Men's Greco-Roman 68 kgat the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Messe München Dates 5–10 September Competitors 23 from 23 nations
The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.[1]
Medalists [ edit ]
Tournament results [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Round 2 [ edit ]
Round 3 [ edit ]
Round 4 [ edit ]
Round 5 [ edit ]
Round 6 [ edit ]
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
Final standings [ edit ]
Shamil Khisamutdinov (URS )
Stoyan Apostolov (BUL )
Gian-Matteo Ranzi (ITA )
Manfred Schöndorfer (FRG )
Takashi Tanoue (JPN )
Antal Steer (HUN ) and Seyyit Hışırlı (TUR )
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
1908: 66.5 kg
1912–1928: 67.5 kg
1932–1936: 66 kg
1948–1960: 67 kg
1964–1968: 70 kg
1972–1996: 68 kg
2000: 69 kg
2004–2016: 66 kg
2020–present: 67 kg