Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 90 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 90 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 Final 3 Final standings 4 References

Medalists

Gold	Valeri Rezantsev Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Josip Čorak Yugoslavia (YUG)
Bronze	Czesław Kwieciński 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
3	3	Roland Andersson (SWE)		Wayne Baughman (USA)	1	1
0	0	Håkon Øverby (NOR)	7:42	Günter Kowalewski (FRG)	4	4
2	2	Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)		Valeri Rezantsev (URS)	2	2
1	1	Kimuchi Tani (JPN)		Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI)	3	3
4	4	Barend Kops (NED)	0:00	Josip Čorak (YUG)	0	0
2	2	Lothar Metz (GDR)		Czesław Kwieciński (POL)	2	2
3	3	Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)		József Pércsi (HUN)	1	1

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
7	4	Roland Andersson (SWE)	7:03	Håkon Øverby (NOR)	0	0
5	4	Wayne Baughman (USA)	8:03	Günter Kowalewski (FRG)	0	4
2	0	Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)	0:52	Kimuchi Tani (JPN)	4	5
2	0	Valeri Rezantsev (URS)	2:59	Jean-Marie Chardonnens (SUI)	4	7
1	1	Josip Čorak (YUG)		Lothar Metz (GDR)	3	5
3	1	Czesław Kwieciński (POL)		Stoyan Ivanov (BUL)	3	6
1		József Pércsi (HUN)		Bye
4		Barend Kops (NED)		DNA

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
1.5	0.5	József Pércsi (HUN)		Wayne Baughman (USA)	3.5	8.5
2	2	Håkon Øverby (NOR)		Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)	2	4
8	4	Günter Kowalewski (FRG)	0:00	Valeri Rezantsev (URS)	0	2
5	0	Kimuchi Tani (JPN)	1:58	Lothar Metz (GDR)	4	9
3	2	Josip Čorak (YUG)		Czesław Kwieciński (POL)	2	5

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
2.5	1	József Pércsi (HUN)		Håkon Øverby (NOR)	3	5
8	4	Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)	7:36	Josip Čorak (YUG)	0	3
2	0	Valeri Rezantsev (URS)	1:24	Kimuchi Tani (JPN)	4	9
5		Czesław Kwieciński (POL)		Bye

Round 5

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
5	0	Czesław Kwieciński (POL)	2:04	József Pércsi (HUN)	4	6.5
9	4	Håkon Øverby (NOR)	1:39	Valeri Rezantsev (URS)	0	2
3		Josip Čorak (YUG)		Bye

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
	2	Josip Čorak (YUG)		Czesław Kwieciński (POL)	2
5	3	Josip Čorak (YUG)		Valeri Rezantsev (URS)	1
5	3	Czesław Kwieciński (POL)		Valeri Rezantsev (URS)	1	2

Final standings

1.  Valeri Rezantsev (URS)
2.  Josip Čorak (YUG)
3.  Czesław Kwieciński (POL)
4.  József Pércsi (HUN)
5.  Håkon Øverby (NOR)
6.  Nicolae Neguţ (ROU)

References

• Official Report