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Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco Roman 57 kg

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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.

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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
  • Final

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

    Final standings

    1.  Rustam Kazakov (URS)
    2.  Hans-Jürgen Veil (FRG)
    3.  Risto Björlin (FIN)
    4.  János Varga (HUN)
    5.  Hristo Traikov (BUL)
    6.  Ion Baciu (ROU)
    7.  Ikuei Yamamoto (JPN)

    References

    Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg Wikipedia