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Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's freestyle 74 kg

|games = 1972 Summer

|image =

|image_size =

|caption =

|venue = Messe München

|dates = 27–31 August 1972

|competitors = 25

|nations = 25

|gold = Wayne Wells

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Jan Karlsson

|silverNOC = SWE

|bronze = Adolf Seger

|bronzeNOC = FRG

|prev = 1968

|next = 1976

}}

{{WrestlingAt1972SummerOlympics}}

The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204750/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |access-date=7 April 2019}}

Medalists

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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}

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 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="45" | Time

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Toshitada Yoshida|JPN|1972 Summer}}7:31style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Francisco Lebeque|CUB|1972 Summer}}44
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}8:23style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alfred Wurr|CAN|1972 Summer}}44
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yuri Gusov|URS|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ludovic Ambruș|ROU|1972 Summer}}33
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruce Akers|AUS|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mukhtiar Singh|IND|1972 Summer}}11
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Robin|FRA|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yancho Pavlov|BUL|1972 Summer}}11
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bachir Hani Abou Assi|LIB|1972 Summer}}5:06style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Blaser|SUI|1972 Summer}}00
3.53.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Hartmann|AUT|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter|MGL|1972 Summer}}0.50.5
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}5:59style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Ali Demirtaş|TUR|1972 Summer}}44
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Tony Shacklady|GBR|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Musil|TCH|1972 Summer}}11
44style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nestor González|ARG|1972 Summer}}5:07style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wolfgang Nitschke|GDR|1972 Summer}}00
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}2:28style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shakar Khan Shakar|AFG|1972 Summer}}44
33style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Yaghoub|PAK|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miklós Urbanovics|HUN|1972 Summer}}11
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mansour Barzegar|IRI|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Round 2 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="45" | Time

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

0.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mansour Barzegar|IRI|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Toshitada Yoshida|JPN|1972 Summer}}3.5bgcolor=pink|7.5
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Francisco Lebeque|CUB|1972 Summer}}2:55style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}00
bgcolor=pink|84style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alfred Wurr|CAN|1972 Summer}}3:51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yuri Gusov|URS|1972 Summer}}01
3.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ludovic Ambruș|ROU|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruce Akers|AUS|1972 Summer}}3.5bgcolor=pink|6.5
54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mukhtiar Singh|IND|1972 Summer}}2:24style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Robin|FRA|1972 Summer}}03
10style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yancho Pavlov|BUL|1972 Summer}}2:02style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bachir Hani Abou Assi|LIB|1972 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Blaser|SUI|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Hartmann|AUT|1972 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|6.5
4.54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter|MGL|1972 Summer}}8:25style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}00
51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Ali Demirtaş|TUR|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Tony Shacklady|GBR|1972 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|6
10style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Musil|TCH|1972 Summer}}4:46style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Nestor González|ARG|1972 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wolfgang Nitschke|GDR|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}33
bgcolor=pink|62style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Shakar Khan Shakar|AFG|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Yaghoub|PAK|1972 Summer}}25
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miklós Urbanovics|HUN|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Round 3 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="45" | Time

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

3.52.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miklós Urbanovics|HUN|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mansour Barzegar|IRI|1972 Summer}}2.53
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yuri Gusov|URS|1972 Summer}}34
3.50style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ludovic Ambruș|ROU|1972 Summer}}2:27style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mukhtiar Singh|IND|1972 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|9
30style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Robin|FRA|1972 Summer}}4:17style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Blaser|SUI|1972 Summer}}45
21style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yancho Pavlov|BUL|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter|MGL|1972 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|7.5
00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}1:24style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Musil|TCH|1972 Summer}}45
bgcolor=pink|94style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mehmet Ali Demirtaş|TUR|1972 Summer}}8:18style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wolfgang Nitschke|GDR|1972 Summer}}01
30style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}3:49style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Yaghoub|PAK|1972 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|9

= Round 4 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="45" | Time

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|6.53style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miklós Urbanovics|HUN|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}12
30style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mansour Barzegar|IRI|1972 Summer}}6:18style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yuri Gusov|URS|1972 Summer}}4bgcolor=pink|8
bgcolor=pink|6.53style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ludovic Ambruș|ROU|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Robin|FRA|1972 Summer}}14
2.50.5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yancho Pavlov|BUL|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Blaser|SUI|1972 Summer}}3.5bgcolor=pink|8.5
11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wolfgang Nitschke|GDR|1972 Summer}}34
bgcolor=pink|94style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Musil|TCH|1972 Summer}}5:36style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}03

= Round 5 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="45" | Time

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor=pink|74style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mansour Barzegar|IRI|1972 Summer}}5:18style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}02
bgcolor=pink|73style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Robin|FRA|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}12
3.51style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yancho Pavlov|BUL|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wolfgang Nitschke|GDR|1972 Summer}}3bgcolor=pink|7
3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| Bye

= Round 6 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="45" | Time

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

41style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}35
bgcolor=pink|7.54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yancho Pavlov|BUL|1972 Summer}}6:37style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}02

= Final =

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="35" | TPP

! width="35" | MPP

! width="250" |

! width="45" | Time

! width="250" |

! width="35" | MPP

! width="35" | TPP

bgcolor="lightyellow"

|

1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}3
43style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}1
63style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}12

Final standings

  1. {{flagIOCathlete|Wayne Wells|USA|1972 Summer}}
  2. {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Karlsson|SWE|1972 Summer}}
  3. {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Seger|FRG|1972 Summer}}
  4. {{flagIOCathlete|Yancho Pavlov|BUL|1972 Summer}}
  5. {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Robin|FRA|1972 Summer}}, {{flagIOCathlete|Mansour Barzegar|IRI|1972 Summer}} and {{flagIOCathlete|Wolfgang Nitschke|GDR|1972 Summer}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s3.pdf Official Report]

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