Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 82 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 Freestyle 82 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	Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	John Peterson United States (USA)
Bronze	Vasile Iorga Romania (ROU)

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	Harish Chander (IND)	7:08	David Aspin (NZL)	4	4
2	2	Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)		Ali Hajiloo (IRI)	2	2
1	1	Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)		Jesús Blanco (ARG)	3	3
3	3	André Bouchoule (FRA)		Vasile Iorga (ROU)	1	1
4	4	Constant Bens (BEL)	0:52	Peter Neumair (FRG)	0	0
4	4	Richard Barraclough (GBR)	1:49	John Peterson (USA)	0	0
0	0	Jan Wypiórczyk (POL)	8:41	Lupe Lara (CUB)	4	4
4	4	Ghulam Dastagir (AFG)	3:41	Kurt Elmgren (SWE)	0	0
3.5	3.5	Ibrahim Diop (SEN)		Levan Tediashvili (URS)	0.5	0.5
3	3	Hayri Polat (TUR)		Tömöriin Artag (MGL)	1	1
1	1	Horst Stottmeister (GDR)		István Kovács (HUN)	3	3
1	1	Ivan Iliev (BUL)		Taras Hyrb (CAN)	3	3

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
8	4	Harish Chander (IND)	8:55	Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)	0	2
7	3	David Aspin (NZL)		Ali Hajiloo (IRI)	1	3
2	1	Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)		André Bouchoule (FRA)	3	6
7	4	Jesús Blanco (ARG)	5:10	Vasile Iorga (ROU)	0	1
7.5	3.5	Constant Bens (BEL)		Richard Barraclough (GBR)	0.5	4.5
3	3	Peter Neumair (FRG)		John Peterson (USA)	1	1
0	0	Jan Wypiórczyk (POL)	5:58	Ghulam Dastagir (AFG)	4	8
7	3	Lupe Lara (CUB)		Kurt Elmgren (SWE)	1	1
7.5	4	Ibrahim Diop (SEN)	5:58	Hayri Polat (TUR)	0	3
1.5	1	Levan Tediashvili (URS)		Tömöriin Artag (MGL)	3	4
1	0	Horst Stottmeister (GDR)	5:42	Ivan Iliev (BUL)	4	5
4	1	István Kovács (HUN)		Taras Hyrb (CAN)	3	6

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	1	Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)		Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)	3	5
7	4	Ali Hajiloo (IRI)	7:10	Vasile Iorga (ROU)	0	1
3	0	Peter Neumair (FRG)	2:22	Richard Barraclough (GBR)	4	8.5
1	0	John Peterson (USA)	6:35	Jan Wypiórczyk (POL)	4	4
5	4	Kurt Elmgren (SWE)	8:44	Levan Tediashvili (URS)	0	1.5
6	3	Hayri Polat (TUR)		Horst Stottmeister (GDR)	1	2
5	1	Tömöriin Artag (MGL)		István Kovács (HUN)	3	7
5		Ivan Iliev (BUL)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
8	3	Ivan Iliev (BUL)		Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)	1	4
9	4	Jimmy Martinetti (SUI)	7:31	Vasile Iorga (ROU)	0	1
4	1	Peter Neumair (FRG)		Jan Wypiórczyk (POL)	3	7
4	3	John Peterson (USA)		Levan Tediashvili (URS)	1	2.5
6	1	Kurt Elmgren (SWE)		Tömöriin Artag (MGL)	3	8
2		Horst Stottmeister (GDR)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	2	Horst Stottmeister (GDR)		Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)	2	6
4	3	Vasile Iorga (ROU)		John Peterson (USA)	1	5
7	3	Peter Neumair (FRG)		Levan Tediashvili (URS)	1	3.5

Round 6

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7	3	Horst Stottmeister (GDR)		John Peterson (USA)	1	6
7	3	Vasile Iorga (ROU)		Levan Tediashvili (URS)	1	4.5

Final standings

1.  Levan Tediashvili (URS)
2.  John Peterson (USA)
3.  Vasile Iorga (ROU)
4.  Horst Stottmeister (GDR)
5.  Tatsuo Sasaki (JPN)
6.  Peter Neumair (FRG)

References

• Official Report