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.
Final
Results from the preliminary round are carried forward into the final (shown in yellow).
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
Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA