Wrestling_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_freestyle_74_kg
Quick Facts Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad, Venue ...
| Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messe München | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–31 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]
| Gold | Wayne Wells United States |
| Silver | Jan Karlsson Sweden |
| Bronze | Adolf Seger West Germany |
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
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 |  Toshitada Yoshida (JPN) | 7:31 |  Francisco Lebeque (CUB) | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 |  Adolf Seger (FRG) | 8:23 |  Alfred Wurr (CAN) | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 |  Yuri Gusov (URS) |  Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Bruce Akers (AUS) |  Mukhtiar Singh (IND) | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 |  Daniel Robin (FRA) |  Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Bachir Hani Abou Assi (LIB) | 5:06 |  Robert Blaser (SUI) | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |  Bruno Hartmann (AUT) |  Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 0 | 0 |  Wayne Wells (USA) | 5:59 |  Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  Tony Shacklady (GBR) |  Miroslav Musil (TCH) | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 4 |  Nestor González (ARG) | 5:07 |  Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 |  Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 2:28 |  Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG) | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |  Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK) |  Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 |  Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | Bye |
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Round 2
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | Toshitada Yoshida (JPN) | 3.5 | 7.5 | |
| 8 | 4 | Francisco Lebeque (CUB) | 2:55 | Adolf Seger (FRG) | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Alfred Wurr (CAN) | 3:51 | Yuri Gusov (URS) | 0 | 1 |
| 3.5 | 0.5 | Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) | Bruce Akers (AUS) | 3.5 | 6.5 | |
| 5 | 4 | Mukhtiar Singh (IND) | 2:24 | Daniel Robin (FRA) | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 2:02 | Bachir Hani Abou Assi (LIB) | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Blaser (SUI) | Bruno Hartmann (AUT) | 3 | 6.5 | |
| 4.5 | 4 | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) | 8:25 | Wayne Wells (USA) | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR) | Tony Shacklady (GBR) | 3 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | Miroslav Musil (TCH) | 4:46 | Nestor González (ARG) | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 3 | 3 | |
| 6 | 2 | Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG) | Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK) | 2 | 5 | |
| 1 | Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) | Bye |
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Round 3
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 2.5 | Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 2.5 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Adolf Seger (FRG) | Yuri Gusov (URS) | 3 | 4 | |
| 3.5 | 0 | Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) | 2:27 | Mukhtiar Singh (IND) | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | Daniel Robin (FRA) | 4:17 | Robert Blaser (SUI) | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (MGL) | 3 | 7.5 | |
| 0 | 0 | Wayne Wells (USA) | 1:24 | Miroslav Musil (TCH) | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | Mehmet Ali Demirtaş (TUR) | 8:18 | Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 3:49 | Muhammad Yaghoub (PAK) | 4 | 9 |
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Round 4
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 3 | Miklós Urbanovics (HUN) | Adolf Seger (FRG) | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 6:18 | Yuri Gusov (URS) | 4 | 8 |
| 6.5 | 3 | Ludovic Ambruș (ROU) | Daniel Robin (FRA) | 1 | 4 | |
| 2.5 | 0.5 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | Robert Blaser (SUI) | 3.5 | 8.5 | |
| 1 | 1 | Wayne Wells (USA) | Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) | 3 | 4 | |
| 9 | 4 | Miroslav Musil (TCH) | 5:36 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | 0 | 3 |
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Round 5
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 7 | 4 | Mansour Barzegar (IRI) | 5:18 | Adolf Seger (FRG) | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Robin (FRA) | Wayne Wells (USA) | 1 | 2 | |
| 3.5 | 1 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR) | 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | Bye |
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Round 6
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 4 | 1 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | Adolf Seger (FRG) | 3 | 5 | |
| 7.5 | 4 | Yancho Pavlov (BUL) | 6:37 | Wayne Wells (USA) | 0 | 2 |
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Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
More information TPP, MPP ...
| TPP | MPP | Time | MPP | TPP | ||
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| 1 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | Adolf Seger (FRG) | 3 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Jan Karlsson (SWE) | Wayne Wells (USA) | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Adolf Seger (FRG) | Wayne Wells (USA) | 1 | 2 |
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Wayne Wells (USA)
Jan Karlsson (SWE)
Adolf Seger (FRG)
Yancho Pavlov (BUL)
Daniel Robin (FRA), 
Mansour Barzegar (IRI) and 
Wolfgang Nitschke (GDR)
- "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.