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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 kilograms), Men

Date	5 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	19 from 19 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.

The last two World Champions were Bulgarian Georgi Markov (1971) and Japan’s Hideo Fujimoto (1970), and they were present in München, along with the man who would win the 1973-74 Worlds, Poland’s Kazimierz Lipień. After five rounds, five wrestlers remained – the above three, East German Heinz-Helmut Wehling, and Soviet Georgian Jemal Megrelishvili. In round six Markov had a bye which brought him the gold medal when the other four were eliminated on bad points. Lipień defeated Fujimoto and Wehling defeated Megrelishvili, but they were both decisions, and the single bad points put them over the 6 point limit. Wehling won the silver based on his throw of Lipień in round five, but in addition to his two World titles, Lipień would win the gold in this event in 1976. Wehling would win a bronze medal in Montréal, but as a lightweight.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Georgi Markov	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	–	–	Silver
3	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	–	–	Bronze
4	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	–	–
5	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	–	–
6	Ion Păun	ROU	–	–
=7	Martti Laakso	FIN	–	–
=7	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	–	–
AC	Slavko Koletić	YUG	Eliminated r4/6	6,5
AC	László Réczi	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	7,0
AC	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	Eliminated r3/6	11,5
AC	Jakob Tanner	SUI	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Metin Alakoç	TUR	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Jim Hazewinkel	USA	Eliminated r2/6	7,0
AC	Théodule Toulotte	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Juan de Hernández	GUA	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Eliseo Salugta	PHI	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Carlos Hurtado	PER	Eliminated r2/6	8,0
AC	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	Withdrew r2/6	4,0

Round One (5 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Georgi Markov	BUL	0,0
=1	Martti Laakso	FIN	0,0
=1	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	0,0
=1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	0,0
=1	Ion Păun	ROU	0,0
=1	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	0,0
=1	Slavko Koletić	YUG	0,0
=1	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	0,0
=9	László Réczi	HUN	1,0
=9	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	1,0
=11	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	3,0
=11	Jakob Tanner	SUI	3,0
=13	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	4,0	withdrew
=13	Théodule Toulotte	FRA	4,0
=13	Carlos Hurtado	PER	4,0
=13	Juan de Hernández	GUA	4,0
=13	Eliseo Salugta	PHI	4,0
=13	Metin Alakoç	TUR	4,0
=13	Jim Hazewinkel	USA	4,0
=13	Jørn Krogsgaard	DEN	4,0

Match #1	Slavko Koletić	YUG	fall (1:41)	Jim Hazewinkel	USA
Match #2	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	fall (8:34)	Théodule Toulotte	FRA
Match #3	László Réczi	HUN	decision	Jakob Tanner	SUI
Match #4	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	fall (4:21)	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG
Match #5	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	fall (4:52)	Metin Alakoç	TUR
Match #6	Georgi Markov	BUL	fall (1:34)	Eliseo Salugta	PHI
Match #7	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	fall (8:24)	Carlos Hurtado	PER
Match #8	Martti Laakso	FIN	fall (6:55)	Juan de Hernández	GUA
Match #9	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	decision	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR
Match #10	Ion Păun	ROU	bye

Round Two (7 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Martti Laakso	FIN	0,0
=1	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	0,0
=1	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	0,0
=1	Slavko Koletić	YUG	0,0
=5	Georgi Markov	BUL	1,0
=5	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	1,0
=5	Ion Păun	ROU	1,0
8	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	1,5
9	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	3,0
10	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	3,5
11	László Réczi	HUN	4,0
=12	Jakob Tanner	SUI	7,0	eliminated
=12	Metin Alakoç	TUR	7,0	eliminated
=12	Jim Hazewinkel	USA	7,0	eliminated
=15	Théodule Toulotte	FRA	8,0	eliminated
=15	Carlos Hurtado	PER	8,0	eliminated
=15	Juan de Hernández	GUA	8,0	eliminated
=15	Eliseo Salugta	PHI	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ion Păun	ROU	decision	Jim Hazewinkel	USA
Match #2	Slavko Koletić	YUG	fall (7:08)	Théodule Toulotte	FRA
Match #3	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	decision	László Réczi	HUN
Match #4	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	fall (7:57)	Jakob Tanner	SUI
Match #5	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	fall (1:48)	Eliseo Salugta	PHI
Match #6	Georgi Markov	BUL	decision	Metin Alakoç	TUR
Match #7	Martti Laakso	FIN	fall (4:03)	Carlos Hurtado	PER
Match #8	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	decision	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL
Match #9	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	fall (1:30)	Juan de Hernández	GUA

Round Three (8 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Georgi Markov	BUL	1,0
=1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	1,0
=1	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	1,0
=4	Martti Laakso	FIN	2,0
=4	Ion Păun	ROU	2,0
=6	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	3,0
=6	Slavko Koletić	YUG	3,0
8	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	3,5
9	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	4,0
10	László Réczi	HUN	7,0	eliminated
11	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL	7,5	eliminated

Match #1	Ion Păun	ROU	decision	Slavko Koletić	YUG
Match #2	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	fall (5:37)	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #3	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	decision	László Réczi	HUN
Match #4	Georgi Markov	BUL	fall (1:22)	Harry Van Landeghem	BEL
Match #5	Martti Laakso	FIN	draw	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN
Match #6	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	bye

Round Four (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	1,5
2	Georgi Markov	BUL	2,0
3	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	3,5
4	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	4,0
5	Ion Păun	ROU	4,5
=6	Martti Laakso	FIN	5,0
=6	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	5,0
8	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	5,5
9	Slavko Koletić	YUG	6,5	eliminated

Match #1	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	draw	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #2	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	decision	Slavko Koletić	YUG
Match #3	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	decision	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS
Match #4	Georgi Markov	BUL	decision	Martti Laakso	FIN
Match #5	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	bye

Round Five (9 September 1972 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Georgi Markov	BUL	3,0
2	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	4,5
3	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	5,0
=4	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	5,5
=4	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	5,5
6	Ion Păun	ROU	7,5	eliminated
=7	Martti Laakso	FIN	8,0	eliminated
=7	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN	decision	Ion Păun	ROU
Match #2	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	fall (7:00)	Kazimierz Lipień	POL
Match #3	Georgi Markov	BUL	decision	Stelios Mygiakis	GRE
Match #4	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS	decision	Martti Laakso	FIN

Final Round (10 September 1972 — 19:00)

Match #1	Kazimierz Lipień	POL	decision	Hideo Fujimoto	JPN
Match #2	Heinz-Helmut Wehling	GDR	decision	Jemal Megrelishvili	URS
Match #3	Georgi Markov	BUL	bye