Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall. Israeli wrestler Eliezer Halfin was later killed in the Munich massacre.[1]

Men's freestyle 68 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMesse München
Dates27–31 August
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dan Gable  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kikuo Wada  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ruslan Ashuraliyev  Soviet Union
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Medalists edit

Gold Dan Gable
  United States
Silver Kikuo Wada
  Japan
Bronze Ruslan Ashuraliyev
  Soviet Union

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

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
1 1   Ali Şahin (TUR)   Eliezer Halfin (ISR) 3 3
3 3   Jagrup Singh (IND)   Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) 1 1
3 3   Ismail Yuseinov (BUL)   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) 1 1
3.5 3.5   Segundo Olmedo (PAN)   Abdollah Movahed (IRI) 0.5 0.5
1 1   Eduardo Quintero (CUB)   Gabriel Ruz (MEX) 3 3
3 3   Josef Engel (TCH)   Petre Poalelungi (ROU) 1 1
0 0   Udo Schröder (GDR) 1:08   Arona Mané (SEN) 4 4
0 0   Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) 2:47   Georges Carbasse (FRA) 4 4
4 4   Safer Sali (YUG) 7:35   Dan Gable (USA) 0 0
4 4   Ronald Ouellet (CAN) 8:58   Klaus Rost (FRG) 0 0
3.5 3.5   André Chardonnens (SUI)   Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL) 0.5 0.5
4 4   Joseph Gilligan (GBR) 7:36   Kikuo Wada (JPN) 0 0
0   József Rusznyák (HUN) Bye

Round 2 edit

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 3   József Rusznyák (HUN)   Ali Şahin (TUR) 1 2
4 1   Eliezer Halfin (ISR)   Jagrup Singh (IND) 3 6
4 3   Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL)   Ismail Yuseinov (BUL) 1 4
1.5 0.5   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS)   Segundo Olmedo (PAN) 3.5 7
5 4   Eduardo Quintero (CUB) 5:45   Josef Engel (TCH) 0 3
7 4   Gabriel Ruz (MEX) 5:31   Petre Poalelungi (ROU) 0 1
3 3   Udo Schröder (GDR)   Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) 1 1
8 4   Arona Mané (SEN) 1:50   Georges Carbasse (FRA) 0 4
7 3   Safer Sali (YUG)   Ronald Ouellet (CAN) 1 5
0.5 0.5   Dan Gable (USA)   Klaus Rost (FRG) 3.5 3.5
6.5 3   André Chardonnens (SUI)   Joseph Gilligan (GBR) 1 5
3.5 3   Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL)   Kikuo Wada (JPN) 1 1
0.5   Abdollah Movahed (IRI) DNA

Round 3 edit

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
3 0   József Rusznyák (HUN) 4:50   Eliezer Halfin (ISR) 4 8
5 3   Ali Şahin (TUR)   Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) 1 5
4 0   Ismail Yuseinov (BUL) 3:27   Eduardo Quintero (CUB) 4 9
1.5 0   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) 7:37   Josef Engel (TCH) 4 7
3 2   Petre Poalelungi (ROU)   Udo Schröder (GDR) 2 5
5 4   Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE) 4:03   Dan Gable (USA) 0 0.5
4 0   Georges Carbasse (FRA) 4:53   Ronald Ouellet (CAN) 4 9
7 3.5   Klaus Rost (FRG)   Kikuo Wada (JPN) 0.5 1.5
3.5 0   Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL) 7:29   Joseph Gilligan (GBR) 4 9

Round 4 edit

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
7 4   József Rusznyák (HUN) 4:42   Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL) 0 5
5 0   Ali Şahin (TUR) 8:26   Ismail Yuseinov (BUL) 4 8
1.5 0   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) 2:23   Petre Poalelungi (ROU) 4 7
5 0   Udo Schröder (GDR) 2:17   Georges Carbasse (FRA) 4 8
8 3   Stefanos Ioannidis (GRE)   Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL) 1 4.5
1.5 1   Dan Gable (USA)   Kikuo Wada (JPN) 3 4.5

Round 5 edit

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
6 1   Ali Şahin (TUR)   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) 3 4.5
6 1   Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL)   Udo Schröder (GDR) 3 8
1.5 0   Dan Gable (USA) 4:13   Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL) 4 8.5
4.5   Kikuo Wada (JPN) Bye

Final edit

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

TPP MPP Time MPP TPP
1   Dan Gable (USA)   Kikuo Wada (JPN) 3
4 1   Kikuo Wada (JPN)   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) 3
2 1   Dan Gable (USA)   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS) 3 6

Final standings edit

  1.   Dan Gable (USA)
  2.   Kikuo Wada (JPN)
  3.   Ruslan Ashuraliyev (URS)
  4.   Ali Şahin (TUR) and   Tsedendambyn Natsagdorj (MGL)
  5. -
  6.   Udo Schröder (GDR)
  7.   Włodzimierz Cieślak (POL)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

External links edit