall (3:14)
Chris TaylorUSA
Match #4 Petr KmentTCH
fall (8:21)
Raimo KarlssonFIN
Match #5 Anatoly RoshchinURS
fall (7:39)
Victor DolipschiROU
Match #6 Aleksandar TomovBUL
fall (5:59)
Edward WojdaPOL

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Wilfried DietrichFRG0,0
=1József CsatáriHUN0,0
=1Ištvan SemerediYUG0,0
4Anatoly RoshchinURS1,0
5Aleksandar TomovBUL3,0
=6Victor DolipschiROU4,0
=6Petr KmentTCH4,0
=6Chris TaylorUSA4,0
=9Raimo KarlssonFIN8,0eliminated
=9Tomomi TsurutaJPN8,0eliminated
=9Miguel ZambranoPER8,0eliminated
=9Edward WojdaPOL8,0eliminated

Match #1 Ištvan SemerediYUG
fall (7:48)
Tomomi TsurutaJPN
Match #2 József CsatáriHUN
fall (5:55)
Miguel ZambranoPER
Match #3 Chris TaylorUSA
fall (7:50)
Petr KmentTCH
Match #4 Wilfried DietrichFRG
fall (6:39)
Raimo KarlssonFIN
Match #5 Victor DolipschiROU
fall (1:36)
Edward WojdaPOL
Match #6 Anatoly RoshchinURS
decision
Aleksandar TomovBUL

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Anatoly RoshchinURS2,0
2Aleksandar TomovBUL3,0
=3Ištvan SemerediYUG4.0
=3Wilfried DietrichFRG4,0
=3József CsatáriHUN4,0
=3Victor DolipschiROU4,0
7Petr KmentTCH7,0eliminated

Match #1 Ištvan SemerediYUG
DQ (both passivity) (5:54)
József CsatáriHUN
Match #2 Victor DolipschiROU
fall (8:10)
Wilfried DietrichFRG
Match #3 Anatoly RoshchinURS
decision
Petr KmentTCH
Match #4 Aleksandar TomovBUL bye

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Anatoly RoshchinURS2,0
2Aleksandar TomovBUL3,0
3Victor DolipschiROU4,0
=4Ištvan SemerediYUG8.0eliminated
=4József CsatáriHUN8,0eliminated

Match #1 Aleksandar TomovBUL
fall (0:29)
Ištvan SemerediYUG
Match #2 Victor DolipschiROU
fall (6:54)
József CsatáriHUN
Match #3 Anatoly RoshchinURS walkover

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #2 Aleksandar TomovBUL
draw
Victor DolipschiROU
Match #3 Anatoly RoshchinURS
fall (7:39)
Victor DolipschiROU