Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 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 57 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

1 Medalists
2 Tournament results
3 Final standings
4 References

Medalists

Gold	Rustam Kazakov Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Hans-Jürgen Veil West Germany (FRG)
Bronze	Risto Björlin Finland (FIN)

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
1	1	Luís Grilo (POR)		Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG)	3	3
4	4	Juan Velarde (PER)	1:51	Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	0	0
0	0	Per Lindholm (SWE)	6:44	Alfredo López (MEX)	4	4
0	0	Ion Baciu (ROU)	2:06	Rogelio Famatid (PHI)	4	4
0	0	Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)	2:59	Firouz Alizadeh (IRI)	4	4
3	3	Karlo Čović (YUG)		Hristo Traikov (BUL)	1	1
3.5	3.5	Alam Mir (AFG)		Rustam Kazakov (URS)	0.5	0.5
3	3	Francesco Scuderi (ITA)		Józef Lipień (POL)	1	1
3	3	Ernst Hack (AUT)		Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL)	1	1
4	4	Ibrahim Ibrahim Sayed (EGY)	0:00	Othon Moschidis (GRE)	0	0
4	4	Jan Neckář (TCH)	8:46	Wolfgang Radmacher (GDR)	4	4
2	2	Ali Lachkar (MAR)		Fawzi Salloum (SYR)	2	2
0	0	Risto Björlin (FIN)	2:48	Jørn Krogsgaard (DEN)	4	4
3	3	David Hazewinkel (USA)		An Chun-Young (KOR)	1	1
4	4	Harald Hervig (NOR)	0:53	János Varga (HUN)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
1	0	Luís Grilo (POR)	7:17	Juan Velarde (PER)	4	8
7	4	Eduardo Maggiolo (ARG)	4:38	Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	0	0
3	3	Per Lindholm (SWE)		Ion Baciu (ROU)	1	1
8	4	Rogelio Famatid (PHI)	1:43	Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)	0	0
3	0	Karlo Čović (YUG)	8:09	Alam Mir (AFG)	4	7.5
2	1	Hristo Traikov (BUL)		Rustam Kazakov (URS)	3	3.5
4	1	Francesco Scuderi (ITA)		Ernst Hack (AUT)	3	6
1	0	Józef Lipień (POL)	1:17	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL)	4	5
3	3	Othon Moschidis (GRE)		Jan Neckář (TCH)	1	5
7	3	Wolfgang Radmacher (GDR)		Ali Lachkar (MAR)	1	3
1	1	Risto Björlin (FIN)		David Hazewinkel (USA)	3	6
8	4	Jørn Krogsgaard (DEN)	2:23	Harald Hervig (NOR)	0	4
5	4	An Chun-Young (KOR)	0:00	János Varga (HUN)	0	0
4		Alfredo López (MEX)		DNA
4		Firouz Alizadeh (IRI)		DNA
4		Ibrahim Ibrahim Sayed (EGY)		DNA
2		Fawzi Salloum (SYR)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5	4	Luís Grilo (POR)	2:31	Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	0	0
5.5	2.5	Per Lindholm (SWE)		Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)	2.5	2.5
2	1	Ion Baciu (ROU)		Karlo Čović (YUG)	3	6
3	1	Hristo Traikov (BUL)		Francesco Scuderi (ITA)	3	7
3.5	0	Rustam Kazakov (URS)	8:39	Józef Lipień (POL)	4	5
7.5	2.5	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (MGL)		Othon Moschidis (GRE)	2.5	5.5
5.5	0.5	Jan Neckář (TCH)		Ali Lachkar (MAR)	3.5	6.5
2	1	Risto Björlin (FIN)		An Chun-Young (KOR)	3	8
0		János Varga (HUN)		Bye
4		Harald Hervig (NOR)		DNA

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
0.5	0.5	János Varga (HUN)		Luís Grilo (POR)	3.5	8.5
0	0	Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	8:53	Per Lindholm (SWE)	4	9.5
3	1	Ion Baciu (ROU)		Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)	3	5.5
4	1	Hristo Traikov (BUL)		Józef Lipień (POL)	3	8
3.5	0	Rustam Kazakov (URS)	4:36	Othon Moschidis (GRE)	4	9.5
9.5	4	Jan Neckář (TCH)	1:21	Risto Björlin (FIN)	0	2

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4.5	4	János Varga (HUN)	8:35	Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	0	0
6	3	Ion Baciu (ROU)		Hristo Traikov (BUL)	1	5
8.5	3	Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)		Rustam Kazakov (URS)	1	4.5
2		Risto Björlin (FIN)		Bye

Round 6

TPP	MPP			MPP	TPP
5	3	Risto Björlin (FIN)	János Varga (HUN)	1	5.5
3	3	Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	Hristo Traikov (BUL)	1	6
4.5		Rustam Kazakov (URS)	Bye

Round 7

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5	0.5	Rustam Kazakov (URS)		János Varga (HUN)	3.5	9
8	3	Risto Björlin (FIN)		Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	1	4

Final

Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
0	0	Rustam Kazakov (URS)	2:58	Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)	4	4

Final standings

Rustam Kazakov (URS)
Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)
Risto Björlin (FIN)
János Varga (HUN)
Hristo Traikov (BUL)
Ion Baciu (ROU)
Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)

References

Official Report