Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg

Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	48 kg			48 kg
	52 kg			52 kg
	57 kg			57 kg
	62 kg			62 kg
	68 kg			68 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	82 kg			82 kg
	90 kg			90 kg
	100 kg			100 kg
	+100 kg			+100 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Tournament results 2.1 Round 1 2.2 Round 2 2.3 Round 3 2.4 Round 4 2.5 Round 5 2.6 Round 6 3 Final standings 4 References

Medalists

Gold	Georgi Markov Bulgaria (BUL)
Silver	Heinz-Helmut Wehling East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Kazimierz Lipień Poland (POL)

Tournament results

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When only two or three wrestlers remain, a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals.

Legend

• DNA — Did not appear
• TPP — Total penalty points
• MPP — Match penalty points

Penalties

• 0 — Won by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit
• 0.5 — Won by Technical Superiority
• 1 — Won by Points
• 2 — Draw
• 2.5 — Draw, Passivity
• 3 — Lost by Points
• 3.5 — Lost by Technical Superiority
• 4 — Lost by Fall, Passivity, Injury and Forfeit

Round 1

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	4	James Hazewinkel (USA)	1:41	Slavko Koletić (YUG)	0	0
4	4	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	8:34	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	0	0
1	1	László Réczi (HUN)		Jakob Tanner (SUI)	3	3
0	0	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	4:21	Mohammed Ebrahimi (AFG)	4	4
0	0	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	4:52	Metin Alakoç (TUR)	4	4
4	4	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	1:34	Georgi Markov (BUL)	0	0
4	4	Carlos Hurtado (PER)	8:24	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)	0	0
0	0	Martti Laakso (FIN)	6:35	Juan Hernández (GUA)	4	4
1	1	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	3	3
0		Ion Păun (ROU)		Bye

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
1	1	Ion Păun (ROU)		James Hazewinkel (USA)	3	7
0	0	Slavko Koletić (YUG)	7:08	Théodule Toulotte (FRA)	4	8
1	1	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)		László Réczi (HUN)	3	4
7	4	Jakob Tanner (SUI)	7:57	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	0	0
0	0	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	1:48	Eliseo Salugta (PHI)	4	8
7	3	Metin Alakoç (TUR)		Georgi Markov (BUL)	1	1
8	4	Carlos Hurtado (PER)	4:03	Martti Laakso (FIN)	0	0
3.5	3.5	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)	0.5	1.5
8	4	Juan Hernández (GUA)	1:30	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	0	3
4		Mohammed Ebrahimi (AFG)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2	1	Ion Păun (ROU)		Slavko Koletić (YUG)	3	3
1	0	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	5:37	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)	4	4
7	3	László Réczi (HUN)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	1	1
1	0	Georgi Markov (BUL)	1:22	Harry van Landeghem (BEL)	4	7.5
2	2	Martti Laakso (FIN)		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)	2	3.5
3		Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5.5	2.5	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Ion Păun (ROU)	2.5	4.5
6.5	3.5	Slavko Koletić (YUG)		Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	0.5	1.5
5	1	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	3	4
2	1	Georgi Markov (BUL)		Martti Laakso (FIN)	3	5
3.5		Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4.5	1	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Ion Păun (ROU)	3	7.5
5.5	0	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)	7:00	Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	4	5.5
8	3	Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)		Georgi Markov (BUL)	1	3
5	1	Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)		Martti Laakso (FIN)	3	8

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7.5	3	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)		Kazimierz Lipień (POL)	1	6.5
6.5	1	Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)		Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)	3	8
3		Georgi Markov (BUL)		Bye

Final standings

1.  Georgi Markov (BUL)
2.  Heinz-Helmut Wehling (GDR)
3.  Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
4.  Hideo Fujimoto (JPN)
5.  Djemal Megrelishvili (URS)
6.  Ion Păun (ROU)
7.  Martti Laakso (FIN) and  Stelios Mygiakis (GRE)

References

• Official Report