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

Date	6 – 10 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	20 from 20 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0.0; win by superior decision-0.5; win by decision-1.0; draw-2.0; loss by decision-3.0; loss by superior decision-3.5; loss by fall-4.0). 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.

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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	146	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	–	–	Gold
2	377	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	–	–	Silver
3	410	Milan Nenadić	YUG	–	–	Bronze
4	339	Miroslav Janota	TCH	–	–
5	301	Ion Gabor	ROU	–	–
6	99	Frank Hartmann	GDR	–	–
AC	360	Ali Yağmur	TUR	eliminated r4/6	7.0
AC	29	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	eliminated r4/6	8.0
AC	76	Matti Laakso	FIN	eliminated r3/6	6.0
AC	245	Harald Barlie	NOR	eliminated r3/6	6.0
AC	329	Jan Kårström	SWE	eliminated r3/6	6.0
AC	397	Jay Robinson	USA	eliminated r3/6	7.0
AC	205	Sadao Sato	JPN	eliminated r3/6	9.0
AC	276	Adam Ostrowski	POL	withdrew r3/6	2.0
AC	64	John Pedersen	DEN	eliminated r2/6	6.0
AC	82	André Bouchoule	FRA	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	114	Reinhold Hucker	FRG	eliminated r2/6	7.0
AC	10	Jesús Blanco	ARG	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	238	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL	eliminated r2/6	8.0
AC	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	eliminated r2/6	8.0
DNS	20	Constant Bens	BEL	–	–
DNS	313	Alioune Camara	SEN	–	–
DNS	334	Mahmoud Balah	SYR	–	–

Round One

Date	6 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	301	Ion Gabor	ROU	0.0
=1	339	Miroslav Janota	TCH	0.0
=1	360	Ali Yağmur	TUR	0.0
=1	410	Milan Nenadić	YUG	0.0
=5	29	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	1.0
=5	146	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	1.0
=5	205	Sadao Sato	JPN	1.0
=5	276	Adam Ostrowski	POL	1.0
=5	329	Jan Kårström	SWE	1.0
=10	76	Matti Laakso	FIN	2.0
=10	245	Harald Barlie	NOR	2.0
=12	64	John Pedersen	DEN	3.0
=12	99	Frank Hartmann	GDR	3.0
=12	114	Reinhold Hucker	FRG	3.0
=12	377	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	3.0
=12	397	Jay Robinson	USA	3.0
=17	10	Jesús Blanco	ARG	4.0
=17	82	André Bouchoule	FRA	4.0
=17	238	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL	4.0
=17	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	4.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Miroslav Janota	TCH	Fall (6:53)	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL
Match #2	06 Sep	Matti Laakso	FIN	Draw	Harald Barlie	NOR
Match #3	06 Sep	Ion Gabor	ROU	Fall (4:02)	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #4	06 Sep	Milan Nenadić	YUG	Fall (8:09)	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #5	06 Sep	Sadao Sato	JPN	Decision	John Pedersen	DEN
Match #6	06 Sep	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	Decision	Frank Hartmann	GDR
Match #7	06 Sep	Jan Kårström	SWE	Decision	Reinhold Hucker	FRG
Match #8	06 Sep	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	Decision	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS
Match #9	06 Sep	Adam Ostrowski	POL	Decision	Jay Robinson	USA
Match #10	06 Sep	Ali Yağmur	TUR	Fall (2:47)	Jesús Blanco	ARG

