Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman +100 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 +100 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.

Medalists

Gold	Anatoly Roshchin Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Aleksandar Tomov Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze	Victor Dolipschi Romania (ROU)

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
0	0	Ištvan Semeredi (YUG)	3:47	Miguel Zambrano (PER)	4	4
4	4	Tomomi Tsuruta (JPN)	6:46	József Csatári (HUN)	0	0
4	4	Chris Taylor (USA)	3:14	Wilfried Dietrich (FRG)	0	0
0	0	Petr Kment (TCH)	8:21	Raimo Karlsson (FIN)	4	4
4	4	Victor Dolipschi (ROU)	7:39	Anatoly Roshchin (URS)	0	0
4	4	Edward Wojda (POL)	5:59	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	0	0

Round 2

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
0	0	Ištvan Semeredi (YUG)	7:48	Tomomi Tsuruta (JPN)	4	8
8	4	Miguel Zambrano (PER)	5:55	József Csatári (HUN)	0	0
8	4	Chris Taylor (USA)	7:50	Petr Kment (TCH)	4	4
0	0	Wilfried Dietrich (FRG)	6:39	Raimo Karlsson (FIN)	4	8
4	0	Victor Dolipschi (ROU)	1:36	Edward Wojda (POL)	4	8
1	1	Anatoly Roshchin (URS)		Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	3	3

Round 3

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
4	4	Ištvan Semeredi (YUG)	5:54	József Csatári (HUN)	4	4
4	4	Wilfried Dietrich (FRG)	8:10	Victor Dolipschi (ROU)	0	4
7	3	Petr Kment (TCH)		Anatoly Roshchin (URS)	1	2
3		Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)		Bye

Round 4

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
3	0	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	0:29	Ištvan Semeredi (YUG)	4	8
8	4	József Csatári (HUN)	6:54	Victor Dolipschi (ROU)	0	4
8	4	Wilfried Dietrich (FRG)	0:00	Anatoly Roshchin (URS)	0	0

Final

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

TPP	MPP		Time		MPP	TPP
	4	Victor Dolipschi (ROU)	7:39	Anatoly Roshchin (URS)	0
1	1	Anatoly Roshchin (URS)		Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)	3
5	2	Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)		Victor Dolipschi (ROU)	2	6

Final standings

1.  Anatoly Roshchin (URS)
2.  Aleksandar Tomov (BUL)
3.  Victor Dolipschi (ROU)
4.  Ištvan Semeredi (YUG),  József Csatári (HUN) and  Wilfried Dietrich (FRG)

References

• Official Report