Round Two

Date	7 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	410	Milan Nenadić	YUG	0.0	–
2	301	Ion Gabor	ROU	1.0	–
=3	29	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	2.0	–
=3	76	Matti Laakso	FIN	2.0	–
=3	146	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	2.0	–
=3	276	Adam Ostrowski	POL	2.0	–
=3	339	Miroslav Janota	TCH	2.0	–
=8	99	Frank Hartmann	GDR	3.0	–
=8	360	Ali Yağmur	TUR	3.0	–
=8	377	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	3.0	–
=8	397	Jay Robinson	USA	3.0	–
=12	245	Harald Barlie	NOR	4.0	–
=12	329	Jan Kårström	SWE	4.0	–
14	205	Sadao Sato	JPN	5.0	–
15	64	John Pedersen	DEN	6.0	eliminated
=16	82	André Bouchoule	FRA	7.0	eliminated
=16	114	Reinhold Hucker	FRG	7.0	eliminated
=18	10	Jesús Blanco	ARG	8.0	eliminated
=18	238	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL	8.0	eliminated
=18	323	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Sep	Matti Laakso	FIN	Fall (2:14)	Dasrangiin Myagmar	MGL
Match #2	07 Sep	Miroslav Janota	TCH	Draw	Harald Barlie	NOR
Match #3	07 Sep	Ion Gabor	ROU	Decision	André Bouchoule	FRA
Match #4	07 Sep	Milan Nenadić	YUG	Fall (5:17)	Jimmy Martinetti	SUI
Match #5	07 Sep	Frank Hartmann	GDR	Fall (3:29)	Sadao Sato	JPN
Match #6	07 Sep	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	Decision	John Pedersen	DEN
Match #7	07 Sep	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	Fall (5:08)	Reinhold Hucker	FRG
Match #8	07 Sep	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	Decision	Jan Kårström	SWE
Match #9	07 Sep	Adam Ostrowski	POL	Decision	Ali Yağmur	TUR
Match #10	07 Sep	Jay Robinson	USA	Fall (8:49)	Jesús Blanco	ARG

Round Three

Date	8 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	410	Milan Nenadić	YUG	0.0	–
=2	146	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	2.0	–
=2	339	Miroslav Janota	TCH	2.0	–
=4	301	Ion Gabor	ROU	3.0	–
=4	360	Ali Yağmur	TUR	3.0	–
6	377	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	4.0	–
=7	29	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	5.0	–
=7	99	Frank Hartmann	GDR	5.0	–
=9	76	Matti Laakso	FIN	6.0	eliminated
=9	245	Harald Barlie	NOR	6.0	eliminated
=9	329	Jan Kårström	SWE	6.0	eliminated
12	397	Jay Robinson	USA	7.0	eliminated
13	205	Sadao Sato	JPN	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Sep	Miroslav Janota	TCH	Fall (2:09)	Matti Laakso	FIN
Match #2	08 Sep	Harald Barlie	NOR	Draw	Ion Gabor	ROU
Match #3	08 Sep	Milan Nenadić	YUG	Fall (7:16)	Sadao Sato	JPN
Match #4	08 Sep	Frank Hartmann	GDR	Draw	Jan Kårström	SWE
Match #5	08 Sep	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	Decision	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL
Match #6	08 Sep	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN
Match #7	08 Sep	Ali Yağmur	TUR	Fall (2:40)	Jay Robinson	USA

Round Four

Date	9 September 1972 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	146	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	3.0	–
=1	410	Milan Nenadić	YUG	3.0	–
=3	339	Miroslav Janota	TCH	4.0	–
=3	377	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	4.0	–
5	301	Ion Gabor	ROU	5.0	–
6	99	Frank Hartmann	GDR	6.0	eliminated
7	360	Ali Yağmur	TUR	7.0	eliminated
8	29	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Miroslav Janota	TCH	Draw	Ion Gabor	ROU
Match #2	09 Sep	Frank Hartmann	GDR	Decision	Milan Nenadić	YUG
Match #3	09 Sep	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	Decision	Kiril Dimitrov	BUL
Match #4	09 Sep	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	Fall (1:48)	Ali Yağmur	TUR

Round Five

Date	9 September 1972 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	146	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	3.0	–
=2	377	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	4.0	–
=2	410	Milan Nenadić	YUG	4.0	–
4	339	Miroslav Janota	TCH	7.0	eliminated
5	301	Ion Gabor	ROU	9.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Sep	Milan Nenadić	YUG	Decision	Miroslav Janota	TCH
Match #2	09 Sep	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS	Fall (8:35)	Ion Gabor	ROU
Match #3	09 Sep	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN

Final Round

Date	10 September 1972 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	Decision	Milan Nenadić	YUG
Match #2	10 Sep	Csaba Hegedűs	HUN	Decision	Anatoly Nazarenko	URS